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Maintenance
Maintaining the API Source Housing
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Maintaining the API Source Housing
Only Thermo Fisher Scientific service engineers can service the API source housing, while
user maintenance is limited to cleaning the housing as necessary. Follow all safety precautions
in the Ion Max NG and EASY-Max NG Ion Sources User Guide regarding the installation and
removal of the API source. For any additional service, contact your local Thermo Fisher
Scientific service engineer.
To clean the API source housing
1. After the API source cools to room temperature, remove it from the mass spectrometer.
2. Put on appropriate eye-wear and gloves.
3. Under an appropriate fume hood, rinse the interior of the housing with
UHPLC/MS-grade methanol.
4. Allow the housing to dry before you install it on the mass spectrometer.
Gloves, lint-free and powder-free Fisher Scientific 19-120-2947
b
Unity Lab Services:
• 23827-0008 (size medium)
• 23827-0009 (size large)
Industrial tissues, lint-free –
Magnification device –
MICRO-MESH™ polishing swabs, 6000 grit
(light purple color), 2.25 in. long
00725-01-00027
Sonicator –
a
Provided in the TSQ Source Installation Kit
b
Multiple sizes are available.
Table 11. Chemicals, tools, and equipment (Sheet 2 of 2)
Description Part number
IMPORTANT Prevent damage: Remove or install the API source’s drain insert by pressing
a small, slotted screwdriver against the insert’s tab.