January 11, 2016, 715004599 Rev. B 89
4 Maintenance Procedures
This chapter provides the maintenance guidelines and procedures necessary to
maintain the instrument’s performance.
Keep to a maintenance schedule, and perform maintenance as required and
described in this chapter.
Contents:
Topic Page
Maintenance schedule................................................................................... 91
Spare parts .................................................................................................... 93
Troubleshooting with Connections INSIGHT.............................................. 94
Safety and handling ...................................................................................... 95
Preparing the instrument for operations on or inside its source ................... 97
Removing and refitting the source enclosure ............................................... 98
Installing and removing the corona pin........................................................ 101
Operating the source isolation valve ............................................................ 104
Removing O-rings and seals......................................................................... 107
Cleaning the instrument case........................................................................ 108
Emptying the exhaust trap bottle.................................................................. 108
Gas ballasting the roughing pump................................................................ 110
Checking the roughing pump oil level ......................................................... 112
Adding oil to the roughing pump ................................................................. 113
Cleaning the source components.................................................................. 114
Cleaning the sampling cone assembly.......................................................... 115
Cleaning the ion guide assembly.................................................................. 135
Cleaning the ion block assembly.................................................................. 125
Cleaning the ion guide assembly.................................................................. 135
Replacing the ESI probe tip and gasket........................................................ 146
Replacing the ESI probe capillary................................................................ 150
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