Maintenance schedule
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Maintenance schedule
The following table lists periodic maintenance schedules that ensure optimum instrument
performance.
The maintenance frequencies shown apply to instruments that normally receive moderate
use.
Maintenance schedule:
Procedure Frequency For information...
Clean the instrument case. As required. See page 108.
Empty the exhaust trap bottle in
the instrument exhaust line.
Check daily, empty as
required.
See page 108.
Replace the oil-free (scroll)
pump’s seals.
Annually. See Edwards
document XDS35i
Instruction Manual
A730-01-880.
Gas ballast the roughing pump. ESI – weekly. See page 110.
Inspect and adjust the roughing
pump oil level.
Weekly. See page 112.
Clean the source components. When they are visibly
fouled, the background or
high-peak contaminants
are unacceptably high, or
sensitivity decreases to
unacceptable levels.
See page 114.
Clean or replace the ESI probe tip. When sensitivity
decreases to unacceptable
levels.
See page 184.
Replace the ESI probe capillary. When sensitivity
decreases to unacceptable
levels or sample flow is
inconsistent.
See page 150.