
Cleaning Information
Other Cleaning Hints
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Agilent 81618A/9A and Agilent 81622B/3B/4B/6B/7B/8B User’s Guide, Second Edition
If you are not sure how sensitive your device is to cleaning, please
contact the manufacturer or your sales distributor.
1
Moisten the lens or the mirror with water.
2
Put a little liquid soap on the surface and gently spread the liquid
over the whole area.
3
Wash off the emulsion with water, being careful to remove it all, as
any remaining streaks can impair measurement accuracy.
4
Take a new, dry soft tissue and remove the water, by rubbing gently
over the surface using a small circular movement.
5
Blow away remaining lint with compressed air.
Alternative Procedure A
To clean lenses that are extremely sensitive to mechanical stress or
pressure you can also use an optical clean polymer film. This
procedure is time-consuming, but you avoid scratching or destroying
the surface.
1
Put the film on the surface and wait at least 30 minutes to make
sure that the film has had enough time to dry.
2
Remove the film and any dirt with special adhesive tapes.
Alternative Procedure B
If your lens is sensitive to water then:
1
Moisten the lens or the mirror with isopropyl alcohol.
2
Take a new, dry soft tissue and remove the alcohol, dissolved
sediment and dust, by rubbing gently over the surface using a small
circular movement.
3
Blow away remaining lint with compressed air.
Other Cleaning Hints
Selecting the correct cleaning method is an important element in
maintaining your equipment and saving you time and money. This
Appendix highlights the main cleaning methods, but cannot address
every individual circumstance.
This section contain some additional hints which we hope will help
you further. For further information, please contact your local Agilent
Technologies representative.