Customer Site Setup Check List
API 4000 Site Planning Guide
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Requirement
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Preinstallation Action Required
Environmental Requirements
API 4000 mass spectrometer: ambient
temperature of 15 °C to 30 °C (stable within
±2 °C) and relative humidity from 20 to 80%,
noncondensing.
Roughing pump(s): ambient temperature of
15 °C to 30 °C (stable within ±2°C) and
relative humidity from 20 to 80%,
noncondensing.
Venting Requirements
Two positive flow vents with 3.2 cm (1.25 in)
OD smooth fitting located within 1.5 m (5 ft)
of the roughing pump(s) outlets or two mist
filters.
One positive flow vent with sufficient tubing
to loosely couple the vent to the source exhaust
drain vessel supplied by Applied Biosystems/
MDS SCIEX.
Safety Requirements
Gas cylinders mounted to meet local safety
standards.
Gas delivery lines as required by local safety
standards.
Ventilation requires a vent to remove gases
from ion source exhaust.
Preparation of Samples
Test samples should be ABD P/N 401936
received and refrigerated.
Data Acquisition Workstation
Data acquisition workstation from Applied
Biosystems/MDS SCIEX.
Power Requirements
Two separate, 220 VAC (207-242 VAC),
15 amp circuits at 50/60 Hz, each with two
NEMA 6-15R receptacles (four in total)
located no more than 1.8 m (6 ft) from the
bench. These service the API 4000 mass
spectrometer and the roughing pump(s).
