PerkinElmer AVIO 500, Customer Hardware And Service Manual

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System Description
autosampler, covering a variety of sample volumes and total sample capacity
requirements.
System Initialization and Setup
Interlocks
Interlocks are designed to ensure operator safety and protect the instrument from
damage. The main system interlocks are described below.
The following interlocks must be satisfied in order to ignite the plasma. If any of
these interlocks is interrupted while the plasma is on, the plasma will automatically
be shut down.
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The front door on the torch compartment must be closed before you can ignite
the plasma.
• Argon pressures for the torch must be correct.
• Cooling water must be flowing to the oscillator.
• Torch must be installed.
• Shear gas must be connected.
• Emergency Plasma Off switch on front of instrument must be released.
Initialization Steps
The Main Instrument switch is used to turn on the spectrometer (and is normally
left on). When the instrument is switched on from an off position and the software
is launched the system will need to go through a initialization procedure which may
take up to two hours or more before the instrument can be utilized. This
initialization is designed to protect the instrument detectors from damage. The
spectrometer initialization is completed when the spectrometer sends a "system
ready" message to the computer and can be viewed under the diagnostics -
spectrometer window. Once the plasma has been ignited, you should wait one half
hour for the system to stabilize before running samples.