III.B. Removal of Magnetic Rod Assembly and Plunger Bar Shipping Anchors (continued)
14. Push the platform back into the instrument and close the door. Your Maxwell
®
16 Instrument is
now ready for operation. Section III.C. describes the steps required to reconfigure your instrument
hardware settings. Proceed directly to Section III.D., Operational Mode Setup, if you do not need
to change the instrument hardware settings.
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10. Ensure that all shipping anchors (A–D) are
at the top of their linear slides.
A
D
B
C
11. Locate the bottom magnetic rod assembly
shipping anchors. There are a total of 4
anchors (E–H). To locate these anchors,
gently push the magnetic rod assembly and
plunger bar up so that you can see the
bottom of the linear slides.
12. Verify that all four of the bottom shipping
anchors are at the bottom of each linear
slide. If not, repeat the above procedure
and move the bottom shipping anchors to
the bottom of their linear slides.
5189TD
A
D
B
C
E
F
G
H
13. Slowly and gently pull the platform out
from inside the instrument. Remove the
foam packaging material from on top of the
platform.
Hint:
There is a ledge at the back of the
foam packaging that covers the back of the
platform. Push the bottom of the magnetic
rods up and lift the foam up as you pull it
out, lifting the back of the foam pad up and
over the back of the platform.
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