Thermo Scientific Orbitrap Fusion Lumos MS, Getting Connected Manual

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API Source and Waste Container Connections
Connecting the Solvent Waste Container
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 To install the API source onto the MS
Connecting the Solvent Waste Container
The MS internally routes the solvent waste from the bottom of the API source to the back
drain/waste port. Use the provided Tygon™ tubing to connect the solvent waste container to a
fume exhaust system. To prevent solvent waste from backing up into the instrument, make
sure that all Tygon tubing is above the level of liquid in the waste container as follows:
• From the MS to the solvent waste container
• From the waste container to the exhaust system
Equip your lab with at least two fume exhaust systems:
• The analyzer optics become contaminated if the drain/waste tubing and the exhaust
tubing from the forepump connect to the same fume exhaust system. Route the exhaust
tubing from the forepump to a dedicated fume exhaust system.
• Do not vent the Tygon drain tube (or any vent tubing connected to the waste container)
to the same fume exhaust system that connects to the forepump. Vent the waste container
to a dedicated fume exhaust system. The exhaust system for the API source must
accommodate a flow rate of up to 30 L/min (64 ft
3
/h).
Install the ion sweep
cone on the MS.
Align the source mounting holes with the MS pins and carefully
attach the source. Then, lock the source levers.
Unlock the source
locking levers.
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