Thermo Scientific Surveyor MSQ Plus, Hardware Manual

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5
Routine and Preventive Maintenance
Maintaining the ESI Probe
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5. Turn the locking plate clockwise to the open position, and then carefully remove the ESI
probe from the probe heater. See Figure 36 .
Figure 36. Removing the ESI probe from the probe heater
Removing the ESI Capillary
To clean or replace the ESI capillary or to replace the ceramic sleeve, you must remove the ESI
capillary from the probe. See
Figure 83 on page 114 for the part numbers of the ESI probe
components.
Y To remove the capillary from the ESI probe
1. Remove the ESI probe from the MS detector as described in “Removing the ESI Probe”
on page 57 .
CAUTION
Because its capillary tip and ceramic sleeve are fragile, exercise care when
you remove the ESI probe from the probe heater.
Locking plate
(in open position)
Probe heater
Source housing