ThermoFisher Scientific Vanquish VC-D50, Operating Manual

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7 • Maintenance and Service
Fluorescence Detectors (VC-D50, VC-D51, VF-D50, VF-D51)
Operating Manual Page 149
7.12 Replacing the Slide-In Module
7.12.1 Removing the Slide-In Module
CAUTION—Heavy Load, Bulky Device
The device is too heavy or bulky for one person alone to handle safely.
To avoid personal injury or damage to the device, observe the following
guidelines:
• Physical handling of the device, including lifting or moving, requires
a team effort of two persons.
• A team effort is in particular required when lifting the device into
the system stack or when removing it.
Tools required
Screwdriver, Torx T20
Preparations
1. Prepare the device for transport. See Transporting or Shipping the
Device (
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page 146) .
Follow these steps
1. Loosen the four captive screws on the front left and front right of
the device.
Figure 40: Captive screws on the slide-in module
2. Push all tubing and capillaries, which are present in the tubing chase
of the Vanquish system modules, into the tubing chase. Otherwise,
you will not be able to remove the slide-in module properly from the
enclosure in the next step.
3. Grasp the slide-in module by the panel below the flow cell opening
or the leak tray, and pull the module out of the enclosure by
approximately 10 cm.