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Agilent 3070 / 79000 Site Preparation
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Chapter 4: Site Preparation – Structural Requirements: Storage Space Requirements
Fixture Storage
You will have a significant investment in your system
fixtures. They are precision machines and must be kept
clean and undamaged. Plan safe and dust-free storage
near the testhead for your fixtures.
You will receive a Pin Verification Fixture with the first
testhead at your site to use to test the fixture interface
pins of your systems. Be sure to keep the Pin
Verification Fixture in your fixture storage area.
The following items are a collection of do’s and don’t’s
with respect to fixture storage:
Don’t store fixtures on painted shelves. The bottom of
the fixture will scrape small particles of paint off the
shelf which will fall into and contaminate the testhead’s
interface pins.
If possible, cover your fixtures when not in use,
especially when the air contains a high level of
particulates.
Don’t store fixtures on paper-, cardboard-, or
carpet-covered surfaces. These materials could contain
corrosive substances that would react with the fixture’s
gold-plated personality pins.
Don’t store fixtures on wooden shelves. Wood splinters
can be carried on the bottom of the fixture to the
testhead, thereby contaminating testhead interface pins.
Don’t stack fixtures on top of one another.
