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Chapter 8: Maintenance
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The following sections describe how to replace the Confocal disk box:
Removing the Disk Box, see below
Installing the Disk Box, see page 194
Testing the Disk Box, see page 195
Removing the Disk Box
Use this procedure to change from one type of Confocal disk box to another type of Confocal
disk box, or to replace a Confocal disk box.
Note: You must power off the instrument and the computer.
To remove a disk box:
1. Shut down the system. See Shutting Down the System on page 34 .
2. Wait one minute for the spinning disk in the disk box to stop.
3. Put on powder-free gloves and open the lower hinged side door to access the Confocal
module housing.
4. The disk box is located on the right of the module housing and protected by a secured
cover. See Figure 8-1 .
5. Use the provided 2.5 mm hex key to loosen only the six 2.5 mm hex screws on the disk
box cover, just enough to allow the cover to come off the housing.
Note: The screws should not come out of the cover screw holes.
6. Take the cover off and set it aside.
7. Use the provided 4 mm hex key to loosen only the two 4 mm hex screws securing the disk
box to the rails.
Note: The screws should not come out of the screw holes.
8. On the bottom of the disk box, carefully unplug the ribbon cable.
Figure 8-2: Ribbon Cable on the Bottom of the Disk Box
9. Slide the disk box out of the instrument and place the disk box on one of the sides that
keeps the field lens on the top and the window on the bottom uncovered and untouched.
Note: Keep dust off the field lens on the top and the window on the bottom.