TD-700 Laboratory Fluorometer Operating Manual
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TD-700 Side View
TD-700 Filter Cylinder Assembly
Filter Cylinder
Assembly
III. Optical Filter Installation and Removal
The TD-700 Fluorometer must have two different optical filters to operate
correctly: an excitation filter and an emission filter. TD-700 filters are one-
inch diameter, round, colored glass or highly-reflective glass. The filters are
mounted in the Filter Cylinder using flexible rubber o-rings. The Filter
Cylinder is accessed through the sample chamber. The Cylinder can hold
four different excitation/emission filter combinations, and is labeled on one
rim, “A” and “B”; and labeled on the opposite rim, “C” and “D”. Each of
these letters identifies a filter application set. Once the filter sets are
installed properly in the cylinder, changing from one application to another
requires a simple repositioning of the cylinder and possibly a lamp change.
To remove or install optical filters in the Filter Cylinder:
a.
Remove any test tubes or cuvettes and sample adaptors from the
instrument. Then, grasp the Filter Cylinder by the rim and pull straight
up and out of the unit.
b.
Locate the filters (excitation and emission filters) for the application
you want to run. Filters are marked on their rim with an identification
number.
c.
The Filter Cylinder has eight openings for four different filter sets. For
example, the openings for filter set A are marked “A/EX” and “A/EM”;
filter set B is marked “B/EX” and “B/EM”. Select the A, B, C, or D
positions to install the filters.
d.
Find the openings for the filter set you want to remove. For example, if
you want to install the filters in position B, then remove any filters from
the B/EX and B/EM openings. To remove a filter, take out the flexible
rubber o-ring holding the filter in place. Use a tool such as a plastic
pen cap or plastic-nosed forceps to do this. Be careful not to scratch
the surface of the filter. Place your hand over the opening and tilt the
cylinder so the filter drops out into your hand.
Be careful, the filters
are glass and may break if dropped
.
e.
Locate the excitation filter to be installed. Handle the filter on the
edges so as to avoid leaving fingerprints on the filter, or wipe off the
filter before installing. If the filter has one side that is “mirrored” or
highly reflective, it should be installed so the mirrored side faces
outward from the cylinder (toward the lamp). Insert it (mirrored side
out, if any) in the opening marked with the set letter/”EX”. Push the
filter in so it rests flush with the back of the opening. Then reinsert the
o-ring and press it in until it is flush against the filter.
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