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You will need for the monthly maintenance jobs: 7
– Laboratory gloves
– Lint-free cloths
– Lens cloth
– Lint-free cottonwool buds
– SIPLACE cleaning tissue
– Ethyl alcohol
– Set of cleaned sleeves (new set, if required)
– Set of cleaned and lightly greased
valve p
lungers (new, if required).
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Collect&Place 12 / 6 placement heads 7
Replace the sleeves and valve plungers 7
: Return the nozzles of the Collect&Place head to the nozzle changer.
a Open the protective cover.
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Do not hold the sleeves in your bare hands. Wear laboratory gloves when carrying out any main-
tenance work on the sleeve. 7
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This will avoid dirtying the glass disk and the friction wheel unnecessarily, which could lead to
faults (counting errors and overshooting). 7
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s Remove the sleeves from the head.
Pull the sleeves out as shown in the diagram. 7
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d Place them in the container provided.
: Step the star forward until all the sleeves have been removed.
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a Remove the valve plungers.
s Clean the valve casing using a cottonwool bud moistened with ethyl alcohol.
Never use pip
e-cleaners or bottle brushes to clean the valve casing.
Otherwise you may damage the valve casing. 7
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: Insert the cleaned and very lightly greased valve plungers into the valve casing.
See section ("Maintain the valve p
lungers").
: Move them back and forth several times.
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: If the valve plungers move very easily, replace them with new plungers.
If the valve plungers move too easily, they cannot be guaranteed to work correctly. 7
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d Clean the segment using a cottonwool bud moistened with ethyl alcohol.
Never use pipe-cleaners or bottle brushes to clean the segment.
This could tear out the sleeve retaining springs or leave lint or hairs in the segment which, in turn,
could ca
use faults. 7
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: Insert the cleaned sleeves into the segments.
See section ("Maintain the sleeve
s").
Use a very gentle pressure to engage the sleeves
to avoid damaging the retaining springs. 7
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: Pick up the nozzles of the Collect&Place head using the "Single Functions" menu.
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