Multi-Sample Chuck Installation

Installation of the Dimension Icon Multi-Sample Chuck is straightforward, but depends on the type of sample that will be investigated.

1. Guide the pilot on the bottom of the Multi-Sample Chuck into the pilot hole in the center of the Dimension Icon chuck base and place the Multi-Sample Chuck on the Dimension Icon chuck base.

Figure 1: Multi-Sample Chuck installed. Note that for installation, the stage should be in the 'safe' (probe loading) location, away from the scanner (if you are looking at the front of the microscope, this location is the front, left-hand side).

2. Using the supplied 2.5 mm hex key, insert and tighten two M3 x 8 mm socket cap screws to attach the chuck to the chuck base. See Figure 2.

Figure 2: Screw holes to attach the Multi-Sample Chuck to the chuck base

To accommodate several sample styles, the Multi-Sample Chuck has two orientations:

• Petri dish and glass sides use the orientation shown in Figure 3 where the petri dish/glass slide position is closest to the head.

Figure 3: Multi-Sample Chuck installed with the petri dish location nearest the head

• If you are using samples on 15 mm diameter pucks, reverse this orientation to position the 3 x 4 magnet array nearest the head, as shown in Figure 4.

Figure 4: Multi-Sample Chuck installed with the magnet array nearest the head

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