Glovebox Probe Installation

Probe replacement is more difficult inside a glovebox. The following procedure details the steps needed to replace a probe in an air probe holder that is on a Dimension Icon microscope inside a glovebox:

1. Remove the Dimension Icon head from the dovetail.
2. Using tweezers, remove the probe holder from the Dimension Icon head.
3. Put the Dimension Icon head temporarily back into the dovetail.
4. Mount the probe holder onto the probe holder stand, shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1: Integrated probe holder stand attached to the Dimension Icon chuck base.

5. Replace the probe in the probe holder.
6. Take the probe insertion tool, shown in Figure 2, and place the probe holder tip down in the tool as shown in Figure 3.

Figure 2: The probe insertion tool.

Figure 3: Probe holder mounted in the probe insertion tool.

7. Remove the Dimension Icon head from the dovetail.
8. With the Dimension Icon head in one hand, use the other hand holding the probe insertion tool to mount the probe holder on the Dimension Icon head.
9. Put the Dimension Icon head back into the dovetail.
10. Secure the Dimension Icon head in the dovetail by tightening the setscrew.

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