A few years ago I reported on the cleaning cycles of a Thermo instrument (Q-Exactive HF-X). This is particularly important in core facilities where high throughput and consistent quality are required.
Now I would like to report briefly on the OrbiTrap Astral: Installation was done 1 year ago!
Now I would like to report briefly on the OrbiTrap Astral: Installation was done 1 year ago!
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For the future, I wish myself another successful year with an incredible instrument.
The majority of ions that would coat and charge the quads are instead on the FAIMS electrodes, similar to TIMS.
Especially nice that FAIMS can be cleaned without venting the instrument!
We had to replace the tims cartridge on our Ultra because it was no longer clean even after 3 cleaning cycles. As the system has to be ventilated each time, the effort involved is much greater,…
Definitely not something that can be serviced without venting but I was unaware that only Bruker can clean the TIMS cell.
We are running the astral mostly without FAIMS and experienced for us normal exploris-like cleaning cycles.
FAIMS protects the system from contamination.