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Insert sample

• Open Vacuum Overview page
• Prepump Airlock
• Line up pin on holder
• Insert sample to first sample stop (marked line indicates correct depth)
• ID holder in TUI and hit return (bottom left)
• Watch specimen pumpdown timer go to zero on Vacuum overview page
• Turn holder slowly anti-clockwise to stop
• Apply resistance and slowly allow the vacuum to pull the holder in

-- DavidStokes - 18 Mar 2005