User`s guide

Preparing for Imaging 4
Agilent 5500 SPM User’s Guide 69
Inserting a Probe in the Two-Piece Nose Assembly
AFM probe tips are extremely delicate and can break when dropped.
Follow these instructions to safely insert a probe in the nose assembly:
1 Place the nose assembly disk on the assembly fixture, as shown in
Figure 43. Make sure that it aligns with the center disk and two small
alignment pins.
Figure 43 Two-piece nose assembly disk on fixture
2 Using tweezers, gently grasp a probe from its sides, applying just
enough pressure to secure it in the tweezers.
3 Move the assembly fixture lever to the right, which will slightly
separate the nose assembly disk (Figure 44).