Switched from process instruments to analytical instruments. How can one learn to use analytical instruments well?
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Hello, experts! I have been working as an instrument technician for 12 years; now there is a shortage of people for analytical instruments, so my manager has assigned me to work on them! How can one learn to use analytical instruments well? What books should be read or are there any recommendations? Where to start? I'm so confused.
They’re all interconnected; we don’t make any distinctions between them
The measurement verification regulations for testing instruments are a very good approach
Check out the manual for online analytical instruments
It means that there’s no need to learn in depth how the analysis table itself works; for users, what’s most important are things like sampling, pipeline design, signal transmission, installation conditions, and calibration. After all, it’s not possible to repair a broken analyzer by oneself
With a foundation in field instruments, it becomes easier to work with analytical instruments. What’s important is knowledge of sample preprocessing as well as the working principles of various analytical instruments; it’s useful to learn from manufacturers’ technical staff. Teacher Wang Sen’s book \"Essentials for Online Analytical Instrument Operators\" is quite good. I also moved from field instruments to analytical instruments.
Relatively speaking, online instruments place great emphasis on the matching of operating conditions. So in many cases, it’s not the online instrument that has a problem; rather, the operating conditions deviate from those for which the instrument was designed at the time of manufacture. This is a problem that many people who work on online instrument maintenance are not aware of.
I also spent 8 years working with conventional instruments before switching to analytical instruments; I’d like to offer some advice. First, read the instrument manuals frequently, and second, get hands-on experience – the more fault issues you handle, the more you’ll understand. There’s no need to delve deeply into the core technologies of analytical instruments, as they’re not easy to master, but it’s important to have an understanding of them; the key lies in daily maintenance and calibration
The core of analytical instruments lies in the preprocessing system. It involves physical chemistry; the better the pretreatment design is, combined with appropriate maintenance, the smoother the operation of the analysis instruments will be. Nowadays, pretreatment methods are generally quite advanced and readily available. However, with the widespread use of lasers and near-infrared light, many preprocessing methods have been replaced. I studied instrumentation, but right after graduating I have been working with analytical instruments. They may all seem to be field instruments, but there are huge differences between them; take your time.
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