Colnatec Infinity User manual

InfInIty™
12-crystal thin lm monitor
2nd generation
user guide

Innity™at a Glance 1
This guide discusses assembly and proper care and handling of Innity™ (2nd
generation), a 12-crystal sensor designed to be controlled either by Innity™ control
box or an external controller. The motor and all material used to build Innity™ head are
compatible with high vacuum applications.
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



Returns crystal
port to home
position.

Avances crystal
carousel one crystal
per step.





Enables external
control of Innity™.

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 Examine Innity™ for
any signs of physical damage that may have occured during shipping.
Make sure that the tamper-evident labels are intact. Before shipping,
Innity™ was calibrated and tested by Colnatec to meet the highest
quality standards. It is important that you take a few minutes to inspect
the product to ensure that your equipment was not damaged or otherwise
tampered with during transit.

Installing Mechanical
Components 2
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
Innity™ 12 comes standard with a mounting bracket that orients the sensor head
parallel to the surface to which it is mounted. The bracket also allows up to 20mm travel
perpendicular to the mounting surface. For other mounting options contact Colnatec.

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
Innity™ 12 comes standard with a cooling line kit. Assembly is required. The kit in-
cludes the following:
• Two cooling lines 1/4 inch outer diameter stainless steel tubes.
• Four Swagelok VCR butt weld tube ends.
• Four male Swagelok VCR 1/4 in ttings.
• Four VCR stainless seals.
The cooling ow should be through the motor coil rst then the motor mount.

Connecting Electrical
Components 3
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
• Verify that the power switch on the back panel is in the off position.
• Connect the power supply (24 VDC).
• Plug in the DB-9 plug and secure it in place with screws.

• Connect the Remote Home cable to your controller. To trigger the home
function you need to connect (short) the center wire to the outer ground.
• Connect the Remote Step cable to your controller. To trigger the step function
you need to connect (short) the center wire to the outer ground.

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
Simply connect the subminiature-C 9-pin connector of both the air side control cable and
vacuum side control cable to the feed through. Use a 5/64 SAE allen wrench to tighten
the screw to secure each 9-pin connector.

Innity™ Usage 4
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
• Turn on the controller (power switch on the back panel). The red LED will light
up. The controller is programmed so that the step button does not function until
the Innity™ crystal carousel has been homed.
• Press the Home button (green) to start the homing function. When the crystal
carousel has nished homing, the green light on the control box will glow.
• Press the Step button (red) once to move from one crystal location to the next.
When the nal crystal location has been reached the step function must be
reset. Press Home button to reset the step function.

Controlling Innity™ from an external source operates on the same principles as
the Innity™ control box. When external control is used, the external control system
remotely operates the home and the step functions. 
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Loading/Changing Crystals 5
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

Untighten and remove screws from front coverplate using a 2.5 mm hex key.
Remove the faceplate and teflon
insulator from the Infinity™ housing.
Note: Crystal carousel floats freely
in place, so exercise caution to
prevent dropping carousel.

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To remove crystal carousel, lift
integrated ring and pull.


Remove crystal carousel.