User Guide
Crystal Catcher Main Body “Fine” (CC-800)
Crystal Catcher Tip “Salt” (CT-200)

Names of parts

Identification for Saltis black and white

Tip

Main Body

Prevention forrolling

Prevention for
nipping finger

How to use
1) Set tip to the main body. Make sure the screw thread of the tip is set toreentrant part of the main body tip.
* When setting tip to main body, DO NOT turn the tip by finger.
Adhesive may come out a lot.

Tip

MainBody

2) Take off caps from tip, clean the head of the tip.
*There are 2 kind of caps, white and yellow one at first. Please use
only white one (outside cover) after opening.

Before opening
Tip with cap

White Cap(outside cover)Yellow Cap(inside cover)3)* When using it for the first time: Hold the tip with the finger, then rotate themain body clockwise for 90 degrees for adhesive coming out.
*If adhesive is not coming out yet, rotate more.
*DO NOT rotate too much at once. Adhesive may come out a lot.
*From second time: Hold the tip so that it won’t come off from main body, thenknock until adhesive comes out.
*It may sometimes need few minuets for adhesive to come out.
*DO NOT knock too many times at once. Adhesive may come out a lot.
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2-10-9 Miyazaki, Miyamae-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken, 216-0033 Japan
Tel 044-853-2958 Fax 044-854-1979
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4) Observe by microscope that optimum amount of adhesive (about 0.2mm) is
coming out from the tip, then touch crystal in the solvent gently and pick up thecrystal.
*In some crystallizing solvent condition, immersing chip for while makes intensity ofadhesive weak.
In that case, wipe off tip head and use new adhesive.
5) Take off tip from the main body and mount it on X-ray diffraction instrument.
6) After using, wipe off adhesive and crystal at the head of the tip, then cap itwith white cap.
*There are 2 kind of caps, white and yellow one at first. Please use only white one(outside cover) after opening.
After that, you could continue use it in the same way.

Notice•When adhesive’s temperature becomes over 28℃, intensity of adhesive becomes weak.
When using, make sure that you are using it at temperature below 28℃•Store Salt tips at cool and dry place and avoid the direct rays of the sun.
•In case of crystallizing solvent conditions, you may not get enough intensity of adhesive.
•Inside the tip, there are adhesive for 100 times usage. When adhesive won’t comes out
from the head of the tip, change to new tip.
•When not using, PLEASE PUT ON THE CAP. Cap will protect the head from accidents.
•When using it for the first time or using it after a long storage, adhesive may not come outsoon. Keep knocking until adhesive comes out. But be careful of knocking too much at atime.
•There is part for preventing rolling, but be careful of dropping main body by rolling.
• Duration of guaranty of the main body and the tip is 1 year from your purchase.
(Except to the extent that it is broken by customer’s fault or it hasn’t been used asmentioned in the user guide.)

Kyodo International Inc.
2-10-9 Miyazaki, Miyamae-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken, 216-0033 Japan
Tel 044-853-2958 Fax 044-854-1979
URL: http://www.kyodo-inc.co.jp E-mail: kikaku@kyodo-inc.co.jp

When you have a problem

For Salt (CT-200)●When adhesive won’t come out from the tip
Please check below before you contact us.

Aren’t any vaseline or old adhesive
attached to the tip head?

YES

Wipe the head clean
and use it

YES

If the adhesive come out too
much, wipe it and use innormal way.

NOHold the tip with the finger, thenrotate main body clockwise for 90 to180 degrees (Diagram 1), then waitfor 10 seconds. Have adhesivecome out?

NOCheck if the screw thread of the tip
is rotated. (Diagram 2)

YES

If the screw rotates, butadhesive won’t come out
please change the tip tonew one.

NOContact Us

Diagram 1

Rotate it clockwise

Diagram 2

Inside the tip

The screw thread

Rotate clockwise

Kyodo International Inc.
2-10-9 Miyazaki, Miyamae-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken, 216-0033 Japan
Tel 044-853-2958 Fax 044-854-1979
URL: http://www.kyodo-inc.co.jp E-mail: kikaku@kyodo-inc.co.jp