System and method for mechanically cleaning a spectrometer probe

A cleaning system for cleaning spectrometer probe windows respectively attached to emitting and receiving units of a spectrometer probe, comprising:

• a cleaning instrument including a blade and cleaning extensions extending outward from the blade;
• a cleaning instrument actuator including a piston imparting linear motion to the cleaning instrument during a cleaning operation;
• and
• an attachment adapter including a flow cell window aperture attachment mechanism that attaches the cleaning instrument actuator to the spectrometer probe at a flow cell window aperture that is exposed following removal of a flow cell window, the adapter including an adapter body to
• receive and allow through passage of the cleaning instrument through the flow cell window aperture when the cleaning instrument is attached to the cleaning instrument actuator and
• to position the cleaning instrument relative to a measurement section between emitting and receiving units of the spectrometer probe.