To Install A Capillary Column To The Fpd - Agilent Technologies 8860 Maintaining

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To Install a Capillary Column to the FPD+

To Install a Capillary Column to the FPD+

1 Gather the following:
2 Launch the GC maintenance wizard: Maintenance > Column > Perform Maintenance >
Be careful! The oven and/or detector may be hot enough to cause burns. If the detector is
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hot, wear gloves to protect your hands.
Wear safety glasses to protect your eyes from flying particles while handling, cutting, or
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installing glass or fused silica capillary columns. Use care in handling these columns to
prevent puncture wounds.
Wear clean, lint-free gloves to prevent contamination of parts with dirt and skin oils.
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3 Assemble a septum, column nut, and ferrule on the end of the column.
4 Insert the end of the column through the column measuring tool so that the end protrudes
Score column here
Column measuring tool
Column nut
Ferrule
5 Tighten the column nut until it grips the column. Tighten the nut an additional 1/8 to 1/4
6 Use a wafer cutter at 45 ° to score the column.
7 Snap off the column end. The column may protrude about 1 mm beyond the end of the
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• Column measuring tool, see
• Column cutter
• 1/4-inch and 7/16-inch wrenches
• Column nut
• Ferrule
• Capillary column
• Lint-free gloves
Install Column > Start Maintenance. Wait for the GC to become ready.
The wizard will guide you through the maintenance steps described below.
beyond the tool.
turn with a pair of wrenches. Snug the septum against the base of the column nut.
tool. Inspect the end with a magnifying loupe to make certain that there are no burrs or
jagged edges.
"Consumables and Parts for the FPD+" on page 204.
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