To Install Capillary Column Clips - Agilent Technologies 8860 Maintaining

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To Install Capillary Column Clips

To Install Capillary Column Clips

Be careful! The oven may be hot enough to cause burns. If the oven is hot, wear
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heat-resistant 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.
1 Gather the following:
2 Place GC in maintenance mode: Maintenance > Instrument > Perform Maintenance >
3 Loosen the four corner mounting screws, but do not remove.
Column
clip
Mounting
screw
4 Slip each corner screw through the large hole on the clip.
5 Slide the clip so that the screw is positioned in the slot.
6 Tighten the screws enough to hold the clips in place. Once the column is installed, fully
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• Capillary column clip kit, see
• T-20 Torx screwdriver
Maintenance Mode > Start Maintenance. Wait for the GC to become ready.
tighten the four corner screws to secure the clips and column to the oven wall.
"Consumables and Parts for Columns" on page 30.
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