To Cut A Loop From A Column - Agilent Technologies 8860 Maintaining

4 Maintaining Capillary Columns

To Cut a Loop from a Column

To Cut a Loop from a Column

1 Gather the following:
2 Place GC in maintenance mode: Maintenance > Instrument > Perform Maintenance >
Be careful! The oven and/or inlet may be hot enough to cause burns. If the inlet 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.
3 Loosen the inlet column nut and remove the column from the inlet.
4 Uncoil one loop of column from the column hanger.
5 Cut the unwanted loop from the column.
6 Install the column into the inlet using the new ferrules.
Perform the installation procedure manually. Do not use the automated column installation
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wizard.
7 Exit maintenance mode. Select Maintenance > Instrument > Perform Maintenance >
Maintaining Your GC
• New ferrule(s) for the column inlet connection
• Column cutter
Maintenance Mode > Start Maintenance and wait for the GC to become ready.
• "To Install a Capillary Column with the Split/Splitless Inlet"
• "To Install a Capillary Column with the Purged Packed Inlet"
• "To Install a Capillary Column with the Cool On-Column Inlet"
Maintenance Mode > Finished.
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