To Reverse A Column And Bakeout Contaminants - Agilent Technologies 8860 Maintaining

4 Maintaining Capillary Columns

To Reverse a Column and Bakeout Contaminants

To Reverse a Column and Bakeout Contaminants

1 Gather the following:
2 Place GC in maintenance mode: Maintenance > Instrument > 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.
3 Disconnect the column from the inlet and detector.
4 If necessary, cut a loop from the column. See
5 Remove the column from the hanger and reverse its position (inlet and detector ends) and
6 Attach the column to the inlet.
Perform the installation procedure manually. Do not use the automated column installation
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wizard.
7 Attach your column to the detector.
Perform the installation procedure manually. Do not use the automated column installation
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wizard.
8 Exit maintenance mode. Select Maintenance > Instrument > Perform Maintenance >
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• 1/4-inch wrench
• Column cutter
Maintenance Mode > Start Maintenance and wait for the GC to become ready.
Do not attach the column to the inlet.
place the column back on the hanger.
• "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"
• To Install a Capillary Column in the FID
• To Install a Capillary Column in the NPD
• To Install a Capillary Column in the TCD
• To Install a Capillary Column in the ECD
• To Install a Capillary Column to the FPD+
Maintenance Mode > Finished.
"To Cut a Loop from a Column"
Maintaining Your GC
on page 37.