To Install A Packed Metal Column - Agilent Technologies 8860 Maintaining

6 Maintaining the Purged Packed Inlet

To Install a Packed Metal Column

To Install a Packed Metal Column

1 Gather the following:
2 Launch the GC maintenance wizard: Maintenance > Column > Perform Maintenance >
3 Prepare the packed metal column. See
Be careful! The oven, inlet, and/or detector may be hot enough to cause burns. If the oven,
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inlet, or detector is hot, wear heat-resistant gloves to protect your hands.
4 Install the 1/8-inch or 1/4-inch packed column inlet adapter, if necessary. See
Wear clean, lint-free gloves to prevent contamination of parts with dirt and skin oils.
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5 Attach the column to the inlet adapter.
6 Finger-tighten the nut.
7 Tighten the nut an additional 1/4 turn with a wrench (for a 1/8-inch column) or an
8 The GC maintenance wizard will perform checks at the appropriate times, including Leak &
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Do not use hydrogen as the carrier for conditioning! It could vent into the oven and present an
explosion hazard.
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• 7/16-inch, 9/16-inch, and 1/2-inch wrenches
• 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.
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additional 3/4 turn (for a 1/4-inch column).
Use two wrenches, one on the column nut and the other on the adapter, to prevent the
adapter from rotating.
Restriction tests, and will automatically reset the maintenance counters.
Select Finished, then select OK to exit the GC maintenance wizard.
Select Method > Configuration > Columns, then select the Packed column. Select Column
Type > Packed, then choose your Inlet and Outlet Connection to identify the inlet and
detector to which the column is attached.Double-click the column to manually set your
column temperatures.Configure the new packed column (make sure either column length
or diameter is zero).
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