To Install A Packed Column Adapter Onto A Detector - Agilent Technologies 8860 Maintaining

6 Maintaining the Purged Packed Inlet

To Install a Packed Column Adapter onto a Detector

To Install a Packed Column Adapter onto a
Detector
This procedure applies to the FID, FPD+, NPD, and TCD.
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 clean, lint-free gloves to prevent contamination of parts with dirt and skin oils.
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Handle the adapter carefully and install the packed column before installing the adapter into
the detector base. The thin-walled capillary tube that carries the sample into the detector can
be damaged by rough handling.
3 Place a ferrule onto the packed column adapter.
Ferrule
Packed column adapter
4 Carefully install the adapter assembly into the detector fitting. Align the adapter so the it
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• Packed column adapter, see
page 66.
• Ferrule, Vespel/graphite, 0.8-mm id
• 7/16-inch wrench (for the packed column adapter and 1/8-inch packed column nuts)
• 9/16-inch wrench (for 1/4-inch packed column nuts)
• 1/8-inch nut and ferrule for a 1/8-inch packed column, or a 1/4-inch nut and ferrule for a
1/4-inch packed column
• Lint-free gloves
Maintenance Mode > Start Maintenance. Wait for the GC to become ready.
enters the detector fitting as vertically as possible. Avoid stressing the adapter capillary
tube. Finger-tighten the adapter into the detector base, then tighten an additional 1/8 turn
using a wrench.
"Consumables and Parts for the Purged Packed Inlet"
Capillary tube
on
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