Setting Up The Syringe; Connecting An Infusion Line To The Grounding Union - Thermo Scientific LCQ Fleet Getting Started Manual

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Connecting the Inlet Plumbing
Setting Up the Inlet for Direct Infusion

Setting Up the Syringe

Connecting an Infusion Line to the Grounding Union

44 LTQ Series Getting Connected Guide
To fill the syringe, connect it to the LC union, and insert it into the syringe pump
1. Fill a clean, 500-μL Unimetrics syringe with your sample solution.
2. Connect a 4-cm (1.5-in.) length of Teflon tubing (0.03-in. ID × 1/16-in. OD) with a
fingertight fitting (for a 10-32 receiving port and 1/16-in. OD tubing) and a ferrule to
the LC union. See Figure
3. Insert the needle of the syringe into the segment of Teflon tube. Check that the needle tip
of the syringe fits readily into the opening in the free end of the Teflon tubing. If
necessary, you can enlarge the opening in the end of the tubing slightly.
Figure 26. Connecting the syringe and the LC union
LC union
(P/N 00101-18202)
Ferrule
(P/N 00101-18196)
4. Place the syringe into the syringe holder of the syringe pump.
5. While squeezing the blue release buttons on the syringe pump handle, push the handle
forward until it just contacts the syringe plunger.
To connect an infusion line between the LC union and the grounding union
1. Connect a section of red PEEK tubing (infusion line) with a fingertight fitting and ferrule
(for a 10-32 conical receiving port and 1/16-in. OD tubing) to the free end of the
LC union.
2. Connect the other end of the infusion line with a fingertight fitting (for a 10-32 port and
1/16-in. OD tubing) and a ferrule to the grounding union.
Figure 27 shows the connection between the grounding union and the LC union made
with red PEEK tubing and fingertight fittings.
26.
Fingertight fitting
(P/N 00101-18081)
Teflon tube
(P/N 00301-22895)
Syringe
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