Read Me First; Maintenance Supplies And Tools - Thermo Scientific TRACE 1300 Instruction Manual

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Maintenance & Troubleshooting

Read Me First

Read Me First

Maintenance Supplies and Tools

118 TRACE 1310 Auxiliary Oven Instruction Manual
The instrument will be generally serviced by Thermo Fisher Scientific authorized technical
personnel for all the warranty period or, after the warranty expires, possibly according to a
Programmed Service Contract. For more information contact your local Thermo Fisher
Scientific office.
WARNING If, for technical reasons, it is necessary to work on parts of the machine that
may involve hazardous operations (moving parts, components under voltage, and so on).
Thermo Fisher Scientific authorized Technical Support must be called. This situation can
be identified because the access to these moving parts is possible only using a particular
tool, and because the concerned removable protective covers have a warning symbol that
draws the operator's attention to the specific warnings included in the documentation
accompanying the instrument. In case the work must be carried out by the operator, and
the latter must prove to be adequately trained to perform the specific maintenance
operation.
There are only a few TRACE 1310 Auxiliary Oven components that require routine
maintenance, depending on the quantity and types of samples you are running. A frequently
used instrument will, of course, require more maintenance than an instrument that is rarely
used.
• External Cleaning — The GC needs to be cleaned when it gets dirty. See the section
"Cleaning the Instrument Externally"
• Column — You may need to replace the column installed into the secondary oven when
your performance degrades and troubleshooting indicates that the column needs
maintenance. That may mean that end of the column needs to be trimmed or the column
needs to be replaced. See
• Detector modules — You may need to install, replace or maintain an auxiliary detector
module. Refer to the TRACE 1310/TRACE 1310 Hardware Manual.
• Methanizer — The methanizer does not usually require maintenance. However, the
replacement of the metal tube containing the nickel-base catalyst is required when the
catalyst results exhausted. See
• Valves — Perform the maintenance of the valves referring to the relevant manual.
To perform routine maintenance on the TRACE 1310 Auxiliary Oven, you will need the
following supplies and tools.
• Wrench, open-end, 1/4-in. and 5/16-in., 1/8-in.
• Wrench, 3/8-in.
• Allen wrench, 3/16-in., 5/32-in., 9/64 in.
on page 121.
"Replacing the Column into the Secondary Oven"
"Maintaining the Methanizer"
on page 123.
on page 125.
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