Install The Transfer Line Support Bracket - Agilent Technologies 7697A Installation And Startup Manual

Install the transfer line support bracket

Installation and First Startup
more than 60 degrees (one flat). If you can pull the
transfer line tubing free, it is not tight enough.
c Remove the pre- swaging tool.
d Using a ceramic column cutter, trim the tubing at the
small end of the ferrule leaving approximately 0.3 mm
of tubing extending beyond the ferrule. 
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It is important that the tube end does not extend
beyond 0.5 mm from the end of the ferrule.
Check the end of the tube with a magnifier. The end of
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the tube need not be perfectly square, but should not
have cracks which extend under the ferrule.
3 Screw the nut onto the volatiles interface.
Cool On-Column Inlet
Trim the tubing so that it extends 42 mm out of the inner
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metal sleeve on the transfer line.
2 Slide the tubing through the retaining nut on the cool
on- column inlet.
Finger- tighten the retaining nut. Pull the transfer line
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gently to be sure the ferrule has formed a tight seal with
the transfer line. Tighten the retaining nut further, if
necessary.
Install the transfer line support bracket as described below.
Use this bracket in all configurations, and for all Agilent
inlet types and GCs.
If necessary, remove any existing ALS post from the
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mounting hole next to the transfer line.
2 Place the transfer line support bracket on the inlet carrier
cover. The locator holes in the support bracket should
align over the holes for the inlet ALS injector post and
the raised mounting detail. See the figures below.
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