Äkta Pure Instrument Overview - GE ÄKTA pure Operating Instructions Manual

3.1 ÄKTA pure instrument overview
Introduction
This section shows an overview of the ÄKTA pure instrument. Technical details about
the instrument and the individual modules are found in ÄKTA pure User Manual.
Exterior design
ÄKTA pure has a modular design, with all liquid handling modules placed on the exterior
of the instrument. Buffer vessels are placed on the Buffer tray on top of the instrument.
The liquid handling modules and the instrument control panel are located on the front
of the instrument. It is recommended that the fraction collectors, the sample pump, and
the I/O-box are placed on the left side of the instrument and the computer on the right
side of the instrument.
Instrument configurations
ÄKTA pure is available with two core module configurations, one for flow rates up to 25
ml/min and one for flow rates up to 150 ml/min. In this manual they are referred to as
ÄKTA pure 25 (25 ml/min) and ÄKTA pure 150 (150 ml/min).
The table below shows some of the operational limits of ÄKTA pure 25 and ÄKTA pure
150.
ÄKTA pure
Parameter
Flow rate
Max. operating pressure
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Limits
ÄKTA pure 25
0.001 – 25 ml/min
Note:
When running the Column
packing flow instruction,
the maximum flow rate is
50 ml/min.
20 MPa
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ÄKTA pure 150
0.01 – 150 ml/min
Note:
When running the Column
packing flow instruction,
the maximum flow rate is
300 ml/min.
5 MPa
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