GE ÄKTA pure Operating Instructions Manual page 86

4 Installation
4.5 Prime inlets and purge pump heads
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Action
In the Process Picture:
Click on the Pumps.
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Set the System flow to 1.0 ml/min for ÄKTA pure 25 or 10.0 ml/min for
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ÄKTA pure 150.
Click Set flow rate.
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Result: A system flow starts.
Connect a 25 to 30 ml syringe to the purge valve of the left pump head of
System pump B. Make sure that the syringe fits tightly into the purge con-
nector.
Open the purge valve by turning it counter-clockwise about three quarters
of a turn. Draw a small volume of liquid slowly into the syringe (with a rate
of about 1 ml per second).
Close the purge valve by turning it clockwise. Disconnect the syringe and
discard its contents.
ÄKTA pure Operating Instructions 29-0229-97 AE