Waters ACQUITY UPLC Operator's, Overview And Maintenance Manual page 20

Installation recommendations for ACQUITY UPLC column compartment
fittings: (Continued)
Fitting
Stainless steel (gold-plated) fitting with
long flats and 2-piece stainless steel
ferrule
Dual-threaded finger-tight fitting with
stainless steel cap nut
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Long flats 2-piece ferrule
Stainless
steel cap
Gold fitting
Recommended tightening
Finger-tight, plus up to
1/6-turn using wrench
1/6-turn
TP02713
1. Loosen the stainless steel
2. Finger tighten the gold
Ferrule
3. Rotate the column, and
4. If you are installing the
5. Tighten the stainless steel
cap nut from the gold
fitting.
fitting, with the ferrule,
into the column.
If you are
Requirement:
reinstalling the fitting,
TM
replace the PEEK
ferrule.
tighten the column onto
the gold fitting.
column in a system with
pressures exceeding
103,421 kPa (1034 bar,
15,000 psi), tighten the
column an additional
1/2-turn.
cap nut onto the gold
fitting.