Purging The Infusion Pump - Waters Xevo TQ-S Operator's, Overview And Maintenance Manual

To adjust the position of a solvent delivery tube:
1. Open the access door to the fluidics pump (see the figure on
2. Loosen the finger-tight fitting for the solvent delivery tube you are
adjusting.
3. Move the solvent delivery tube so that its end is close to, but does not
touch, the bottom of the reservoir bottle or low volume vial.
4. Tighten the finger-tight fitting.
5. Close the access door.

Purging the infusion pump

Whenever you replace a solution bottle, purge the infusion pump with the
solution that you are going to use next (see the mass spectrometer's online
Help for details).
Requirement:
solvent in the wash reservoir.
Depending on the solutions used, the instrument's solvent delivery
Tip:
system can require more than one purge cycle to minimize carryover.
2-8 Preparing the Mass Spectrometer for Operation
Ensure that the end of the tubing is fully submerged in the
page 1-5).
Finger-tight fitting
Solvent delivery tube