Figure 23 Parts Of The Piston Cartridge - Metrohm 883 Basic IC plus Manual

4.6 Servicing the high-pressure pump
1 Piston cartridge screw
3 Zirconium oxide piston (6.2824.070)
5 Spring (6.2824.060)
7 Piston cartridge
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Adjustable wrench (6.2621.000) from the accessory kit: Vario/Flex
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Basic (6.5000.000).
1 Breaking down the piston cartridge
CAUTION
Inside the piston cartridge there is a taut spring that can launch
out of the piston cartridge if the tension is released suddenly.
When opening the piston cartridge, counteract the pressure from
the spring and carefully unscrew the cartridge.
Loosen the piston cartridge's screw with an adjustable wrench
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and carefully unscrew the screw by hand while counteracting the
pressure from the taut spring.
Remove the zirconium oxide piston and place it on a paper towel.
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Remove the spring retainer, the spring and the inner plastic sleeve
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from the piston cartridge and lay them next to the piston.
Place the backup ring you put aside with the remaining parts.
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Figure 23 Parts of the piston cartridge
2 Cleaning the parts of the piston cartridge
If the zirconium oxide piston has become contaminated due to
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abrasion or deposits, then clean it using a fine abrasive cleaning
powder, rinse it using ultrapure water until it is free of particles
and dry it.
The zirconium oxide piston must be replaced if it is heavily con-
taminated or scratched.
2 Retaining washer
4 Spring retainer
6 Inner plastic sleeve
Protects from metallic abrasion.
8 Backup ring
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883 Basic IC plus