Agilent Technologies 7200 Operation Manual page 39

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Operation Manual
To Prepare the Column Ends for a CFT Fitting
The SilTite ferrules are delicate. Follow the instructions in the next
step very carefully to avoid overtightening.
3 Using the wrench and ferrule pre-swaging tool, tighten the
nut a little at a time, occasionally checking to see if the
ferrule is gripping the tube (see
just starts to grip, notice position of the nut and then tighten
by turning 45 to 60 degrees of rotation, but no more than 60
degrees (one flat). If you can pull the column free, it is not
tight enough.
Figure 5 Tightening the internal nut
4 Remove the swaging tool
Figure 6 Removed ferrule pre-swaging tool
Installing GC Columns
Figure 5). When the ferrule
(Figure 6).
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