Prepare The Quickswap End Of The Column - Agilent Technologies QuickSwap G3185B Installation And Setup

9. Prepare the QuickSwap End of the Column

Prepare the end of the column fitting with a SilTite fitting.
SilTite ferrules are soft metal. These ferrules are less forgiving than capillary column
C A U T I O N
fittings using graphite/Vespel ferrules, with which you are probably more familiar.
When using a SilTite fitting, follow the tightening instructions very carefully.
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Appropriately-trimmed column
SilTite ferrule
Internal nut
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Ferrules are available for connections to 530-µm, 320-µm, 250-µm, and 100-µm
columns. The G3185B kit contains ferrules for 100- to 250-µm id columns.
1 Remove any existing fitting from the end of the column.
2 Trim any suspected contaminated or degraded part of the column.
QuickSwap Installation and Startup
shows a completed SilTite fitting (nut and ferrule).
Prepared column end, ready for QuickSwap connection
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