Thermo Scientific TRACE 1600 Hardware Manual page 122

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Performing Injectors Routine Maintenance
Maintaining a Split/Splitless Injector (SSL)
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a. Unscrew the septum cap of the injector.
b. Unscrew the ring nut.
c. Remove the septum holder/liner cap with septum from the injector body head.
7. Remove the liner.
a. Using tweezers, remove the liner with the liner seal (O-ring) from the injector.
CAUTION Be careful not to break the glass liner when removing it. Glass splinters might
fall into the lower part of the vaporization chamber. If the glass liner breaks, see
a SSL Broken Liner" on
ATTENTION Veillez à ne pas briser le liner en verre pendant son extraction. Des éclats de
verre pourraient tomber dans la partie inférieure de la chambre de vaporisation. En cas de
rupture du liner en verre, consultez
8. Replace or clean the liner.
• If you are going to use a new liner, go directly to
• If you are going to clean the dirty liner, go to
9. Clean the liner.
a. Put the liner into an ultrasonic cleaner filled with a methanol/acetone mixture (1:1).
b. Sonicate the liner for about half an hour.
c. Using tweezers, remove the liner from the bath and dry it with compressed clean air.
10. Install the liner.
a. Holding the new (or cleaned) liner with tweezers place a new liner seal over the liner.
b. Insert the liner into the injector, and push it gently towards the bottom of the
injector.
11. Reinstall the top parts of the injector.
a. Place the septum holder/ liner cap with the septum on the body head of the injector,
and fix it by screwing the ring nut.
b. Screw and tighten the septum cap to finger-tight.
CAUTION Do not overtighten the septum cap because you might damage the septum and
affect instrument performance.
ATTENTION Ne serrez pas excessivement le capuchon du septum, car cela pourrait
endommager le septum et affecter les performances de l'instrument.
12. Close the module flap cover.
13. If present, move the autosampler towards the module to restore the original alignment.
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"Remplacement d'un liner SSL cassé".
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