Thermo Scientific TRACE 1600 Hardware Manual page 163

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1. Put the GC in standby condition.
2. Cool the oven and injector to room temperature.
3. Turn the carrier gas off, and wait for the carrier pressure to go to zero.
Note By pressing the Maintenance button, the GC cool down is automatically
carried out.
4. Put the autosampler away if present.
5. Open the module flap cover.
6. Remove the top part of the injector.
a. Unscrew the septum cap of the injector.
b. Using tweezers, remove the septum from the top of the injector head assembly.
7. Remove the liner.
a. Using the slotted stubby driver provided, unscrew and remove the liner cap.
b. Use tweezers to 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.
c. Reinsert and screw the liner cap using the slotted stubby driver.
Maintaining a Programmable Temperature Vaporizing Injector (PTV)
page 91.
"Remplacement d'un liner SSL
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Performing Injectors Routine Maintenance
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step 9.
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