Thermo Scientific TRACE 1600 Hardware Manual page 298

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Injectors Advanced Maintenance
Cleaning the PTV Injector Head Assembly
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11. Clean the injector head.
a. Put the injector head assembly into an ultrasonic cleaner filled with a
methanol/acetone mixture (1:1).
b. Sonicate the injector head assembly for about half an hour.
c. Using tweezers, remove the injector head assembly from the bath, and dry it with
compressed clean air.
12. Reinstall the injector head.
a. Carefully reinstall the injector head assembly into its housing proceeding in the
reverse order in which it was removed.
b. Screw the two fixing screws and the captive screw fixing the top and the bottom of
the injector head assembly respectively.
13. Remount the fan assembly.
a. Carefully reinsert the fan assembly in its seat into the module.
b. Move the assembly for inserting the slot on the right base of the support slightly
under the head of the right fixing screw, and for aligning the hole on the left base
with the corresponding fixing hole.
c. Using tweezers, reinsert the left fixing screw previously removed.
d. Using a T10 Torxhead screwdriver tighten both the left and right fixing screws.
14. Reinsert the liner.
a. Place the liner seal over the liner.
b. Using tweezers, 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.
15. Reinstall the upper parts of the injector.
a. Place the septum into the injector head assembly.
CAUTION It is suggested to replace the septum with a new one.
ATTENTION Il est recommandé de remplacer le septum par un modèle neuf.
b. Screw and tighten the septum cap.
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