Suggested Maintenance Schedule - Thermo Scientific TRACE GC Ultra Maintenance And Troubleshooting Manual

Chapter 1
Preventive Maintenance

Suggested Maintenance Schedule

Preventive maintenance keeps your instruments running at peak performance. 
The recommended maintenance schedule shown in Table 1-1 on page 23 is based
on a GC running multiple samples in an 8-hour day. You may need to adapt the
schedule to your situation depending on:
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Septa degrade over time. Different types will degrade at varying rates. Factors
affecting septa life include:
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Our recommendations for septa replacement are based on 200 injections in a
Thermo Fisher Scientific standard septum. Septa from other manufacturers may
show different rates of degradation.
Make sure you not only perform each scheduled item, but that you record it as
well, along with any observation about instrument performance. Your records and
notes can be invaluable when trying to trace a service problem.
In addition to the routine and preventive maintenance that you perform, we
recommend annual inspections by Thermo Fisher Scientific customer service
engineers.
These yearly checkups ensure that your instrument remains in peak condition.
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the number of analyses per day
how clean the samples are
the condition of the autosampler syringe needle
environmental conditions such as dirt and ambient temperature
number of samples injected
injector temperature
condition of the syringe needle
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