Agilent Technologies 8890, Maintaining Manual

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4 Maintaining Capillary Columns
To Attach a Capillary Column Using UltiMetal Plus Flexible Metal Fittings
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To Attach a Capillary Column Using UltiMetal Plus
Flexible Metal Fittings
The available UltiMetal Plus Flexible Metal ferrule packages are listed in Table 5 and Figure 6 .
Figure 6. UltiMetal Plus Flexible Metal ferrules
Each UltiMetal Plus Flexible Metal ferrule part number is uniquely designed to prevent
inventory mix-ups, and to help you find the ferrule you need quickly. Color variations between
ferrules are a normal result of the UltiMetal coating.
Preparing the column installation to the CFT fitting
This procedure is used to attach a capillary column to a splitter or switch or an Ultimate Union.
1 Gather the following:
• UltiMetal Plus Flexible Metal ferrules. See Table 5 .
• Swaging tool (G3440-80227)
• Two 1/4-inch open-end wrenches
• Column cutting tool (5181-8836)
• Internal nut (G2855-20530)
• Lint free gloves
2 Check the column end. It should be square and free of cracks. If needed, trim it.
3 Pass the column end through the internal nut and the ferrule, as shown in Figure 7 .
Table 5 Available UltiMetal Plus Flexible Metal ferrule packages
Item Part number Ferrule description
1 G3188-27501 0.1 – 0.25 mm column id, 10/pk
2 G3188-27502 0.32 mm column id, 10/pk
3 G3188-27503 0.45 – 0.53 mm column id, 10/pk
4 G3188-27504 Plug, 10/pk
5 G3188-27505 0.25 – 0.32 mm UltiMetal column id, 10/pk
6 G3188-27506 0.53 mm UltiMetal column id, 10/pk
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