Agilent Technologies Agilent 7890 Series, Maintenance Manual

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Maintaining the FPD
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Maintaining Your GC 295
To Attach a Capillary Column to the FPD
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1 Gather the following:
• Column measuring tool (See “Consumables and Parts
for the FPD
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” on page 290.)
• Column cutter
• 1/4- inch and 7/16- inch wrenches
• Column nut
• Ferrule
• Capillary column
• Lint- free gloves
2
Load the GC maintenance method and wait for the GC to
become ready.
3 Assemble a septum, column nut, and ferrule on the end
of the column.
WA R N I N G
Be careful! The oven and/or detector may be hot enough to cause
burns. If the detector is hot, wear gloves to protect your hands.
WA R N I N G
Wear safety glasses to protect your eyes from flying particles
while handling, cutting, or installing glass or fused silica capillary
columns. Use care in handling these columns to prevent puncture
wounds.
C A U T I O N
Wear clean, lint-free gloves to prevent contamination of parts with
dirt and skin oils.