Agilent Technologies Intuvo 9000, Installation And First Startup

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Installing the GC
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e
Check Guard chip placement. The Guard chip should be
level between the inlet and little bus. You should no longer
see the entire neck of the Guard chip if it is seated
properly, as a portion of it will be obscured by the heater
block. If not, reseat it.
f
Finger-tighten the Guard chip compression bolt until you
feel slight contact on the Guard chip.
g
Gently raise the Guard chip heater.
h
Finger-tighten the inlet sealing screw.
i
Tighten the inlet sealing screw. For MMI, use two
wrenches. (See the figure below.)
Little bus
Bus
CAUTION
To avoid damaging the Guard chip, do not raise the Guard chip
heater until after you finger-tighten the Guard chip compression
bolt.