GE AKTA avant, User Manual

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Tube rack inserts
The Fraction collector F9-R is delivered with the 18 mm tube rack mounted. Each tube
rack is made up of a combination of a bowl, tube support, tube guide and tube holder.
Change the tube holder and the tube guide to collect fractions in 12 mm tubes or 30
mm tubes. The 12 mm tube rack is delivered with Fraction collector F9-R and the 30 mm
tube rack is available as an accessory. The table below describes inserts and correspond-
ing fraction collection tubes.
Tube length Tube diameter Maximum number of
tubes Inserts
50 to 180 mm 12 mm 175 12 mm Tube holder
12 mm Tube guide
50 to 180 mm 18 mm 95 18 mm Tube holder
18 mm Tube guide
50 to 180 mm 30 mm 40 30 mm Tube holder
30 mm Tube guide
Single and L-shaped cutouts
When assembling a tube rack, different cutouts are used for the various inserts depending
on the length of the collection tubes. Which cutouts to use are summarized in the tables
below.
12 mm and 18 mm tube rack inserts
85 to 180 mm tubes 50 to 85 mm tubes Inserts
Not required L-shaped cutout Tube support
L-shaped cutout Single cutout Tube guide
Single cutout Single cutout Tube holder
30 mm tube rack inserts
85 to 180 mm
tubes 50 to 85 mm
tubes 30 to 50 mm
tubes
1
Inserts
Not required L-shaped cutout Single cutout Tube support
ÄKTA avant User Manual 29035184 AE 211
5 Operation
5.8 Fractionation
5.8.2 Prepare Fraction collector F9-R