PerkinElmer OilExpress 4, User Manual

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Maintenance and Troubleshooting . 115
5. Hold the tubing in one hand and push the end of the 650 mm tubing into the upper port
of the flow cell, so that the ferrule is pushed up to the inside of the cell.
6. Maintaining pressure, screw the blue nut connector clockwise with your other hand until
the tubing is secured (Figure 63).
The connector should be initially hand screwed onto the flow cell until finger-tight. Then
apply an additional tightening of 1/8 of a turn using the 5.5 mm wrench supplied
(part number 09923411).
Figure 63 Flow cell with tubing connected to both ports
7. Place the flow cell into the shuttle.
The shuttle hinged arm should be open (pushed back) and the securing clip should be
open and lifted up (Figure 64).
Figure 64 Shuttle hinged arm open
Lower (intlet)
port
Upper (outlet)
port