Thermo Scientific thermoscientific Vanquish Pumps C, Operating Manual

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5 • Installation
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Operating Manual
4. Fill the seal wash reservoir with seal wash liquid. Mind the
requirements outlined in the previous section.
Before using a seal wash reservoir for the first time, rinse the
reservoir thoroughly. Use a high-purity solvent for rinsing.
5. Tighten the reservoir cap hand-tight. Press the retaining guide into
the hole in the reservoir cap to ensure that the tubing is kept in
place in the cap.
6. Place the seal wash reservoir in the solvent rack. Position the seal
wash lines straight in the tubing guides.
7. Check the seal wash lines across the entire flow path. Make sure
that the lines are not bent, pinched, or squeezed at any point in the
flow path.
Flushing the Seal Wash System
To flush the seal wash system, follow the procedure in Flushing the Seal
Wash System ( } page 78) .
5.7.3 Flushing the Seal Wash System
To flush the seal wash system, select one of the following alternatives:
• Turn on the pump.
Whenever the pump is turned on, the pump starts operation with a
seal wash cycle.
• Flush the seal wash system from the Chromeleon software.
• Flush the seal wash system from hand.
Select this alternative to flush the seal wash system when the pump
is powered off.
Flushing the Seal Wash System from the Chromeleon software
To flush the seal wash system from the Chromeleon software, start a
seal wash cycle by setting the seal wash pump to
Active mode
( SealWashPump = Active ).
During the seal wash cycle, the seal wash system is automatically filled
with the seal wash liquid. It will take 5 minutes for the liquid to travel
through the entire flow path.