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Installing Optional Kits
Installing the NoVent Microfluidics
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TRACE 1300 and TRACE 1310 Hardware Manual
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4. Place the column and ferrule into the SilFlow pre-swage tool until the column reaches the
bottom of the jig. See
Figure 387.
Inserting the Column and Ferrule into the SilFlow Pre-Swage Tool
5. Use the FingerTite tool to swage the ferrule to the column. Be sure to keep the tip of the
fused silica bottomed out in the pre-swage tool. See
Figure 388.
Swaging the Ferrule Using the SilFlow FingerTite Tool
6. Remove the pre-swage tool, and lay the column carefully on the bottom of the GC until
you are ready to connect it to the microfluidics splitter.
Attaching the New Tubing to the Transfer Line
Your kit comes with a 0.6 m and 1.2 m deactivated segments of fused silica tubing having an
internal diameter of 0.17 mm. This tubing has fused ends. You must cut these ends off the
tubing and attach a SilFlow ferrule before connecting it. Use this tubing to connect the
microfluidics splitter to the transfer line.
When connecting the column to the transfer line, you may use either the regular transfer line
nut or the spring loaded transfer line nut with the graphite Vespel® ferrule.
To connect the column using the regular transfer line nut
1. Lower the oven temperature and allow it to cool.
SilFlow
Pre-Swage Tool
SilFlow FingerTite Tool
Note
Use the 60 cm tubing if you are using helium as a carrier gas. Use the 120 cm length
of tubing if you are using hydrogen as a carrier gas.
