TSI Instruments 3076, Instruction Manual

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Setting Up the Atomizer 3-5
Modifying the Model 3076 for use in
Nonrecirculation Mode
Figure 3-3 shows how the Model 3076 can be modified for use in
the nonrecirculation mode using fittings, tubing, and an extra
bottle with cap which is not provided with the instrument
*
. Fittings
are provided to adapt the top of the 1-liter bottle used to collect
excess solution draining from the Atomizer. To adapt the bottle cap
for the nonrecirculation mode, follow these steps.
Figure 3-3
Model 3076 Atomizer in the Nonrecirculation Mode with an Extra Bottle
1. The barbed hose fitting on the cap needs to be replaced by an
elbow fitting. In order to do that, all three fittings have to be
removed first from the cap of the 1-liter bottle. Use wire brush
to clean the green loktite
®
glue off the threads of the fittings.
2. Apply Teflon tape or loktite glue to the threads of the
1
⁄
16
-inch
NPT elbow fitting (part no. 1601642) and screw the elbow fitting
into the
1
⁄
16
-inch hole on the cap.
3. Apply Teflon tape or loktite glue to the threads of a 1
⁄
16
-inch MPT
and a ¼-inch TU Swagelok connector (part no. 1601643) and
screw it onto the elbow.
4. Apply Teflon tape or loktite glue to the threads of the pressure
relief value and the ¼-inch Swagelok fitting for excess liquid
drain line and screw them back onto the cap.
*The extra reservoir bottle with cap and fittings can be ordered from TSI
(part no. 1030411R).