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1-4 Instrument Description
APGC components
The APGC comprises a sliding platform mounted on a supporting plinth,
which can hold an accessory storage drawer, depending on the
mass-spectrometer model. The platform carries the heated transfer line and
the GC instrument, which the mass spectrometer connects to via the APGC
source enclosure and ion chamber. A locking handle locks the sliding platform,
preventing its unintentional movement when you disconnect the locking ring
from the APGC source enclosure. The stability frame, which a Waters
engineer installs, mechanically locks the APGC to the mass spectrometer.
APGC main components:
When you operate the mass spectrometer in GCMS mode, the APGC source
enclosure and APGC ion chamber serve in place of the standard
mass-spectrometer source enclosure and cone gas nozzle.
You can quickly interchange the mass spectrometer and APGC source
enclosures, to adapt the mass spectrometer to LCMS or GCMS configuration.
Warning:
To avoid injury from being struck by toppling equipment,
• do not overbalance the equipment by placing in the
accessory-storage drawer (where fitted) a load exceeding
10 kg;
• do not tamper with the stability frame.
APGC source enclosure
Locking handle
Plinth
Heated transfer line
Accessory storage drawer
(no drawer for Xevo TQD and SQ Detector 2)
Sliding platform
GC retaining bar
Locking ring
APGC ion chamber
Stability frame
(shorter for Xevo TQD and SQ Detector 2)