Agilent Triple Quadrupole MS and Sensitivity 3 
Pumping system
Agilent 6400 Series Triple Quad LC/MS Concepts Guide 63
Pumping system
6490 Triple Quadrupole
The 6490 has two roughing pumps and a three-stage turbo pump 
for the first five vacuum stages. The two roughing pumps are 
needed to decrease the pressure in the Dual Ion Funnel. The 
second turbo pump is added to the last vacuum stage to help 
pump out the gas load coming from the hexapole field axial field 
focusing curved collision cell. 
6460 and 6430 Triple Quadrupole
A single roughing pump and three-stage turbo pump are used 
for the first four vacuum stages. This is achieved by partitioning 
the turbo pump to create the multiple vacuum stages. The 
second turbo pump is added to the fourth vacuum stage to help 
pump out the gas load coming from the enhanced collision cell. 
The turbo pumps are backed by a single roughing (mechanical) 
pump (Figure 32).
Figure 31 6490 Triple Quadrupole Pumping System