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Part 2. Packed metal columns Columns and Traps
Procedure: Installing ferrules on a metal column
Procedure: Installing ferrules on a metal column
Materials required
Male SWAGELOK fitting with Teflon tubing spacer
SWAGELOK nut and ferrule set
Wrenches
1. Install new SWAGELOK nut and ferrules on the column.
2. Install the Teflon tubing spacer in the male fitting. Fully insert the column
with its nut and ferrules into the vise-held fitting. Tighten the nut finger tight.
Use a wrench to tighten the nut an additional 1-1/4 turn for 1/4-inch columns
or 3/4 turn for 1/8-inch columns.
3. Unscrew the column nut from the vise-held fitting and remove the column.
Ferrules should now be set in place on the column with the column correctly
positioned.
Front ferrule
Back ferrule
SWAGELOK nut
Column