292 Maintaining Your GC
A Swagelok Connections
Using a Swagelok Tee
To supply gas from a single source to more than one input, use a
Swagelok Tee.
Materials needed:
• 1/8-inch preconditioned copper tubing
• Tubing cutter
• 1/8-inch Swagelok nuts and front and back ferrules
• 1/8-inch Swagelok Tee
• Two 7/16-inch wrenches
• 1/8-inch Swagelok cap (optional)
1 Cut the tubing where you want to install the Tee. Connect the
tubing and Tee with a Swagelok fitting. See Figure 14.
Figure 14 Swagelok tee
2 Measure the distance from the Tee to the GC inlets. Attach
copper tubing to the open Tee ends with Swagelok fittings.
NOTE
Do not combine valve actuator air with flame ionization air. The valve
action will cause major upsets in the detector signal.
Cap
Tee fitting
Nut and ferrules
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