Agilent Technologies 8860 - To Cut a Loop from a Column

4 Maintaining Capillary Columns
To Cut a Loop from a Column
Maintaining Your GC 37
To Cut a Loop from a Column
1 Gather the following:
• New ferrule(s) for the column inlet connection
• Column cutter
2 Place GC in maintenance mode: Maintenance > Instrument > Perform Maintenance >
Maintenance Mode > Start Maintenance and wait for the GC to become ready.
WARNING
Be careful! The oven and/or inlet may be hot enough to cause burns. If the inlet is hot, wear
heat-resistant gloves to protect your hands.
WARNING
Wear safety glasses to protect your eyes from flying particles while handling, cutting, or
installing glass or fused silica capillary columns. Use care in handling these columns to
prevent puncture wounds.
3 Loosen the inlet column nut and remove the column from the inlet.
4 Uncoil one loop of column from the column hanger.
5 Cut the unwanted loop from the column.
6 Install the column into the inlet using the new ferrules.
NOTE
Perform the installation procedure manually. Do not use the automated column installation
wizard.
• “To Install a Capillary Column with the Split/Splitless Inlet”
• “To Install a Capillary Column with the Purged Packed Inlet”
• “To Install a Capillary Column with the Cool On-Column Inlet”
7 Exit maintenance mode. Select Maintenance > Instrument > Perform Maintenance >
Maintenance Mode > Finished.