Agilent Technologies 8860 - To Reverse a Column and Bakeout Contaminants

4 Maintaining Capillary Columns
To Reverse a Column and Bakeout Contaminants
38 Maintaining Your GC
To Reverse a Column and Bakeout Contaminants
1 Gather the following:
• 1/4-inch wrench
• 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 detector may be hot enough to cause burns. If the detector is
hot, wear 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 Disconnect the column from the inlet and detector.
4 If necessary, cut a loop from the column. See “To Cut a Loop from a Column” on page 37.
Do not attach the column to the inlet.
5 Remove the column from the hanger and reverse its position (inlet and detector ends) and
place the column back on the hanger.
6 Attach the column to the inlet.
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 Attach your column to the detector.
NOTE
Perform the installation procedure manually. Do not use the automated column installation
wizard.
• To Install a Capillary Column in the FID
• To Install a Capillary Column in the NPD
• To Install a Capillary Column in the TCD
• To Install a Capillary Column in the ECD
• To Install a Capillary Column to the FPD+
8 Exit maintenance mode. Select Maintenance > Instrument > Perform Maintenance >
Maintenance Mode > Finished.