PCX5200 User’s Manual Chapter 4
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Cleaning the
Post-column
System
Fittings
External
Internal
Internal Spill
Always wear safety glasses or goggles, laboratory coat, gloves, and other appropriate
safety-clothing. Please read and understand the instructions in the MSDS’s shipped
with the chemicals. If the MSDS’s are missing, please contact Pickering Laboratories
and we can instantly fax you a copy.
Thoroughly clean any leaks from fittings with water and dry with paper towels,
especially if the solution is a buffer or hydroxide. Standing salt and hydroxide solution
are corrosive.
Soak up spills with rags, paper towels, or sponge. Clean spill-area with a wet towel and
thoroughly dry. Do not spray water directly into the instrument.
Vacuum clean inside the post-column system once a year.
1. Open the column oven door.
2. The reagent flow conditioners can be removed by removing two captive screws. Set
the flow conditioners upside down in the front of the column oven. You do not need to
disconnect any tubings.
3. The post-column panel can be removed by removing two captive screws. Set this
panel sideway in front of the PCX5200.
4. Vacuum clean the inside.
5. Reinstall the panels.
Follow the directions listed above to get inside the system. Soak up spills and leaks with
rags, paper towels, or sponge. Clean spill-area with a wet towel or water from a squeeze
bottle and thoroughly dry. Do not spray water directly into the electrical part of the
post-column pump.
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