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18 Maintenance and Inspection
18.5 Inspection and Maintenance: Glass Insert
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Fig. 18.5.1 Tool: Glass insert wrench, standard accessory Part No. 221-46977
Fig. 18.5.2
(2) Use tweezers to lift the glass insert out of the injection port.
NOTE If the O-ring has become fixed, turn the O-ring using tweezers and then lift the glass insert. Do not
forcibly lift the glass insert with the O-ring fixed because it may break the glass.
Fig. 18.5.3
Q Cleaning the glass insert
NOTE Remove the O-ring before rising the glass insert with solvent. After cleaning, use a new O-ring.
(1) Removing the silica wool.
Septum fragments and other contaminants on the silica wool affect reproducibility.
Ghost peaks may also be present.
Push silica wool out using a thin, long wire.
Top of injection port
Septum nut
Glass insert nut
Septum nut assembly
Glass insert
Tweezers
O-ring