Preparing the column compartments 35
Required materials
• Gloves: clean, powder-free, chemical-resistant
• 50/100-mm or 150-mm column stabilizer kit:
– Collet and compression screw multi-tool (collet separator)
– Column stabilizer assembly
– PEEK tubing for connecting the column to the detector’s flow cell
– 3 Phillips screws (1 is a spare)
– 3 thermal gaskets (2 are spares)
Required tools
• Needle-nose pliers
• Phillips screwdriver
To install the optional column stabilizer assembly:
1. Stop any currently running mobile phase before replacing the column
stabilizer assembly.
2. Disconnect the inlet tubing from injector port 6 of the sample manager.
3. Open the column heater door.
Location of column-
stabilizer-inlet tubing