Technical data
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Introduction
- System Description
- Installation
- Overview
- Step 1: Selecting a Location
- Step 2: Unpack and Inspect the Instrument
- Step 3: Set Up the Vacuum Pump
- Step 4: Connect the Power Cord
- Step 5: Install the Dry Compressed Air or O2 Supply
- Step 6: Install the Signal Output Cables
- Step 7: Install the Dual Plasma Burner
- Step 8: Install the Dual Plasma Controller
- Step 9: Install Column Connections
- Step 10: Install the Transfer Line
- Front Panel Controls and Initial Startup
- Operation
- Maintenance
- Pump Maintenance
- Cleaning the Detector
- Changing the Oil Mist Filter (RV5)
- Reaction Cell Cleaning
- Flow Sensor Calibration
- Detector Sensitivity
- Assembling the Dual Plasma Burner for Component Replacement with the SCD
- Assembling the Dual Plasma Burner for Component Replacement with the NCD
- Tube Replacement for the SCD
- Tube Replacement for the NCD
- Troubleshooting
- Index

92 Operation and Maintenance Manual
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Approximately 1.5 cm of the large ceramic tube should extend above the top
of the quartz heater assembly. Slide a 1/4" Swagelok nut over the large
ceramic tube and then also slide a 1/4" ferrule over the tube (flat side on
back of the nut).
9 Holding the splitter fitting, gently insert the upper ceramic tube into the
large ceramic tube coaxially, to avoid placing stress on the fragile upper
ceramic tube. Lower the splitter fitting into place to engage the threads of
the 1/4" Swagelok nut. Tighten finger-tight.
10 To begin the final alignment and tightening, use a 7/16" wrench and 5/16"
wrench to tighten the 1/4" Burner adapter one-quarter turn past
finger-tight.
11 Using a 5/8" wrench on the heater swivel nut and a 1/2" wrench on one of
the flats of the tapered union fitting, tighten the heater swivel nut
one-quarter turn past finger-tight. Using a 5/16" wrench on the 1/4" Burner
Figure 28 Orientation of the Double Taper Ferrule
Figure 29 Positioning the Upper Tube in the Union Fitting