930 Compact IC Flex 930 Compact IC Flex Deg Manual – Short Instructions 8.930.
Metrohm AG CH-9100 Herisau Switzerland Phone +41 71 353 85 85 Fax +41 71 353 89 01 info@metrohm.com www.metrohm.com 930 Compact IC Flex 930 Compact IC Flex Deg 2.930.1160 Manual – Short Instructions 8.930.8102EN 11.
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￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Table of contents Table of contents 1 About these Short Instructions 1 2 Introduction 2 2.1 Instrument description ......................................................... 2 2.2 Intended use ......................................................................... 3 2.3 Safety instructions ................................................................ 4 2.3.1 General notes on safety ........................................................... 4 2.3.2 Electrical safety ....
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Table of contents 4.14 Initial start-up ..................................................................... 20 4.15 Connecting and rinsing the guard column ....................... 22 4.16 Connecting the separation column ................................... 24 4.17 Conditioning ........................................................................ 26 5 Operation 28 6 Warranty (guarantee) 29 7 Accessories 31 Index IV ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 33 930 Compact IC Flex Deg (2.930.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Table of figures Table of figures Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Front ................................................................................................. 7 Rear .................................................................................................. 8 Removing the transport locking screws ............................................ 11 930 Compact IC Flex Deg (2.930.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 1 About these Short Instructions 1 About these Short Instructions This short instruction manual contains important chapters from the comprehensive manual. In addition to an introduction, safety instructions and an overview of the instrument, you will also find information about installing and operating the 930 Compact IC Flex Deg as well as information regarding the warranty. You can download the detailed manual as a PDF file from the Internet.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 2.1 Instrument description 2 Introduction 2.1 Instrument description The 930 Compact IC Flex is a professional ion chromatograph. It is distinguished by: ￭ ￭ ￭ ￭ ￭ ￭ ￭ Its intelligence: All of the functions are monitored, optimized and documented in an FDA-compatible manner. Intelligent components, such as iColumns, save important data onto a chip. Its compact design: It has a small footprint.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 2 Introduction Inline filter Inline filters protect the separation column reliably from potential contamination from the eluent. The small filter pads with 2 µm pore size can be replaced quickly and easily. They remove particles from the solutions, such as bacteria and algae.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 2.3 Safety instructions 2.3 Safety instructions 2.3.1 General notes on safety WARNING This instrument may only be operated in accordance with the specifications in this documentation. This instrument has left the factory in a flawless state in terms of technical safety. To maintain this state and ensure non-hazardous operation of the instrument, the following instructions must be observed carefully. 2.3.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 2 Introduction Protection against electrostatic charges WARNING Electronic components are sensitive to electrostatic charges and can be destroyed by discharges. Do not fail to pull the mains cable out of the mains connection socket before you set up or disconnect electrical plug connections at the rear of the instrument. 2.3.3 Tubing and capillary connections CAUTION Leaks in tubing and capillary connections are a safety risk. Tighten all connections well by hand.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 2.4 Symbols and conventions More details about the disposal of your old equipment can be obtained from your local authorities, from waste disposal companies or from your local dealer. 2.4 Symbols and conventions The following symbols and formatting may appear in this documentation: Cross-reference to figure legend The first number refers to the figure number, the second to the instrument part in the figure. Instruction step Carry out these steps in the sequence shown.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 3 Overview of the instrument 3 Overview of the instrument 3.1 Front Figure 1 Front 1 Bottle holder Offers space for the eluent bottle and additional accessories. 2 Column holder For hanging the separation column (iColumn). With column recognition. 3 Column chamber 4 Sample degasser 5 Inline filter 6 Injection valve 7 Pulsation absorber 8 Base tray With leak sensor. 930 Compact IC Flex Deg (2.930.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 3.2 Rear 9 Purge valve For deaerating the high-pressure pump. With rotary knob in the center and pressure sensor. 10 High-pressure pump Pumps the eluent through the IC system. 11 Eluent degasser 12 Detector chamber Offers space for an embedded detector and additional accessories. 2 Drainage tubing connection For connecting the drainage tubing, which guides escaped fluids away from the bottle holder. 3.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 3 Overview of the instrument 3 Knurled screws For fastening the removable back panel. 4 Back panel Removable. Enables access to the detector chamber. 5 Drainage tubing connection For connecting the drainage tubing, which guides escaped fluids away from the detector chamber. 6 Transport locking screws For securing the vacuum pump when transporting the instrument. 7 Exhaust opening Labeled Exhaust. For extracting the air from the vacuum chamber.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 4.1 Setting up the instrument 4 Installation 4.1 Setting up the instrument 4.1.1 Packaging The instrument is supplied in highly protective special packaging together with the separately packed accessories. Keep this packaging, as only this ensures safe transportation of the instrument. 4.1.2 Checks Immediately after receipt, check whether the shipment has arrived complete and without damage by comparing it with the delivery note. 4.1.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 4 Installation Remove the transport locking screws Figure 3 1 Removing the transport locking screws Transport locking screws For the vacuum pump. Only present if the instrument has a degasser. 2 Transport locking screws For the high-pressure pump. Store the transport locking screws in a safe place. Reinsert the transport locking screws each time you transport the instrument a significant distance.
4.3 Connecting the drainage tubing and leak sensor 4.3 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Connecting the drainage tubing and leak sensor The leak sensor detects leaking liquid that collects in the instrument's base tray. Liquid that leaks in the bottle holder or in the detector chamber is routed to the base tray using drainage tubing and is detected there. If the leak sensor detects a leak in the IC system, the IC instrument is switched off and a warning is output in the software.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 4 Installation Connecting the drainage tubing 4.3.2 Connecting the leak sensor Plugging in the leak sensor connection cable The leak sensor connection cable is coiled up in the base tray. 930 Compact IC Flex Deg (2.930.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 4.4 Connecting the eluent bottle 4.4 Connecting the eluent bottle The eluent is aspirated out of the eluent bottle via the eluent aspiration tubing . The eluent aspiration tubing is installed on the input for the eluent degasser. Accessories For this step you need the following accessories: These parts are part of the accessory kit Vario/Flex ONE (6.5000.010). ￭ ￭ ￭ ￭ 14 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Eluent bottle (6.1608.070) The eluent bottle cap GL 45 accessory set (6.1602.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 4 Installation Connecting the eluent aspiration tubing 930 Compact IC Flex Deg (2.930.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 4.5 Connecting the eluent degasser 4.5 Connecting the eluent degasser The eluent degasser is completely connected. No installation work is required. 4.6 Installing the high-pressure pump The high-pressure pump is completely connected. No installation work is required. 4.7 Installing an inline filter The inline filter is completely connected. No installation work is required. 4.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 4 Installation Connecting the detector to the eluent path NOTE The separation column is not inserted into the instrument until it is being started up for the first time. Until then, the detector input capillary has to be connected directly to the column input capillary using a coupling (6.2744.040). Accessories For this step you need the following accessories: ￭ ￭ 4.11 Coupling (6.2744.040) 2 × pressure screw (6.2744.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 4.12 Connecting the instrument to a computer Connecting the sample degasser CAUTION If the sample degasser is not used, the input and output must be sealed with threaded stoppers (6.2744.220). 4.12 Connecting the instrument to a computer NOTE The instrument must be switched off when being connected to a computer. Accessories For this step you need the following accessories: ￭ ￭ 18 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ USB connecting cable (6.2151.020) USB connection cable (6.2151.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 4 Installation Connecting the USB cable 1 Insert the USB cable into the computer connection socket on the rear of the instrument. 2 Insert the other end into a USB port on the computer. 4.13 Connecting the instrument to the power supply WARNING The power supply unit must not get wet. Protect it from liquids. The power supply cable is three-core and provided with a plug with grounding.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 4.14 Initial start-up Connecting the power supply cable 1 Inserting the power supply cable ￭ ￭ Insert the power supply cable into the instrument's power socket. Connect the power supply cable to the power supply. 2 Switching on the instrument Switch on the instrument using the power switch. After being switched on, the LED on the front of the instrument flashes. The instrument conducts a system test and establishes a connection to the software.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 4 Installation Rinsing the IC system CAUTION The guard column and separation column must not be installed for the initial start-up. Make sure that a coupling (6.2744.040) is being used instead of the columns. 1 Preparing the software ￭ ￭ ￭ Start the MagIC Net computer program. Open the Equilibration tab in MagIC Net: Workplace ▶ Run ▶ Equilibration. Select (or create) a suitable method. Also see: MagIC Net tutorial and online help.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 4.15 Connecting and rinsing the guard column 4 Deaerating the high-pressure pump Use the syringe to aspirate eluent until there are no more air bubbles in the eluent. 5 Rinsing the instrument without columns ￭ 4.15 Rinse the instrument (without columns) with eluent for 5 minutes. Connecting and rinsing the guard column CAUTION New guard columns are filled with solution and sealed with stoppers or caps on both sides.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 4 Installation NOTE The guard column may not be connected until after the instrument has already been put into operation once (see Chapter 4.14, page 20). The guard column and separation column have to be replaced by a coupling (6.2744.040) until then.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 4.16 Connecting the separation column 4.16 Connecting the separation column CAUTION New separation columns are filled with solution and sealed with stoppers on both sides. Before inserting the column, ensure that this solution can be mixed with the eluent being used (follow information from the manufacturer). NOTE The separation column may not be connected until after the instrument has already been put into operation once (see Chapter 4.14, page 20).
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 4 Installation Rinse the separation column as follows. Connecting the separation column 1 Rinsing the separation column ￭ ￭ 930 Compact IC Flex Deg (2.930.1160) Place a beaker under the separation column's outlet.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 4.17 Conditioning ￭ ￭ 4.17 Rinse the separation column with eluent for approximately 10 minutes. Use manual control in MagIC Net to stop the high-pressure pump again: Off. Conditioning After installation, after each time the instrument is switched on and after each time the eluent is changed, the system has to be conditioned with eluent long enough that a stable baseline is attained. NOTE The conditioning time can lengthen considerably after changing the eluent.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 4 Installation ￭ Visually inspect whether all capillaries and their connections from the high-pressure pump to the detector are leak-tight. If eluent is leaking out anywhere, tighten the corresponding pressure screw further, or loosen the pressure screw, check the end of the capillary and shorten it using the capillary cutter if necessary and retighten the pressure screw.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 5 Operation The 930 Compact IC Flex Deg is operated solely using the MagIC Net software. You can find information on operating the software in the tutorial for MagIC Net or in the online help. 28 ￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 930 Compact IC Flex Deg (2.930.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 6 Warranty (guarantee) 6 Warranty (guarantee) Metrohm guarantees that the deliveries and services it provides are free of defects in materials, design or manufacturing. The general warranty period is 36 months (exclusions below) from the date of delivery, or 18 months in the event of continuous operation. The warranty remains valid on the condition that the servicing is provided by a service organization authorized by Metrohm at defined intervals and with a defined scope.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ The same warranty periods that are specified for a corresponding new part apply to parts that are replaced or repaired within the above-mentioned warranty periods. However, replacement or repair of a part does not extend the warranty period of the entire system. Deficiencies arising from circumstances that are not the responsibility of Metrohm, such as improper storage or improper use, etc., are expressly excluded from the warranty.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ 7 Accessories 7 Accessories Up-to-date information on the scope of delivery and optional accessories for your instrument can be found on the Internet. NOTE When you receive your new instrument, we recommend downloading the accessories list from the Internet, printing it out and keeping it together with the manual for reference purposes.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ The Partslists webpage will be displayed. 7 Select the desired output language. 8 With the article number entered, click on the command Generate PDF. The PDF file with the accessories data will be created in the language selected. Direct access for all instruments If you are unable to find your instrument using the search as described above, this may be due to the instrument not being sold anymore.
￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭￭ Index Index A Aspiration tubing for eluent ...... 15 B Baseline Conditioning ...................... 27 C Column See also "Separation column" ........................................... 24 Computer connection ............... 18 Conditioning ............................ 27 Connect To computer ...................... 18 To power supply ................. 19 D Degasser Sample degasser ................. 17 Drainage tubing Installation ......................... 12 E Electrostatic charge ...
