Parts required

Passive pre-heater

Tools required

Screwdriver, Torx T10

Follow these steps

  1. Place the passive pre-heater in the desired position.

    Inside the column chamber, four different positions are available.

  2. TIP

    The passive pre-heater can be mounted in any of the four positions that are shown below. It can be orientated as required, with the outlet capillary pointing downwards or upwards, depending on the column inlet position.

  3. Mounting positions for passive pre-heater
    Figure: Mounting positions for passive pre-heater

    No.

    Description

    1

    Passive pre-heater positions in left column slot

    2

    Passive pre-heater positions in right column slot

  4. Align the screw holes of the passive pre-heater with the screw holes on the pre-heater mounting position.

  5. With the screwdriver, tighten the two screws and washers to mount the passive pre-heater inside the column chamber.

  6. Mounting the passive pre-heater
    Figure: Mounting the passive pre-heater

    No.

    Description

    1

    Passive pre-heater (installed)

    2

    Passive pre-heater washers and screws

  7. Connect the outlet capillary of the passive pre-heater to the column inlet.

  8. Connect the inlet capillary of the passive pre-heater to the autosampler or a column switching valve.

TIP

The passive pre-heater is not controlled by the chromatography data system. Therefore, it is not required to set up the passive pre-heater in the chromatography data system. The passive pre-heater can be used to adapt the eluent to the column temperature, before the eluent enters the column.