Pay attention to the following safety guidelines:

Observe all warning messages and precautionary statements presented in Safety Precautions.

WARNING

Sharp Tip of Injection Needle

The injection needle has a very sharp tip that can cause injury to the skin.

To avoid personal injury, never touch the needle tip.

CAUTION

Heavy Load, Bulky Device

The system modules are too heavy or bulky for one person alone to handle safely. To avoid personal injury or damage to the system modules, observe the following guidelines:

  • Physical handling of the modules, including lifting or moving, requires a team effort of two persons.
  • A team effort is in particular required when lifting the modules into the system stack or when removing them.
  • Use the carrying handles that were shipped with the modules to move or transport the modules. Never move or lift the modules by the front doors. This will damage the doors or the modules. Verify that the handles are fixed properly and cannot slide off the module.

CAUTION

Electric Shock or Damage to the Device

After the power to the device is turned off, the device is still energized as long as the power cord is connected. Repair work on the device while the device is connected to power could lead to personal injury.

  • Always unplug the power cord before starting repair work inside the device.
  • If you were instructed to remove any housing covers or panels, do not connect the power cord to the device while the cover or panels are removed.

NOTICE

Moving the Vanquish system stack even over short distances on the workbench can damage and impair the functionality of the system base.

Before moving the system stack, unlock the system base using the locking tools.

Guidelines when Extending the System Stack

Observe the following:

WARNING

Risk of tilting system stack

A one-stack configuration may exceed the maximum allowed height. If the system configuration is higher, the system stack poses a tilting risk which can entail personal injury.

If your configuration is higher, you need to stabilize the stack with one of the following safety measures:

  • Use a stack stabilization kit (see table below).
  • Build up the system in two separate stacks.

The table shows which stack stabilization kit you need for which stack height. The heights are measured from the table surface to the solvent rack railing. Due to production and installation tolerances, the actual stack height can be up to 2 cm higher than the limit. This tolerance is acceptable.

Stack height

Stack stabilization kit required

Up to 100 cm

None

Example: Configuration with pump, autosampler, column compartment and variable wavelength detector

Up to 123 cm

One of the following kits:

  • Bench clamp kit

  • Stack stabilizer kit

  • IonBench with stack mounting kit

Up to 139 cm

Bench clamp kit

139 cm and higher

Build up the system in two separate stacks