GE AKTA avant User Manual page 211

Tube rack inserts
The Fraction collector F9-R is delivered with the 18 mm tube rack mounted. Each tube
rack is made up of a combination of a bowl, tube support, tube guide and tube holder.
Change the tube holder and the tube guide to collect fractions in 12 mm tubes or 30
mm tubes. The 12 mm tube rack is delivered with Fraction collector F9-R and the 30 mm
tube rack is available as an accessory. The table below describes inserts and correspond-
ing fraction collection tubes.
Inserts
12 mm Tube holder
12 mm Tube guide
18 mm Tube holder
18 mm Tube guide
30 mm Tube holder
30 mm Tube guide
Single and L-shaped cutouts
When assembling a tube rack, different cutouts are used for the various inserts depending
on the length of the collection tubes. Which cutouts to use are summarized in the tables
below.
12 mm and 18 mm tube rack inserts
Inserts
Tube support
Tube guide
Tube holder
30 mm tube rack inserts
Inserts
Tube support
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Maximum number of
tubes
175
95
40
50 to 85 mm tubes
L-shaped cutout
Single cutout
Single cutout
30 to 50 mm
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tubes
Single cutout
5.8.2 Prepare Fraction collector F9-R
Tube diameter
12 mm
18 mm
30 mm
85 to 180 mm tubes
Not required
L-shaped cutout
Single cutout
50 to 85 mm
tubes
L-shaped cutout
5 Operation
5.8 Fractionation
Tube length
50 to 180 mm
50 to 180 mm
50 to 180 mm
85 to 180 mm
tubes
Not required
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