Operation Manual D-480 ©BÜCH Labortechnik AG
8 - Maintaining the instrument 191
Place the ash crucible in the tube rack into the vent or else on a heat-resistant surface until it has
completely cooled down.
Protect the hot ash crucible from unauthorized access.
If there are any corundum balls sticking on the bottom of the ash crucible, top up some balls in
the combustion tube.
Installing the ash crucible
Note
The following section is a continuation of Removing the ash crucible (on page 188). All steps
described there must already have been performed.
Process
The section is divided into the following phases:
Installing the ash crucible
Follow-up instrument preparation: Gas pressure / gas-tightness
Safety instruction
Strictly observe the safety instruction "Replacing the ash crucible/finger" under Warning notes
during operation (on page 24).
Requirements
The instrument must be in "Replace part" status. See instructions "Preparing the instrument, Gas
pressure" in Preparing and following up maintenance work (on page 171).
Keep a tube extractor ready.
Keep a filled ash finger ready. See Filling the combustion tube (on page 222).
Top view furnace
The following picture shows a top view of the furnace pulled out:
Legend:
1 Post combustion tube plug
2 Post combustion tube
3 Combustion tube connection
4 Combustion tube
5 Reduction tube plug
6 Reduction tube
Phase 1: Installing the ash crucible
Proceed as follows:
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