.. connects 1/16" PEEK sleeves onto your 360um OD fused silica tubing - up to UHPLC pressures
Didn`t we all dream of the capability to make NanoViper alike connections in our labs - just as needed? Well, maybe this dream became true....
The Zircofit concept uses a crimping tool taken from the electronics store and modified for the purpose of nanoLC sleeve crimping. The consumable part of Zircofit is a CNC lathe 1/16" PEEK sleeve with a crimp-able metal collar crafted to exactly the same 1/16" OD as a normal sleeve.
That way, one gets a PEEK sleeve with a metal section one can crimp onto the fused silica tubing. The crimping makes a rock solid connection of your sleeve onto the 360um OD fused silica - regardless of the applied LC pressure. The connection is so solid that it becomes impossible to slip / skip / slide under LC pressure and/or LC injection pressure pulses.
Optimum system performance is often affected by sleeve related dead volumes or failure. Consumable part can be re-ordered. An optional teflon tubing added prior crimping adds extra protection to your fused silica.
This is all you need to make reliable UHPLC compliant 1/16" sleeves onto your fused silica tubing.
Below, please find a set of pictures taken during use of the Zircofrit kit.
Once a Zircofit sleeve is put onto your fused silica tubing, one only needs to level the fused silica with the sleeve, crimp and its done. A correct crimp is so strong that one can not move the sleeve any more, forming a bond suitable for UHPLC pressures.
ZircoFit™ Price List 2016 |
Order Code |
Price € |
ZircoFit Crimp Tool |
ZF-CT |
800 |
1/16" ZircoFit Sleeve, 10 mm, 10 pcs |
ZF-ST10-10 |
300 |
1/16" ZircoFit Sleeve, 13 mm, 10 pcs |
ZF-ST13-10 |
360 |
Vici SS Nut 1/16" and SS 316 Ferrule 1/16", 10 pcs |
VC-SS-F-NUT-10 |
100 |
10/363 Fused Silica, 5m |
FS-10-363-5M |
150 |
25/363 Fused Silica, 5m |
FS-25-363-5M |
120 |
50/363 Fused Silica, 5m |
FS-50-363-5M |
120 |
75/363 Fused Silica, 5m |
FS-75-363-5M |
120 |
Fused Silica Cutter (Cleaving Stone) |
FS-C |
20 |
PTFE 1x0.5 Shield Tubing, 10m |
PT-1-0.5-10M |
50 |
Starter Kit* |
ZF-KIT10P |
1.300 |
* Starter Kit Contents:
1 pc. ZircoFit Crimp Tool
10 pcs. 1/16" ZircoFit Sleeve, 10 mm
10 pcs. 1/16" ZircoFit Sleeve, 13 mm
20 pcs. Vici SS Nut 1/16" and SS 316 Ferrule 1/16"
1 pc. 10/363 Fused Silica, 2.5m
1 pc. 25/363 Fused Silica, 2.5m
1 pc. 50/363 Fused Silica, 2.5m
1 pc. 75/363 Fused Silica, 2.5m
1 pc. Fused Silica Cutter (Cleaving Stone)
1 pc. PTFE 1x0.5 Shield Tubing, 5m
1 pc. Toolcase holding all parts of the kit
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