Q Series TGA

Basic Service
Training

2010
 QTGA 50/500 Session
2010
Basic Thermal Service Training for Qseries
Instruments
 Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA)

 Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA) measures amount and rate of weight change

vs. temperature or time in a controlled atmosphere
 Used to determine composition and thermal stability up to 1500°C (depending on
exact instrument)
 Characterizes materials that exhibit weight loss or gain due to decomposition,
oxidation, or dehydration
 TGA is ideal technique to use first on unknown samples
 Agenda

 Introduction to QTGA 50/500

 Balance
 Standard and EGA furnaces
 Auto Sampler
 Heat Exchanger

 Review of the Electrical Interconnect Diagram

 Power distribution
 Front End Board
 Motor Drive Board
 Interface board
 Agenda

 Installation checklist
 Unpacking Unit
Balance
 Cables and purge connections
 Installing Hang down wires
 Aligning balance
 Calibrations
Weight
Temperature
Sample Platform
 Agenda

Service Procedures
 Replacing the Balance
 Replacing the Thermocouple
 Installing the EGA Furnace
Rebuilding the EGA Furnace
Q50/500 TGA
Q50/500 Cabinet
Q50/500 Cabinet
Balance Housing
Balance Housing
Balance Housing
Balance & Standard Low mass Furnace
EGA Furnace
Auto Sampler
Heat Exchanger
Electrical Interconnect Diagram - 1
Electrical Interconnect Diagram - 2
Q50/500 Installation Checklist
Q50/500 Installation Checklist
Unpacking Instructions
Removing Shipping Foam from the Balance
Cables and purge line Connections
240 Volt A.C. Configuration
240 Volt A.C. Configuration
Installing the Hang-down Wires
Installing the Hang-down Wires
Aligning the Sample Hang-down Wire
Aligning the Sample Hang-down Wire
Sample Platform Calibration - QNX
Sample Platform Calibration - QNX
Sample Platform Calibration - QNX
Sample Platform Calibration - VRTX
Sample Platform Calibration - VRTX
Weight Calibration - 1
Weight Calibration - 2
Weight Calibration - 3
Weight Calibration - 4
Weight Calibration - 5
Sample Temperature Calibration - 1
Sample Temperature Calibration - 2
Sample Temperature Calibration - 3
Sample Temperature Calibration - 4
Sample Temperature Calibration - 5
 Service Procedures

 Replacing the Balance assembly

 Replacing the Thermocouple
 Installing the EGA furnace
 Rebuilding the EGA Furnace
 Replacing the Mass Flow Assembly
 Replacing the Standard Furnace
 Replacing the Balance Assembly - 1

Remove the balance cover by removing the six Screws

Remove the Platinum hang-down wires from the sample and tare sides
Remove the thermocouple assembly
 Replacing the Balance Assembly - 2

Remove the connector in the upper right corner of the balance housing

With a 7/64 Allen wrench from the Accessory kit Turn the balance
positioning screw counter clockwise until the balance can be pulled out
from the two mounting pins that it rests on.
 Installing a New Balance

 Install the new balance by aligning the two mounting hole in the balance
to the two mounting shafts in the enclosure
 Installing a New Balance

 Turn the 7/64 Allen head screw clockwise to align the de-coupler loop
over the opening in the balance housing bottom for the hang down wire
 Install the platinum Hang down wires as instructed in the on line help.
 Aligning a New Balance

 Remove the foam packing triangles from the new balance

 Aligning a New Balance

 Place a clean empty sample pan on the sample and the tare side
 Turn the balance adjusting screw to bring the sample Platinum hang
down wire a close to the center of the opening in the bottom of the
balance housing
 Aligning a New Balance

 Adjust the feet to center the sample pan in the furnace opening
 Replacing the Sample Thermocouple

 Remove the nine pin connector with the 4 green and white wires
attached to it
 Replacing the Sample Thermocouple -2

 Use tweezers to grab the ceramic shield of the thermocouple wires and
pull it straight up
 Installing New Thermocouple

 Grab the lower part of the ceramic cover near the end of the
thermocouple and carefully insert it into the hole in the balance housing
next to the sample hang down wire
 Replacing the Sample Thermocouple - 2

 Feed the thermocouple slowly down until you reach the ceramic collar
 Replacing the Sample Thermocouple - 3

 Position the thermocouple tip with in 2 mm of the edge of the sample pan
 Be sure it will not touch the sample pan
 Replacing the Sample Thermocouple - 4

 Connect the connector inside of the balance housing

 Dress the 4 thermocouple wires away from the sample hang down wire
Installing the EGA Furnace - 1
Installing the EGA Furnace - 2
Installing the EGA Furnace - 3
Disassembly of the EGA Furnace For QTGA - 1
Disassembly of the EGA Furnace For QTGA - 2
Disassembly of the EGA Furnace For QTGA - 3
Disassembly of the EGA Furnace For QTGA - 4
Reassembly Of the EGA Furnace for QTGA - 1
Reassembly Of the EGA Furnace for QTGA - 2
Reassembly Of the EGA Furnace for QTGA - 3
Reassembly Of the EGA Furnace for QTGA - 4
Reassembly Of the EGA Furnace for QTGA - 5
Reassembly Of the EGA Furnace for QTGA - 6
Reassembly Of the EGA Furnace for QTGA - 7
Thank You