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Installing the In-Line Waste Collection System
Parts
Tubing Adapters
Luer Plugs
Cap with attached check valve
Each Inline Waste Collection Kit comes with the following parts:
Parts
Cap with attached check valve
The cap and attached check valve screw to the top of your waste container. The check valve keeps vapors contained while also preventing the container from over pressurizing. 1/8 inch hard walled tubing can be inserted through the ports in the top of the cap. Use a
supplied tubing adaptor to connect tubing that is not 1/8 inch hard walled.
Parts
Cap with attached check valve
The cap has 3 ports for connecting tubing. NOTE: One of ports in the top of the cap does not penetrate through the cap.
This port does not penetrate through the cap.
Parts
Tubing Adapters
The kit comes with several different sizes of tubing adapters. Tubing connects to one end of the adapter, while the other end
plugs into the cap.
Parts
Barbed end of the tubing adapter. This side connects to the
tubing.
Luer end of the tubing adapter. This side connects to the
cap.
Close up view of a tubing adapter
Parts
Luer Plugs
Luer plugs are use to plug unused ports in the cap.
Installing 1/8 inch hard walled tubing
1/8 inch hard walled tubing
Insert 1/8 inch hard walled tubing through the top of the cap.
Installing NON 1/8 inch hard walled tubing
Select a tubing adapter of proper size and insert the tubing onto the barb end of the adapter. Then insert the tubing adapter into an unused port on the top of the cap.
NON 1/8 inch hard walled tubingNON 1/8 inch hard walled tubing
Installing Luer Plugs
Instert Luer Plugs in all unused ports.
NON 1/8 inch hard walled tubing
Attaching to a Waste Container
Twist the cap clockwise to attached to your waste container. Label your container with a “Hazardous Waste” label prior to use. Keep the waste container in “secondary containment” to contain spills.
If you have additional questions about installing the Inline Waste Collection System call OSEH’s Hazardous Materials Management Program at 763-4568. OSEH’s Hazardous Materials Management Program can also answer all your questions about managing your laboratory's hazardous wastes.