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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.