Waters ACQUITY I-Class SM-FL Performance Maintenance Kit

Waters ACQUITY UPLC I-Class SM-FL Performance Maintenance Kit – MPN 201000354

The Waters 201000354 is a factory-sealed Performance Maintenance (PM) Kit engineered specifically for the Sample Manager with Flow-Through Needle (SM-FL) inside the Waters ACQUITY UPLC I-Class system. This comprehensive kit contains high-purity, OEM-certified internal fluidic components required to perform standard annual preventative maintenance or restore system pressure limits. By replacing critical high-wear parts—such as the injection needle, rotor cartridge, and specialized internal seals—this kit minimizes baseline noise, mitigates peak tailing, eliminates sample carryover, and ensures uncompromised volumetric injection precision under ultra-high pressure configurations up to 15,000 psi.

Technical Performance and Design

• OEM Quality Standards: Every item enclosed within this kit is a genuine Waters component machined to the exact tolerances required to withstand continuous operation under UPLC pressures without micro-leaking.

• Carryover Mitigation: Includes specialized low-volume, biocompatible seals and advanced needle assemblies coated to eliminate sample adsorption, guaranteeing ultra-low carryover performance critical for high-sensitivity mass spectrometry (LC-MS) assays.

• Comprehensive Wear-Part Refresh: Bundles all essential high-wear items—such as the injection needle assembly, needle guide, rotor cartridge, and high-pressure seals—into a single SKU to streamline maintenance scheduling.

• System Lifespan Extension: Routine replacement of these core fluidic parts prevents seal fragmentation from traveling downstream and contaminating costly column matrices or fouling the MS source inlet.

Product Specifications

• Manufacturer: Waters Corporation

• Part Number (MPN): 201000354

• System Compatibility: ACQUITY UPLC I-Class System (SM-FL Modules)

• Module Sub-Type: Sample Manager - Flow-Through Needle

• Condition: Factory Sealed, Boxed OEM Kit

• Maintenance Interval: Recommended every 12 months or after a specified number of injections (per laboratory SOPs)

Key Benefits & Applications

• Volumetric Injection Precision: Essential for maintaining low coefficient of variation (CV) percentages across analytical replicates, protecting the quantitative validity of your chromatography data.

• Preventative Downtime Protection: Swapping wear components before failure prevents unexpected peak splitting, baseline drifting, and mid-run system over-pressurizations.

• GLP/GMP Compliance: Utilizing genuine Waters factory-sealed kits simplifies laboratory equipment validation audits (IQ/OQ/PQ) and aligns with Good Laboratory Practice protocols.

• Chromatographic Peak Integrity: Replacing the rotor valve cartridge and needle ensures clean fluid-path switching, eliminating the ghost peaks and peak broadening caused by scratched internal seals.

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