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<DIV>A rather fundamental aspect of torquing a cell assembly that appears to be overlooked or not learned by new users is the fact that you must tighten & release, tighten and release at least three times. The ring slips for the 1st 2-3 torques and thus you do not obtain the target lbs until you stop slipping. This alone may help to prevent cell leakage.</DIV>
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<DIV>-------------------------------------------------------------------<BR> Dr. John J. "Jack" Correia<BR> Department of Biochemistry<BR> University of Mississippi Medical Center<BR> 2500 North State Street<BR> Jackson, MS 39216<BR> (601) 984-1522 <BR> fax (601) 984-1501 <BR> email address: <A href="mailto:jcorreia@biochem.umsmed.edu">jcorreia@biochem.umsmed.edu</A> <BR> homepage location: <A href="http://biochemistry.umc.edu/correia.html">http://biochemistry.umc.edu/correia.html</A><BR> dept homepage location: <A href="http://biochemistry.umc.edu/">http://biochemistry.umc.edu/</A><BR>-------------------------------------------------------------------<BR> <BR> <BR><BR><BR>>>> "Karen Fleming" <Karen.Fleming@jhu.edu> 11/16/05 9:34 AM >>><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="COLOR: #000000">We have a user here who is having leakage problems with some Aluminum <BR>2-sector centerpieces. We're using sapphire windows, so has anyone had <BR>any experience torquing these cells to 130 or 140? Would this damage <BR>the centerpieces? I know that charcoal-epon centerpieces can be torqued <BR>higher, but they are not an option for this experiment at the moment.<BR>-Karen F.<BR>****************************************************<BR>Karen G. Fleming, Ph.D.<BR>Assistant Professor<BR>Thomas C. Jenkins Department of Biophysics<BR>Johns Hopkins University<BR>3400 North Charles Street<BR>Baltimore, MD 21218<BR><BR>Voice: 410-516-7256<BR>Fax: 410-516-4118<BR>****************************************************<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>RASMB mailing list<BR>RASMB@rasmb.bbri.org<BR><A href="http://rasmb.bbri.org/mailman/listinfo/rasmb">http://rasmb.bbri.org/mailman/listinfo/rasmb</A><BR><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>