Valmet MAXUM II Intro to Process Gas Chromatography Technology

This course, taught in English, introduces attendees to chromatographic technology and theory, as well as the hardware associated with process gas chromatography.

Training type
Scheduled
Start date
End date
Duration
3
Location
Houston, United States of America
Description
Course Code: OPTIA1. This course, taught in English, introduces attendees to chromatographic technology and theory, as well as the hardware associated with process gas chromatography.
Objective
Upon completion of this course, attendees will be able to: - Identify sample valves, column valves, columns, and detectors used in process gas chromatography. - Repair Model 11 and Model 50 valves. - Use chromatograms and oven plumbing diagrams to determine column valve timing. - Understand basic integration techniques and baseline correction in online chromatography. - Identify common sample system parts and subsystems in gas and liquid sample systems. - Understand the theory needed for the Valmet MAXUM II Operation 1 course, where attendees configure flows, valve timing, integration, and calibration.
Audience
Persons who need a basic understanding of process gas chromatography.
Pre-requisites
None.
Registration information

Please email your enrollment information to: AS.NA.Maxum.Training@valmet.com and include the following details:

First Name & Last Name

Company name, address, site location.

Student Email Address, telephone number

Supervisor/Managers name and email address

PO number

The class ID, course name, and the course start date.

 

Payment

Please send a purchase order to: AS.NA.Maxum.Training@valmet.com.

PO issue-to:

Our legal entity name is “Valmet, Inc.” and DBA (Do Business As) “Gas Chromatography System Maxum LLC”.

Gas Chromatography System Maxum LLC is our business unit under Valmet, Inc.

Class Status - Reschedules - Cancellation

Our training schedules is dynamic and updated daily. Classes are subject to cancellation, or relocation. Classes are subject to availability, and availability is subject to change. Each class has a maximum room capacity, and we do our best to accommodate our students with all of our resources. The class status is confirmed by email to the registered technician, at least two weeks before class. If the technician's availability changes, please take that opportunity to reschedule to a future date. If a technician is a NO SHOW, NO NOTICE, we do invoice at full course price. The NO SHOW NO NOTICE course seat will remain open for the customer or technician or the customer may substitute with a different technician, or place a technician in a different course, as long as the course price is the same. Please contact training at AS.NA.MAXUM.TRAINING@VALMET.COM for more information.

Thanks again for your interest.

Best regards.

Valmet GC Maxum Training Department

AS.NA.MAXUM.TRAINING@VALMET.COM

Deadline for registration
Dec 1, 2026
Tuition fee
3300 USD per student

Agenda

Topics:

1.MAXUM II System Overview

2.MAXUM II GCP Overview

3.MAXUM II Hardware Overview

4.MAXUM II Valve Maintenance

a. Model 50

b. Model 11

c. Liquid Inject

5.MAXUM II Detectors Maintenance

a. Flame Photometric

b. Flame Ionization

c. Thermal Conductivity

6.System Addressing

a. IP Addressing

b. SNE/Internal Bus Addresses

c. Add an I2C IO Card

7.MAXUM II Chromatograph Hardware

a. Oven configurations

b. Utility Requirement

c. Module Wiring/Connections

8.Parallel Chromatography

a. Applets

b. Hardware Timing

c. Flow Settings

9.GCP Method Software

a. Method Setup

b. Integration Options

c. Auto Gating

d. Named Peaks

e. Group Peaks

f. Sequences

g. Offline Calibration

10.Color Touch Screen Control Interface Module (CIM)

a. HMI Menus

b. Menu Navigation

c. Alarms

d. Basic HMI Operations

e. Modify the Chromatograph Method

11.Labs

a. Save Database Tables

b. Analyzer Calibration using CIM

c. Analyzer Calibration with GCP

d. Modify Methods

e. Set Valve Timing

f. Run Setup and Main Detector Chromatograms

g. Set Flows

h. Perform Model 50 Valve Maintenance

i. Identify MAXUM II Hardware Components