Recommendations for Maintenance of Pinnacle PCX

Keep your Pinnacle in good condition and minimize downtime by performing annual maintenance.

Below you can find a general maintenance schedule. Your individual maintenance schedule will depend on usage. If you use the Pinnacle PCX very intensely, you may want to perform the preventative maintenance more often.

Refer to the maintenance section of the Pinnacle manual for details on performing the maintenance. The manual is ready for download below.

For professional maintenance complete maintenance and tubing kits are available. For further details please have a look at the document Recommendations for Maintenance ready for download at the left.

Routine maintenance - Check for leaks every day - Replace flush and piston wash reservoirs every week - Record operating pressures in a daily log book Precaution is Cheaper than Repair - Replace valve and pump seals every 12 months - Replace the 10 µm reagent frits every 3 months - Change the tubings every 24 months
	Spare parts for the PINNACLE PCX (overviews)  Flow diagram Pinnacle (single step) with Art. Nr. (pdf)  Flow diagram Pinacle (dual step) with Art. Nr. (pdf)  Overview: spare parts for Pinnacle PCX (external)
	Manuals for PICKERING systems:  PCX 5200 (pdf)  Vector PCX (pdf)  Pinnacle PCX (pdf)