Description
Crimping pliers for 11 mm crimp caps are a manual laboratory tool for applying aluminium crimp seals to matching 11 mm vial necks with controlled, repeatable force. The pliers are intended for routine sealing of ND11-style crimp caps used in chromatography sample preparation, QC aliquots, and general analytical workflows where a secure mechanical closure is required before storage, transport, or autosampler injection. Correct crimping helps seat the septum evenly, reducing the risk of leaks or loose caps that can compromise sample integrity. Supplied as a single piece, the tool fits benches that process moderate sample numbers and need a dedicated 11 mm crimp station without automated equipment. This crimping tool from manufacturer Altmann Analytik is described as an alternative to VWR 548-0847 and Labhut Cronus VTC-11, and as an equivalent product to Agilent 5040-4667, supporting laboratories that standardise on widely used 11 mm crimp systems. Suitable for lab material setups that already rely on 11 mm aluminium crimp caps and require a compatible handheld crimper for daily use.
This article is part of Crimpers & decappers, in Vials, caps & septa.
Key features
- Pack size: 1 pc
- Product type: Crimping pliers
- Cap size: 11 mm crimp caps
- Operation: Manual crimping tool
- Compatibility note: Alternative to VWR 548-0847
- Further equivalent: Labhut Cronus VTC-11
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Ergonomic Manual Crimper for 11 mm caps is the article on this page. Luminix Health distributes Altmann Analytik for laboratory use. It sits in Crimpers & decappers, inside Vials, caps & septa, in Chromatography equipment.
A crimper closes a crimp cap onto a vial neck. A decapper takes it off. The jaw size, 11 mm or 20 mm, has to match the cap. A crimp that is too tight cracks the neck. One that is too loose leaks in the tray. Electronic and manual tools differ in how repeatable the squeeze is.
An autosampler vial is the small closed bottle a chromatograph picks up. The neck is crimp, screw or snap, and the cap and the septum have to be that neck. The septum is the part the needle pierces. A soft septum reseals. A septum that is wrong for the solvent swells or sheds particles into the sample. Inserts reduce the volume when the sample is scarce. The separation they feed is described with IUPAC names and PubChem data.
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