Description
Crimping pliers for 8 mm crimp caps are a manual laboratory tool for securely sealing vials used in chromatography and sample storage. The pliers are sized specifically for 8 mm aluminium or similar crimp closures, enabling a uniform crimp that holds the septum firmly against the vial rim and reduces the risk of leaks or evaporation. Designed for routine bench use, the tool supports GC, HPLC and general analytical sample preparation where consistent vial integrity is essential. This product from manufacturer Altmann Analytik is positioned as an alternative to VWR 548-0069 and Labhut Cronus VTC-08, allowing laboratories to maintain familiar 8 mm crimp workflows with a readily available hand tool. Supplied as a single unit, the pliers suit quality-control, research and production laboratories that process moderate numbers of crimp-sealed vials. Proper crimping helps preserve sample composition during storage, transport and automated injection, and complements standard 8 mm septa and caps already in use on the bench.
This article is part of Crimpers & decappers, in Vials, caps & septa.
Key features
- Pack size: 1 pc
- Type: Crimping pliers
- Cap size: 8 mm
- Alternative to: VWR 548-0069
- Use: GC/HPLC sample vial preparation
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Questions about crimper for 8 mm crimp caps
What is this article?
crimper for 8 mm crimp 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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The category is Vials, caps & septa. The sub-category is Crimpers & decappers. The catalogue is Chromatography equipment.
Shelves beside this one are Vial caps & septa, Chromatography accessories, Autosampler vials and Vial inserts.
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