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Manual de instrucciones-Instruction manual Versión-Version 2017
6.6 ending of daily works
Turn the handwheel till the wax-lump forceps is hoisted to the highest position, screw the
gripper of stopping slicing to lock the handwheel and the wax-lump forceps.
Take the microtome knife form the tool carrier and place it into the knife case.
Take the specimen from the wax-lump forceps.
Clear up the scraps of the slices.
Clean the apparatus
Cover the rear cover.
Warning: when you use the microtome knife it must be very careful, for its cutting edge is very
sharp, if you misoperate it, it will lead to the serious injury and therefore you may not catch
the falling microtome knife with your hands in any case.
Don´t put the microtome knife anywhere carelessly, especially make the cutting edge of the
microtome knife be upward put, the microtome knife which is not in use should always be
preserved in the knife case. You must lock the handwheel first in operating the microtome
knife and the specimen or in the work interval every time.
7.
Cleaning.
Warning; before the cleaning of the apparatus lock the handwheel first
You must not use the solvent that contains acetone and benzene to clean the apparatus
Lock the handwheel.
Brush off the scraps of the slices with a dry brush
Clean the apparatus with a damp rag (slightly moist with cleanser)
8.
Troubleshooting
Phenomena that may arise with the microatome, causes and removing
Phenomena
causas
Removing
The thicknesses of the slices are
not even. The slices are
sometimes thin, when serious
even the slices can not be
produced at all
The inclination angle of the
microtome knife is not right,
namely the rear angle is too
small. The firmness of the
locking of the waxlump forceps
and tool carrier is not enough.
The knife is blunt
Make the rear angle bigger. Try
slicing enlarging the rear angle
step by step. Check up on all of
the screws of the system of
gripping the specimen and the
tool carrier whether or not they
screw home. Use another section
of the cutting edge or change the
