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HistoCore AUTOCUT
Operation
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Canceling a defined sectioning window
Fig. 31
To cancel a defined sectioning window before the start, press the button
of setting sectioning window once. This sets the sectioning area to the
maximum size (corresponding to the entire sectioning area).
Sectioning modes
Fig. 32
The microtome can be used both in manual and motorized operation.
You can choose between four settings:
ROCK
in manual mode as well as
CONT
,
SINGLE
and
STEP
in motorized mode.
For selecting the mode, press the
CUT MODE
button on the control panel until
the green LED of the desired operating mode is displayed.
For safety reasons, when the instrument is first switched on, none of the
operating modes is active.
Manual sectioning mode
Fig. 33
• Select
ROCK
operating mode.
• Turn the handwheel a short distance forwards and backwards for
sectioning (rocking mode).
Each change in the sense of rotation will be electronically detected and
automatically converted into an advance or retraction movement of the
specimen.
In the manual sectioning mode, it is possible to use either the conventional
method of completing a full handwheel rotation or to work in the rocking
mode (
ROCK
).
Start and stop motorized sectioning
Fig. 34
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Fig. 35
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2
3
• To start motorized sectioning, press the
RUN/STOP
and
ENABLE
buttons
simultaneously after selecting the desired operating mode.
• While the cutting motor is running, the yellow LED
RUN/STOP
button lights up.
• To stop motorized sectioning, press
RUN/STOP
or
ENABLE
If both the green and the yellow LEDs
in the
RUN/STOP
button
are lit up, the cutting motor is still running; however it will stop in the next
upper end position of the vertical stroke.
