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HistoCore AUTOCUT
Operation
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Warning
Inappropriate selection of sectioning speed.
Specimen damage.
• Always set the sectioning speed according to the hardness of the specimen. For hard specimens,
always select a slow speed.
Caution
After the knife/blade holder is laterally displaced, the specimen is not retracted and retrimmed.
Specimen damage.
• Retract the object head and retrim the specimen block each time after laterally displacing the
knife/blade holder.
Caution
After trimming by using the electronic coarse feed, the user does not switch to sectioning mode.
Specimen damage or unexpected functioning of the instrument.
• After completion of trimming with the electronic coarse feed remember to switch back to sectioning
mode.
• Before starting sectioning always make sure that an appropriate sectioning thickness has been
selected.
Fig. 66
Always use a different area of the cutting edge for trimming and sectioning.
To do so, laterally displace the knife/blade holder. When using the two-in-one
blade holder E with lateral displacement, it is sufficient to move the blade
holder sideways.
• Center the handle of the handwheel.
• Use the
TRIM/SECT
button to select the
SECT
mode.
• Adjust the appropriate sectioning thickness or verify the selected value.
• Depending on the operation planned, use the
CUT MODE
button to select
one of the motorized sectioning modes,
CONT
,
SINGLE
or
STEP
.
• Check the sectioning speed setting and set an appropriate speed.
• Start motorized sectioning.
• Pick up the sections.
