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Instruction manual V 1.4 – 04/2010
•
Screw heat extractor into quick-freeze
shelf.
•
Place it directly on the specimen surface.
After approx. 30 seconds (depending on
tissue type and specimen size) the speci-
men is entirely frozen.
To prevent unnecessary distortion of
the specimen during contact freez-
ing, the weight of the heat extractor
can be balanced.
•
For that purpose, loosen screw (
2
) and ad-
just knob (
1
) upwards or downward.
•
Retighten screw (
2
) to fix knob (
1
) in the ap-
propriate position.
9.
Optional accessories
9.1
Heat extractors
Specimen freezing with the freezing shelf can be accelerated by the
additional use of a heat extractor.
9.1.1 Mobile heat extractor
•
Store the heat extractor in the cryochamber.
•
Place it on the specimen surface to accelerate freezing.
•
Remove the heat extractor once the specimen is entirely frozen.
Fig. 35
9.1.2 Stationary heat extractor
1
2
Fig. 36
