Table of contents
1. Safety instructions .................................................................................................................. 4
2. Description............................................................................................................................... 5
3. Design and principle of operation ......................................................................................... 6
4. Installation of the Leica EM TXP ............................................................................................ 7
4.1 Unpacking the instrument .................................................................................................. 7
4.2 Installation of the stereo microscope ................................................................................. 8
4.2.1 If the instrument is equipped with S6 stereo microscope: ........................................... 8
4.2.2 If the instrument is equipped with M80 with objective adaptor: ................................... 8
4.2.3 If the instrument is equipped with M80 and moveable objective adaptor: ................... 9
4.2.4 Eyepieces .................................................................................................................... 9
4.3 Electrical connections (rear side of the instrument)......................................................... 10
4.4 Connection of the extraction and filtration unit................................................................. 10
4.5 Back light illumination ...................................................................................................... 11
4.6 Inserting the milling tool ................................................................................................... 11
4.7 Inserting the cut-off wheel or arbor for polishing foil carrier............................................. 12
4.8 Adaptor for specimen holder............................................................................................ 12
4.9 Angle adjustment adaptor (optional)................................................................................ 13
4.10 Inserting the specimen holder.......................................................................................... 13
4.11 Installing the lubricant/cooling system ............................................................................. 14
4.12 Attaching the polishing foil onto the carrier...................................................................... 15
5. Description of the control panel .......................................................................................... 16
6. Settings .................................................................................................................................. 18
6.1 Rotation speed setting ..................................................................................................... 18
6.2 Lubricant flow setting ....................................................................................................... 19
6.3 Saw speed setting ........................................................................................................... 19
6.4 Count down setting .......................................................................................................... 20
6.5 Step size setting .............................................................................................................. 20
6.6 Force limit setting............................................................................................................. 20
6.7 Cutting window setting..................................................................................................... 21
6.8 Light menu ....................................................................................................................... 22
7. Milling a specimen................................................................................................................. 24
7.1 Switching on the instrument............................................................................................. 24
7.2 Clamping the specimen block.......................................................................................... 25
7.3 Insert the miller (as described in 1.6)............................................................................... 25
7.4 Adjusting and centring the specimen............................................................................... 25
7.5 Milling the cutting face ..................................................................................................... 27
7.6 Producing a pyramid or a sloping face ............................................................................ 28
8. Distance determination......................................................................................................... 29
8.1 Approaching a specimen target along the longitudinal axis............................................. 29
8.2 Distance measurement.................................................................................................... 30
8.2.1 Calibrating the reticule............................................................................................... 30
8.2.2. Distance measurement.............................................................................................. 31
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