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Instruction Manual V 1.6 – 11/2007
5.
Operation
Function:
Immediate interruption of knife movement.
•
Press
PAUSE
once again to continue sectioning.
Toggle switch
Function
:
To move the knife towards the specimen.
Can also be used for manual sectioning.
Because of safety aspects the
FORW
-movement is carried out only while
the toggle switch is pressed and held; the
REV
-movement is carried out
completely once the switch has been locked into place.
To stop the
REV
-movement before reaching the rear end position, switch
the toggle switch manually back into its center position.
The
REV/FORW
switch can also be used to stop a sectioning stroke which
has been activated by pressing the
START/STOP
button.
LED indication with -/+ adjusting button, DISP and CLR function keys
Function of LED indication
:
Indicates the selected sectioning thickness or totalized section thick-
ness.
Function of the -/+ button
:
Selection of section thickness in 1-μm steps from 0 to 999 μm.
The specimen feed (in the preselected section thickness) takes place at
the beginning of each sectioning stroke.
Function of the DISP button
:
To select between two modes of operation:
'
∑
μm'= section thickness totalizing
'μm' = section thickness
Function of the CLR button in section thickness totalizing mode
:
Sets the value indicated in the section thickness totalizer mode
(
∑
μm) to zero.
