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Version 1.8, Revision L
Instrument characteristics
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3.3
Leica VT1200 control Panel
Fig. 3
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1
LED display for blade feed rate and amplitude
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Toggles between
SPEED
(blade feed rate) and
AMPL
(amplitude)
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Setting dial 1, for blade feed rate and amplitude
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Section thickness
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LED display for section thickness and section
thickness totalizing
13
Sets the current specimen position between 0
(lower) and 20,000 μm (upper) or - after zero,
totals the section thicknesses
4
Setting dial 2, for section thickness and moving
the specimens vertically
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Selection of the step size, 1 μm,10 μm or
100 μm steps
5
Quickly moves the specimen upwards (press
the button until the desired position is reached)
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Pressing this button toggles between μm and
Σμm (actively illuminated)
6
Quickly moves the specimen downwards (press
once to adjust to the lowest position)
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Resets the totalized section thickness display
Σμm to zero.
7
Press this button (for approx. 3 sec.) to save
a frequently used feed value (pressing it more
than once feeds by the saved section thickness
multiple times)
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Immediately starts or stops the sectioning
process
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ON/OFF lamp
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Moves the blade towards the specimen
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LED for feed rate
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Moves the blade away from the specimen
10
LED on, for enabled amplitude adjustment
CAUTION:
Keep it pressed down until the desired
position is reached. When the end position is
reached, the LED lights up.
