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6. Sectioning Operation
6.1 Starting the Instrument
The circuit breaker is also used as a power switch. The switch must be on the top when switched
on, and must be on the bottom when switched off. There must be no obstacles near the switch.
6.2 Preparing Sectioning Tools, Specimen Disc and Auxiliary Preparation Tools
The processing materials, such as blade cartridges or microtome knifes (loaded in the
cartridges), brushes, tweezers, etc. are placed in the freezing chamber, also including specimen
discs as needed.
6.3 Retouching Slice
Retouching is a preliminary stage of slicing, pay attention to the following operations:
Put the pre-cooled blade into the tool holder and lock it, adjust the anti-roll plate.
Appropriately adjust the slice angle of the tool holder, about 4 ° ~ 6°.(The slicing angle has
been adjusted, generally no need to adjust)
Adjust the relative position of the blade holder and the specimen to leave room for the
infeed stroke.
Open the anti-roll plate.
Open the hand wheel lock lever.
Adjust to the trimming mode, press the fast forward and slow forward keys to move the
specimen closer to the blade, and turn the handwheel to trim. The thickness of the trimming
is recommended to be 20 ~ 30
μ
m;
Close the anti-roll plate and to slice.
The instrument must be turned on at least 3 hours before use!
Otherwise the operating temperature may not be reached!
Figure 28 The picture of
power switch
