Leica Biosystems SM2400 - Manual (Page 6)

6 Instruction manual V1.1 English – 12/89
1 Specimen clamp screw
2 Specimen sledge
3 Specimen holder
4 Specimen x/y alignment screws
5 Universal joint
6 Specimen holder clamp
7 Universal joint clamp
Operation
Move the sledge to the front stop and clamp with the
lever (1.14). Move the coarse height adjustment clamp
lever (1.3) to the right and lower the specimen holder
(3.4) as far as possible (lever 1.1).
Clamp the specimen in the holder (screw 3.1 or 3.5).
Set the knife tilt angle (scale on left of knife holder)
using screw (1.4) before inserting the knife and clamp-
ing with the two wing nuts (1.5).
1 Manual specimen holder height adjustment
(coarse)
2 Coarse height adjustment clamp lever
3 Section thickness control
Loosen the sledge clamp (1.14).
Slide the specimen under the knife. Loosen the univer-
sal joint clamp (3.7) and align the specimen with the
knife. Retighten the clamp.
Move the specimen using lever (1.1) until it is a few
millimeters from the knife (not touching). Clamp the
specimen holder in this position by turning the lever
(4.2) to the left.
Using the manual height adjustment control (4.1), and
with to and fro movements of the sledge, trim the
specimen until the surface is flat.
Set the section thickness (4.3). Move the sledge back
to the rear stop, and then forwards under the knife to
make the actual sections.
Fig. 3 Kardangelenk-Klemme Fig. 4
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