Leica Biosystems RM2245 - Manual (Page 69)

67 Leica RM2245
8. Cleaning and Maintenance
Knife holder E
10
11
9
86
83
83
86
87
11
10
Take the knife holder apart for cleaning. To do so,
proceed as follows:
• Fold the knife guard (9) and ejector (84) downward.
• Rotate the clamping lever (11) of the lateral dis-
placement forwards and pull it out sideways.
• Push the knife holder base plate (86) with the pres-
sure plate (83) until it can be removed from the
segment arch (87).
• Rotate the blade clamping lever (10) downward and
pull it out sideways.
• Remove pressure plate (83).
• Clean all parts of the knife holder.
84
There is a burn hazard when removing the
parts from the drying chamber (65 °C). Wear-
ing safety gloves is recommended!
• Dry knife holder and reassemble.
• After cleaning the moving parts of the knife holder,
apply a thin coat of drive part oil to them (see also
Chap. 8.2.3 ).
• When installing the pressure plate (83) ensure that
the upper edge is parallel to and level with the rear
edge of the knife holder base (86) ( refer also to
Chap. 6.3.2, Fig. 43 ).
If several knife holders are cleaned at the
same time, the parts must NOT be mixed up!
Failure to adhere to this may result in sec-
tioning problems!
For cleaning and removal of paraffin, do not
use xylene or cleaning fluids containing
alcohol (e.g. glass cleaner).
• Lay the removed parts on an absorbent cloth into
the drying chamber (up to a max. of 65 °C) and let
the paraffin contamination run off.
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