Leica Biosystems RM2125 RTS - Manual (Page 37)

37 Leica RM2125 RTS
Inserting the blade
Prior to inserting the blade, both knife
holder and knife holder base must
have been installed on the instrument!
• Fold knife guard (5) downward.
• To insert the blade, rotate clamping lever
(81) forward.
• Carefully push in the blade (77 or 78) from
the side.
• To clamp the blade, rotate clamping lever
(81) back upwards.
5.9.10 Knife holder E
The knife holder E is designed for conventional disposable blades from all current manufac-
turers. It is available in two versions (for low-profile blades (77) length: 80 mm x height: 8 mm
x thickness: 0.25 mm and high-profile blades (78) length: 80 mm x height: 14 mm x thickness:
0.317 mm), which differ in the rear pressure plate (80).
The pressure plate for each blade type is available individually and can be replaced easily.
Changing the rear pressure plate (80)
• Loosen and unscrew the four screws (82)
on the rear side of the knife holder using an
Allen key No. 4.
• Remove pressure plate (80).
• Fasten the new pressure plate using the
4 screws (82). When doing so, tighten the
screws only far enough that the height and
parallelism of the pressure plate can then be
adjusted.
Fig. 30
Fig. 31
5
78
77
81
80
82
5. Operation
83
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