Leica Biosystems SP1600 - Manual (Page 6)

6 Instruction Manual V1.1 - 12/2003
Leica SP1600 – Saw Microtome
3.2 Setting the height of the object
Loosen the knurled screw (5.1), take hold of the knob
(4.4) and pull out the object holder until the surface of
the object is slightly above the upper edge of the saw.
Tighten the knurled screw (5.1). Clamp the section
thickness setting with the lever (5.5).
3. Operation
3.1 Mounting the object
The object mount (4.2) has a stage area of 6 to 30 mm.
Objects with sizes within this range can be mounted
directly and secured with the knurled wheel. Smaller
or larger objects are first cemented to plates with 2-
component adhesive.
Pick up the object holder by the knob (4.4) and insert
into the corresponding guide on the object arm (5.2).
For this, the object arm must be fixed in the back posi-
tion (see under 2.1 ). Tighten the knurled screw (5.1).
Turn the knurled screw for the section thickness set-
ting (5.4) to the right until the object holder is in its low-
est position.
Fig. 4 Universal joint clamp
1 Object holder
2 Object mount
3 Knurled wheel to secure the object
4 Knob for holding
5 Plate with object cemented on
Fig. 5
1 Knurled screw to secure the object holder
2 Sliding guide for the object holder
3 Scale ring for zero setting
4 Knurled screw for setting section thickness
5 Clamp for section thickness setting