5.Working with the Instrument
Key/setting dial | semiautomatic sectioning mode | automatic sectioning mode |
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| If the DOWN key is pressed a sec- | ditto |
| ond time while the specimen |
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| receptacle is moving downwards, |
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| the specimen receptacle comes to |
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| a stop and the current position ap- |
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| pears on the ∑μm display (lowest |
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| position = 0, uppermost position = |
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| 20,000μm). The ∑μm display does |
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| not change while the specimen |
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| receptacle is in motion. |
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| When the UP key is pressed and | ditto |
| held down, the specimen recepta- |
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| cle moves quickly upwards into the |
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| desired position. After the UP key |
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| has been released, the current po- |
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| sition of the specimen receptacle |
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| appears on the ∑μm display. If the |
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| specimen receptacle reaches the |
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| upper end position, the LED in the |
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| UP key lights up (uppermost posi- |
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| tion = 20,000μm). The ∑μm display |
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| does not change while the speci- |
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| men receptacle is in motion. |
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Blade forward
Blade back
The "Blade forward" and "Blade | ditto |
back" keys have to be held down |
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until the desired position is |
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reached. The blade feed rate can |
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be set in the menu: 1 – 5 mm/s in |
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0.5mm/s increments. Each time an end point is reached, the corre- sponding LED lights up in the key.
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