5. Operation
5.9 Changing the specimen or interrupting sectioning
Lock the handwheel and cover the knife edge with the knife guard prior to any manipulation of knife or object head, as well as prior to changing the specimen block and during all work breaks!
•Raise the specimen to the upper end position and activate the me- chanical handwheel lock.
•Cover the sectioning edge with the knife guard.
•Remove the specimen from the specimen clamp and mount a new sample to continue.
•Before cutting into a new specimen, move the object head back to the
rear end position.
5.10Finishing daily routine
•Raise the specimen to the upper end position by turning the handwheel and engage the handwheel lock.
Always remove the knife / blade before detaching the knife holder from the instrument.
Always put the knives back into the knife case when not in use! Never place a knife anywhere with the cutting edge facing upwards and never try to catch a falling knife!
•Remove the blade from the knife holder and insert it in the receptacle at the bottom of the dispenser, or remove the knife from the knife holder and put it back in the knife case.
•Remove the specimen from the specimen clamp.
•Push all section debris into the section waste tray and empty the tray.
•Switch the instrument off at the main power switch.
•Clean the instrument (see Chapter 8.1).
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