Avantik Cryostat QS11 / QS11UV
Avantik
36 Commerce St.
Springfield NJ 07081 / USA
387 779 - English
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1 INTRODUCTION
1-1 DESCRIPTION OF THE QS11 / QS11UV
Open top cryostat. Stainless steel cooling
chamber. Chamber temperature regulation
variable from +5°C down to –35°C.
Graphic LED-display of set and actual
temperatures, electronic control with user-oriented
touchpad keyboard, battery-buffered memory and
self-diagnostic system.
Automatic defrosting and in addition a manual
defrost cycle which can be activated when
needed. Defrost interrupt on keystroke request.
Integrated fast freezing device down to max.
–60°C via Peltier element.
Sliding window with heater. Integrated fluorescent
lamp for cryo-chamber. Brush shelf and storage
space inside the cryo chamber. Large, flat storage
space on top of the housing with integrated
storage space for marked slides.
Rotary Microtome with backlash and
maintenance-free cross roller bearings in stainless
steel. Electro-mechanical feed system.
Section thickness setting from 1 to 20 microns;
up to 10 µm in 1 µm-increments,
up to 20 µm in 2 µm-increments,
Trimming thickness setting from 10 to 500
microns;
up to 80 µm in 10 µm-increments,
up to 100 µm in 20 µm-increments,
up to 300 µm in 50 µm increments and
up to 500 µm in 100 µm-increments.
Specimen retraction during the return stroke with
optical indication. Horizontal feed range 28 mm.
Vertical cutting stroke 60 mm.
Max. specimen size 70 x 55 mm.
Motorized coarse feed in two directions.
Limit indication and automated switch off at front
and rear limits of horizontal travel.
Section counter and indication of sum of section
thicknesses with reset-button. Indication of
remaining travel.
Mechanical handwheel brake in the lower reversal
point of the specimen orientation.
Fine orientation of specimen 8° universally in x/y-
axis with zero device. Rotatable on Z-axis, 360°.
Basic outfit with 3 x 30 mm chucks, 1 x 40 mm
chuck, 118 ml freezing medium, 100 ml cryostat
oil, brush shelf and section waste tray, consisting
of two parts.
