09Thermo Fisher Scientific Operation Manual HM550
Chapter 4
Specimen orientation 69
Knife carriers 70
Standard knife carrier 70
Disposable blade carrier EC 72
Disposable blade carrier EC 70 74
Magnetic disposable blade carrier MC 76
Option O – specimen cooling 77
Actual and set value of the specimen temperature 77
Specimen orientation with zero device (with option O) 79
Option M – motorized cutting drive 80
Setting the cutting window 80
Selecting the operating modes 81
Setting the cutting speed 83
Start and stop of the cutting drive 83
Hand wheel brake 84
Emergency stop 84
Option V – Vacutome 87
Setting the vacuum for stretching sections and disposing of
section waste 87
Inserting and replacing the filter unit 88
Setting the suction window 94
Knife carrier for Vacutome 95
Disposable blade carrier EV 95
Magnetic disposable blade carrier MV 98
Option P – active deep freezing device with Peltier element 100
Cold D (Option DC) function 103
Preparing to perform Cold D 105
Starting Cold D 107
Interrupting Cold D 107
Programming Cold D 108
orough cleaning of the cooling chamber 113
Error code indication 114
Definition of the error codes 114
Error codes of the Cold D (Option DC) function 115
Accessories 117
Standard equipment 117
Additional equipment 118
Theory of operation 119
Specimen and chamber cooling, defrosting 119fig
Cutting movement 121
Specimen coarse feed and trimming function 122
Automatic approach system 122
Option M – Motorized cutting drive 123
Option V – Stretching sections and disposing of section waste 123
Option O – Specimen fast and temperature control 124
Cold D (Option DC) 125
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