Correcting The Pump Volumes - Siemens Hematek 3000 System Instruction Manual

8.5.2

Correcting the pump volumes

Adjust amount of stain
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Hematek 3000 System – Instruction Manual – Version 1.3
You will need:
• 5 priming slides
• 15 spare smeared glass slides
To correct the pump volumes, proceed as follows:
NOTICE
If glass slides are not placed correctly in the grooves of the conveyor
spirals, this can cause them to break
Damage to the system can result.
• Glass slides must be inserted into the grooves of the conveyor spirals
so they are parallel to the slide loading lines inscribed on the platen, see
Slide loading lines on page 4-8.
1. Prime the pump tubing, see Chapter 5.2.
2. Load five priming slides, see Chapter 5.3, into the grooves of the
conveyor spirals with the marked side facing in the opposite direction of
conveyance.  The system primes the platen and performs the
staining.
3. Load five smeared glass slides immediately following the priming slides.
4. Adjust the amount of stain.
• If the stain does not fill the capillary space between the platen and the
smeared glass slide, turn the stain adjustment knob clockwise, see
Figure 8-4.
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