Orienting The Specimen (Only A Directional Specimen Holder Fixture) - Leica RM2125RTS Manual

5. Operation
5.5 Orienting the specimen
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(only a directional specimen holder fixture)
The specimen orientation allows for simple po-
sition correction of the specimen surface when
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the specimen is clamped into place.
• Run the specimen to the rear end position
• Loosen the clamping lever in front on the mi-
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Fig. 14
• Move the specimen holder fixture to the up-
• To release the clamp, turn the eccentric
• Turn setscrew (31) to orient the specimen in
• To lock the current orientation, turn the
by turning the coarse feed wheel (see Fig. 6,
page 11). (see Chapter
crotome base plate and slide the knife hold-
er base with knife holder until it is almost in
front of the specimen.
For additional information, refer to
p. 18 or Fig. 27, p. 31.
Specimen blocks must NOT be orient-
ed during the retraction phase!
If a block is oriented during retrac-
tion, the block will advance by the
r etraction value PLUS the selected
section thickness before the next
section.
This may cause damage to both speci-
men and knife!
per end position by turning the handwheel
and engage the handwheel lock.
lever (29) counterclockwise.
north-south direction. Turn setscrew (30) to
orient the specimen in east-west direction.
eccentric lever (29) clockwise.
Instructions for Use, V 2.1 – 10/2012
5.6).
Fig. 10,