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Caution
Use of improper solvents or cleaners, or sharp/hard tools to clean the instrument or accessories.
Potential instrument malfunction or delay of diagnosis.
• Do not use any solvents containing acetone or xylene for cleaning the instrument.
• When using cleaners, please comply with the safety instructions of the manufacturer and the
laboratory safety regulations.
• Never use a sharp or hard tool to scrape the instrument surface.
• Never soak the accessories in any cleaning solvent or water.
• Clean steel knives using an alcohol-based solution or acetone.
• For cleaning and removal of paraffin, do not use xylene or cleaning fluids containing alcohol (for
example glass cleaner).
Caution
During cleaning, the parts of blade holders are mixed up.
Poor section quality.
• Do not mix up blade holders during cleaning.
2.3
Integrated protective devices
Warning
Protective devices or safety accessories provided by manufacturer have been removed or modified.
Serious injury of persons and/or property damage including specimen damage.
• Never remove or modify any protective devices of the instrument or any accessories. Only service
personnel qualified by Leica Biosystems may repair the instrument and access the instrument's
internal components.
• Before working with the instrument always assure that all protective devices and safety
accessories are in place and fulfill their purpose properly.
2.3.1 Emergency-stop function
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Fig. 1
HistoCore AUTOCUT
The emergency-stop function is activated with the red emergency
stop switch
(→ "Fig. 1-1")
microtome. The sectioning motor stops immediately when the
emergency stop switch is pressed. The red LED in the
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field
(→ "Fig. 1-2")
indicating that the emergency stop function has been activated.
To deactivate this function, turn the emergency stop switch in the
direction of the arrow.
on the upper left of the front of the
on the control panel of the instrument lights up,
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Safety
E-STOP
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