Maintenance Instructions - Leica RM2245 Instruction Manual

8.2.2 Maintenance instructions

Only authorized and qualified service personnel may access the internal components of
the instrument for service and repair!
The instrument is basically maintenance-free.
To ensure trouble-free operation of the instrument over a long period of time, the following is rec-
ommended by Leica:
1. Thoroughly clean the instrument on a daily
basis.
2. Enter into a service contract at the latest at
the end of the warranty period. For more in-
formation, please contact your local Leica
technical service center.
We recommend the following inspection intervals depending on the general workload of the instru-
ment as defined in the three categories listed in the table:
Number of sections per day:
Workload (hours per day):
Sectioning speed:
Specimen material:
Maintenance:
↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
Leica RM2245
Category I
> 8.000 sections per day
> 5 hours per day
Predominantly high sectioning
speed
Working with soft and hard
specimens
Every 12 months
Note for inspection
• When the instrument reaches approx. 2 million performed strokes, the
code SEr always appears for approx. 3 seconds in the three-digit dis-
play when the TRIM/SECT button is pressed
(switching between trimming and sectioning mode).
This is a reminder that the instrument must be inspected by an author-
ized Leica service technician, regardless of how heavily the instrument
has been used.
8. Cleaning and Maintenance
3. Have the instrument inspected on a regular
basis by a qualified service technician au-
thorized by Leica.
The intervals depend on how heavily the in-
strument is used.
Category II
< 8.000 sections per day
< 5 hours per day
Slow to medium sectioning
speed
Predominantly soft specimen
material
Every 24 months
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