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Sakura Tissue-Tek Glas Quick Reference Manual

Sakura Tissue-Tek Glas Quick Reference Manual

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Quick Reference Guide
Tissue-Tek® Glas™ Coverslipper
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The Tissue-Tek
Glas
Coverslipper is a system that dispenses mounting medium onto stained
histopathological and cytopathological samples on glass slides as well as coverslipping these samples
using cover glasses.
Coverglass
holder
Available in 40,
50, 55 and 60
mm
Adjustable
Feet level
Sakura Finetek Europe B.V. | Flemingweg 10a, 2408 AV Alphen a/d Rijn | NL
Phone: +31 (0) 88 592 00 00 | Fax: +31 (0) 88 592 00 01 | sakura@sakura.eu | www.sakura.eu
Receiving racks
Debris tray
Display Panel
Mounting medium
bottle
Loading door

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Summary of Contents for Sakura Tissue-Tek Glas

  • Page 1 Adjustable Loading door Feet level Debris tray Sakura Finetek Europe B.V. | Flemingweg 10a, 2408 AV Alphen a/d Rijn | NL Phone: +31 (0) 88 592 00 00 | Fax: +31 (0) 88 592 00 01 | sakura@sakura.eu | www.sakura.eu...
  • Page 2 Quick Reference Guide Tissue-Tek® Glas™ Coverslipper Preparation before cover slipping Hardware Placing cover glasses Cover glasses Put cover glass holder in place. Cover glass holder Make sure the tab of the cover glass holder fits in the holder (check on the CG size). Holder hole Placing coverglasses Placing mounting medium...
  • Page 3 Quick Reference Guide Tissue-Tek® Glas™ Coverslipper Installing the nozzle reservoir Set the dispensing tray in the system by aligning the tray with the two guide rails (only for the first time use). Placing Anti-drying Bottle (1) and waste Container (2 Filling anti drying bottle Fill the anti drying bottle with solvent to just below the lid.
  • Page 4: Priming Function

    Quick Reference Guide Tissue-Tek® Glas™ Coverslipper Preparation before coverslipping Software VOLUME KNOB Can be used to fine tune the volume of mounting medium dispensed on the slide. SPEED KNOB Refers to the speed at which the coverglass is applied to the slide. STOP Can be used to stop the instrument while operating.
  • Page 5: Maintenance

    Quick Reference Guide Tissue-Tek® Glas™ Coverslipper End of Operation Lever Remove receiving racks. Remove empty baskets. Place dispensing nozzle in the lubrication bottle above the solvent (1)! If the instrument will not be used for more than one week, place the Normal state dispensing nozzle in the solvent (2) by pulling Dispensing nozzle...
  • Page 6: Troubleshooting

    Open cover on the right side of the instrument and remove the strainer cap. Use xylene soaked brush to clean the filter. Replace the cap. Yearly Preventive maintenance by a Sakura representative or a qualified service engineer. Trouble shooting (section 6 operating manual)