Clamping The Specimen In The Universal Cassette Clamp (Ucc) - Leica SM2010 R Instructions For Use Manual

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Operation
5.2

Clamping the specimen in the universal cassette clamp (UCC)

Caution
Always clamp the specimen block BEFORE clamping the knife.
Lock the knife sledge and cover the knife edge / blade edge with the knife guard prior to any
manipulation of knife/blade or specimen, prior to changing the specimen block and during all work
breaks!
• Move the cassette clamp
wheel.
• Lock the knife sledge in place using the locking knob
• Cover the blade edge with the knife guard
• Push the clamping lever
• Insert the cassette
• To clamp the cassette, release the lever
Note
The universal cassette clamp (UCC) is designed to clamp standard cassettes longitudinally or
transversely to the cutting direction.
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(→ Fig. 29-1) to the very bottom position by turning the coarse driving
(→ Fig. 29-3)
(→ Fig. 29-4) upwards to open the clamp.
(→ Fig. 29-5) into the cassette clamp.
(→ Fig.
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Fig. 29
(→ Fig. 29-2).
toward the right.
29-4).
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