Manual Removal Of A Rack In The Event Of Instrument Malfunctions - Leica HistoCore SPECTRA CV Instructions For Use Manual

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Malfunctions and Troubleshooting
8.3

Manual removal of a rack in the event of instrument malfunctions

Warning
• Risk of injury! Always wear personal protective clothing (lab coat, cut-resistant gloves, safety
goggles)!
• We recommend calling in a second person for support.
• The instrument software provides instructions on the screen. Compliance with these is mandatory.
• If a manual removal of a rack from the right-side
racks in and out of the oven is interrupted for safety reasons. racks may remain in the oven for
longer than 5 minutes as a result.
Note
In the event of instrument malfunctions requiring the user to remove a rack from inside the instrument
manually, note that the instrument software cannot precisely locate a rack inside the instrument and
therefore only gives general instructions regarding manual removal. If the user can readily identify
the rack to be removed upon looking inside the instrument, the user can carefully remove it without
following the instruction on screen if there is no risk of damage to the specimens or the instrument
from doing so.
Manual removal of a rack from the interior of the instrument:
1. Open the load drawer.
2. Open the unload drawer and remove all racks (→ Fig. 109-1).
3. Pull the red retaining lever upwards (→ Fig. 109-2). Pull out the drawer entirely and lower it into
the rescue position (→ Fig. 109-3).
4. Locate rack by looking through the opening of the unload drawer. (→ Fig. 109-4).
5. Insert your hand into the opening and try carefully to feel around for the rack.
Warning
• There can still be un-coverslipped slides in the racks. Proceed with utmost caution and care.
• If the elevator interferes with the removal of a rack, then the user must manually lift the elevator
upward (→ P. 142 – 8.3.2 Removing a rack from the elevator of the coverslip
6. Lift the gripper with the rack to the very top if necessary and push/pull the transport arm (with
gripper) to the center of the instrument (→ Fig. 109-5).
7. Carefully lower the gripper with rack downwards (→ Fig. 109-6).
8. The rack is now in a position
9. With one hand, secure the transport arm (with gripper) so it does not fall down and grasp the
front part of the rack with the other hand.
10. Lightly lift the front of the rack to release it from the gripper of the transport arm
(→ Fig. 109-8).
11. Finally, hold the rack upwards in a tilted fashion
gripper (→ Fig. 109-10).
12. Place the transport arm (with gripper) in the secure position behind the oven.
13. Close the unload drawer and acknowledge the information message that follows with Ok.
14. Afterwards, the instrument is re-initialized.
15. A Quick Prime
138
(→ Fig. 109-7)
(→ P. 121 – 7.3.1 Quick Prime)
L2 coverslip line is necessary, the transport of
that facilitates secure removal.
(→ Fig. 109-9) and pull it forwards out of the
must always be performed after initializing.
line).
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