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® Link Kit of Prisma and Film / プリズマ ・フイルム 連結キット MODEL:6134 Manufactured for: Sakura Finetek Japan Co.,Ltd 1-8-2, Shin-ohashi, Koto-ku Tokyo 135-0007 Japan Sakura Finetek Europe B.V ., 2408 AJ Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands Made in Japan...
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AF0-IF-013-00 Link Procedure for Tissue-Tek Prisma Automatic Stainer and Tissue-Tek Film Coverslipper ® ® ® ® The following explains procedures for linking the Film® with the Prisma , using the Link ® System kit, and for setting up the link installation program on those instruments. <...
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AF0-IF-013-00 2. Contents of Link System Kit This is a kit for mechanically and electrically linking the Prisma with the Film . By ® ® linking the Prisma to the Film with this kit, a series of works from the staining to the ®...
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AF0-IF-013-00 3. Installation 3-1. Installation space Following are conditions necessary to install two instruments. For other particular environmental factors, please refer to the operating manual for each instrument. A bench of 1,900mm or wider is necessary to install the linked unit on it. Also, a clearance of 400mm or more should be provided between the right side of the Prisma and a wall or ®...
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AF0-IF-013-00 (3) Connect communication cable to the Prisma in advance. ® Now, the Prisma is ready for linking with the Film ® ® If an installation place does not allow easy access to the back side of the Prisma , the ®...
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AF0-IF-013-00 (2) Turn adjustable feet of the Film to make it level ® with the Prisma . Then, fix the Film ® ® installation bar, using 2 hex socket head bolts (with two washers combined), accessing from the Prisma ® side.
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AF0-IF-013-00 (3) The initial screen appears. Then, gently touch the display screen. (4) The initial screen changes to the menu screen. Three buttons are displayed on the screen. The link installation program enables you To install the link information on the Prisma ®(*) To set the basket transfer position in the...
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AF0-IF-013-00 (*) Touching the “Install/Uninstall” button again will set the “Prisma Link Status” back to “None Link”. When the “None Link” is on, the link information is in the uninstalled status. (3) Touch the “Return” button to return to the menu screen. 5.
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AF0-IF-013-00 (3) Move the cursor to “2. Adjustment” in the “Adjustment of Link” screen, using the right arrow key. Press the ENTER key. (4) When the next screen was displayed, press the ENTER key. Then, the return home movement is carried out. (5) After the next screen appeared, place the loading container into the Film®...
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AF0-IF-013-00 (*) Back-and-forth movement (Y-axis) is adjustable through this screen. However, it is unnecessary to adjust it again because it has been already done before factory shipment. (7) The screen displays the X-axis offset value. The Film is ready. ® (*) Right-and-left movement (X-axis) is adjustable through this screen.
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AF0-IF-013-00 5-3. Setting the basket transfer position Initiate the link installation program in the Prisma (see the paragraph 4-1). Set the ® position where baskets are handed over to the Film through the transfer position setting ® function in the Prisma ®...
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AF0-IF-013-00 “SAVE” button, press the “SAVE” button. To return to the menu screen without saving the information, Press the “BACK” button. (5) Hold the robotic arm on the hook portion by a hand and slowly move it down toward the top of the basket positioning fixture in the loading container.
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AF0-IF-013-00 (8) After the basket transfer position was determined, press the “SAVE” button to save the offset values into instrument memory and also to return to the menu screen. <Reference> How to read offset values As shown on the right, the offset value is defined according to the direction the robotic arm moves.
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AF0-IF-013-00 6. Verifying the Basket Transfer Perform the basket transfer through the communication between two instruments to see if baskets are properly delivered to the Film® from the Prisma . This should be done with ® empty slide baskets first and then, if the first run is successfully finished, perform the second run with slide-loaded baskets.
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AF0-IF-013-00 (3) After the Film delivers the loading container to the ® Prisma , the dialog shown on the right appears on the ® screen. (4) Open the door. Place 3 slide baskets prepared in advance into the reservoir located at the far right. Face the “UP SIDE”...
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AF0-IF-013-00 7. Handling of the linked Prisma ® This section explains the information necessary to actually use the linked Prisma . Please ® also refer to each operation manual of Tissue-Tek Prisma and Tissue-Tek Film ® ® ® ® To send stained-slide baskets to the Film during operation, see “7-1 Changing the ®...
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AF0-IF-013-00 (3) The link station (LK) is displayed at the left bottom corner in the Stain Process monitor screen. 7-2. Stain process when the link is used. When the link is used, the slide baskets are carried not to the end station but to the link station after completion of stain process.
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AF0-IF-013-00 To continue the operation, touch the “YES” button and prepare the Film to begin the ® coverslipping. To stop the operation, touch the “NO” button. The stained-slide baskets are placed into the end station. If you want to resume the link operation after you stopped it by selecting the NO button, follow the steps below.
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