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PART 6
CLEANING AND CARE
6-1
CLEANING
Cleaning intervals
Cleaning of the STS depends on how
frequently the system is used. The more it is
used, the more it will need to be cleaned.
Cleaning should be done as follows:
Remove the water bath from the heating
plate and dispose of the contents into a
waste container.
Pull hose (fig. 11.3) off the blade carrier and
insert it into the hose holder (fig. 5.6). This
way, water cannot drain off the pump
reservoir.
Remove the waste receptacle (fig. 5.3) and
the waste basket (fig. 5.5) and empty the
system.
Pull the cable off the control unit.
The complete bath of the STS can be pulled
off towards the front.
Danger:
Before removing the blade carrier, first
take the blade out of the blade carrier.
To clean the disposable blade carrier TE,
loosen and remove it from the dovetail guide.
With a brush remove paraffin waste by using
the solvent Xylene or a Xylene substitute.
Because of furring or other pollution, replace
the two parts of the transfer surface with new
ones.
Pull off the transfer surface on the lower end of
the bridge with a downward movement. Insert
the new transfer surface until a locking point
can be noticed.
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Thermo Scientific Section Transfer System Microm STS
Microm International GmbH
Part of Thermo Fisher Scientific
Im Steingrund 4 - 6
63303 Dreieich / Germany
387 712 - English
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