Leica Biosystems VT1200/VT1200 S - Manual (Page 14)

12 Instructions for Use V 1.4 RevC – 09/2013
3. Instrument characteristics
LED for feed rate
LED on, for enabled ampli-
tude adjustment
Sets the current specimen
position between 0 (lower) and
20,000 µm (upper) or - after zero,
totals the section thicknesses
Toggles between SPEED (blade
feed rate) and AMPL (amplitude)
Pressing this button toggles
between µm and ∑µm (ac-
tively illuminated).
Moves the blade to-
wards the specimen
Moves the blade away
from the specimen
Quickly moves the specimen
downwards (press once to
adjust to the lowest position)
Immediately starts or stops
the sectioning process
Setting dial 1, for blade feed
rate and amplitude
Setting dial 2, for section
thickness and moving the
specimens vertically
Selection of the step size,
1 µm,10 µm or 100 µm steps
Fig. 10
Resets the totalized section
thickness display ∑µm to zero.
Press this button
(for approx. 3 sec.) to save a
frequently used feed value
(pressing it more than once
feeds by the saved section
thickness multiple times).
Section thickness
LED display for section
thickness and
section thickness totalizing
LED display for blade feed
rate and amplitude
ON/OFF lamp
3.3 VT1200 Control Panel
Quickly moves the speci-
men upwards (press the
button until the desired
position is reached)
Caution: Keep it pressed down until the desired
position is reached. When the end position is
reached, the LED lights up.
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The Leica VT1200 is a semiautomatic microtome with a vibrating blade. Before each cut, a man-
ual feed to the desired section thickness must be carried out using the setting dial for section
thickness. The VT1200 does not include an automatic specimen retraction; however, retraction
can be performed manually.