Leica Biosystems VT1000 S - Manual (Page 18)

16 Instructions for Use, V 2.0 RevD – 09/2013
Function:
• When the V-Max button is activated in manual mode (LED on - red light)
and the REV/FORW button is pressed, the knife moves towards the speci-
men at maximum speed.
• When the START button is pressed, the LED in the V-Max button is
extinguished. Sectioning starts at the speed previously selected.
Setting a sectioning window:
5. Operation
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Button with LED
Button with LED
If - accidentally - only one limit stop of the sectioning window is
set, the knife covers the maximum sectioning range!
• Activate the V-Max button. Press REV/FORW toggle switch for fast move-
ment of the blade towards the specimen. Press the button to set the
first limit of the sectioning window.
• Press REV/FORW once again, moving the blade edge past the specimen
block and press once more to set the second sectioning window limit.
• Press START to deactivate V-Max. The knife edge moves back to the
first sectioning window limit and resumes sectioning at the previously
selected speed (10-speed rotary potentiometer).
Function:
• Start single or continuous sectioning stroke – according to whether
SINGLE or CONT mode has previously been selected (see description of
Single/Cont mode for further details).
• Specimen feed (section thickness) takes place prior to each section.
• Retraction (specimen is lowered) takes place when the knife reaches
the rear inversive point.
• In SINGLE mode, the knife stops automatically in the rear end position.
• In CONT mode, START/STOP has to be pressed again to stop the section-
ing movement. The knife stops in the rear end position.
• A sectioning process, once started, will continue.
Fig. 16