Leica Biosystems SP2600 - Manual (Page 41)

41 Leica SP 2600 – Ultramilling attachment
Recommended sledge speed settings for finishing milling
• Milling stroke: 0.5 mm/s to 1.0 mm/s
• Return stroke: any speed
Recommended rotational speed of miller for finishing milling
• < 2.000 rpm
Recommended mode of operation for finishing milling
• Select ‘continuous’ mode of operation.
Starting the milling procedure
During milling:
• switch on the vacuum cleaner,
• wear appropriate safety goggles,
• wear appropriate mask (type of mask depends on the material
being milled / size of the chips that form during milling).
Goggles and mask prevent milling chips and microdust from enter-
ing your eyes and from being inhaled.
• Switch on the vacuum cleaner (via button (35) on the control unit - see
chapter 5.4.11, page 34 of Leica SM2500 instruction manual) or via the
on/off switch of the vacuum cleaner itself.
• Start sledge stroke (buttons (29), (30) - chapter 5.4.10, p. 33 - Leica
SM2500 instruction manual).
• Carry out the milling steps as per above recommendation.
Important note:
If you need to mill several specimens with identical results (e.g.
for examining a specimen layer located at a certain level), com-
pletely identical parameters have to be selected for each speci-
men (for pre-milling as well as for the finishing milling procedure).
--> See following page for a perspective view of the finishing milling proce-
dure.
5. Operation
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