Leica Biosystems SM2500 - Manual (Page 56)

56 Instruction manual V 1.3 – 10/2007
• Clamping the knife:
Tighten the clamping screws (8, Fig. 68) (Allen
key size 8) starting with the center screws and
working your way outwards from side to side.
Only tighten as many screws as the knife is
actually wide.
Make sure not to misalign the knife
when tightening the knife clamping
screws (8, Fig. 68) as this will nega-
tively affect sectioning results!
• Loosen Allen screw (6) (Allen key, size 8).
• Turn the knife holder into the desired clear-
ance angle position (7).
• Hold the knife holder in that position an tighten
both Allen screws (6) (Allen key, size 8).
Installing knife holder C
• Place left declination block (1) (bearing the
clearance angle scale (7)) onto left bearing
block of the microtome and secure with 3
screws (4) (Allen key size 8) .
The bearing surfaces must be clean.
Place the declination blocks onto the
bearing blocks from above. Do not slide
them onto the blocks to prevent the
bearing surface from getting scratched.
• Slide the left pin (3a) of knife holder C into the
declination block (1).
• Slide right declination block (2) onto right pin
(3a) of knife holder C and fasten to the micro-
tome with 4 screws (5) (Allen key size 8).
5. Operation
Fig. 69
9 6
6 7 1
4
2
5 3a
3a