Manual
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Leica TP1020
Table of contents
6.2.6 Selecting infiltration times per station .................................................................................................... 47
6.2.7 Displaying total program duration ........................................................................................................... 48
6.2.8 Leaving the programming mode .............................................................................................................. 48
7. Preparations for Tissue Processing ................................................................................................... 49
7.1 Filling the reagent stations ....................................................................................................................... 49
7.2 Filling the wax baths .................................................................................................................................. 50
7.3 Inserting the tissue basket ....................................................................................................................... 52
8. Operating the Instrument in the Manual Processing Mode .......................................................... 54
8.1 Lifting and lowering the tissue basket .................................................................................................... 54
8.2 Moving the tissue basket to the next station ......................................................................................... 55
8.3 Activating the vacuum function (instruments with vacuum function only) ...................................... 56
9. Operating the Instrument in the Automatic Processing Mode ...................................................... 57
9.1 Starting a program ..................................................................................................................................... 57
9.1.1 Immediate start ........................................................................................................................................... 57
9.1.2 Delayed start ............................................................................................................................................... 59
9.2 Editing and modifying programs while a processing cycle is in progress ....................................... 63
9.3 Display end of processing time ................................................................................................................ 63
9.4 Pausing a process ...................................................................................................................................... 64
9.5 Resuming a paused process .................................................................................................................... 65
9.6 Stopping or terminating a process .......................................................................................................... 65
9.7 End of an automatic process .................................................................................................................... 66
9.8 Remove the specimens ............................................................................................................................. 67
9.9 Finishing your daily work .......................................................................................................................... 67
10. Warning and Error Codes – Troubleshooting ................................................................................... 68
10.1 Warning codes ........................................................................................................................................... 68
10.2 Error codes .................................................................................................................................................. 70
10.3 "POWER FAILURE" and "WRONG STATION" messages ....................................................................... 72
10.4 Measures to remove specimen material in case of prolonged power failure ................................. 73
10.5 "ABORT" message ...................................................................................................................................... 75
11. Cleaning ................................................................................................................................................... 76
12. Maintenance ........................................................................................................................................... 78
12.1 General maintenance instructions .......................................................................................................... 78
12.2 Wax bath ...................................................................................................................................................... 79
12.2.1 Altering the standard working temperature .......................................................................................... 79
12.2.2 Reset after excess temperature shutdown ........................................................................................... 80
12.3 Replacing the fuses ................................................................................................................................... 81