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OPERATING MANUAL, ERMA RADIAL

INSTRUCTIONS FOR ASSEMBLY AND OPERATION OF ERMA

MICROTOME

Upon receipt of your Erma Microtome please check the contents of the packages (s).

These are itemized below:

1. Microtome

2. Vise (object clamp)

3. Knife (in a wooden box)

4. Knife Handle

5. Tommy Bar

Before attempting to operate your Erma Microtome, please familiarize yourself with the

component parts shown in Fig. 1.

PARTS IDENTIFICATION

1. Tommy Bar

2. Knife Clamping Screws

3. Slider Bearing Surface

4. Slider Bearing

5. Rotary Bearing

6. Rotary Bearing Adjustment Screw C

7. Rotary Bearing Adjustment Locknut B

8. Slider Bearing Adjustment Screw E

9. Slider Bearing adjustment Locking Nut D

10. Stage Height Adjustment Handle

11. Cutting Thickness Adjustment Lever

12. Thickness Gauge

13. Cutting Angle Adjustment Screw A

14. Cutting Angle Gauge

15. Vise Block Pillar Release

OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS

CONTENTS

1. Mounting the Micro Tome

2. Mounting of Object Clamp or Freezing Stage

3. Raising or Lowering Object Clamp or Stage

4. Setting Cutting Thickness

5. Mounting the Knife

6. Operation

7. Cleaning & Lubrication

Summary of content (5 pages)

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OPERATING MANUAL, ERMA RADIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR ASSEMBLY AND OPERATION OF ERMA MICROTOME Upon receipt of your Erma Microtome please check the contents of the packages (s). These are itemized below: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Microtome Vise (object clamp) Knife (in a wooden box) Knife Handle Tommy Bar Before attempting to operate your Erma Microtome, please familiarize yourself with the component parts shown in Fig. 1. PARTS IDENTIFICATION 1. Tommy Bar 2. Knife Clamping Screws 3. Slider Bearing Surface 4.
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8. Routine maintenance 9. Warranty information 1. Mounting the Microtome Your Erma Microtome should be mounted on the edge of a sturdy bench, 1 ½” thick or less, using the mounting clamp at the rear of the microtome. 2. Mounting the Object or Freezing Stage The microtome is normally supplied fitted with the object clamp. This is used for paraffin embedded specimens.
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Mount the specimen into the vise or freeze it onto the surface of your Freezing Stage, bringing the top of the specimen to within a millimeter or so of the knife cutting edge as explained in Paragraph 3. press lightly down on the slide arm and move it forward all the way, then back all the way. This will cut the specimen and then automatically raise it by the next section. Frozen sections should be caught on a small spatula and floated onto the surface of a water bath (such as a petri dish) to flatten.
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SERVICE DEPARTMENT PHYSITEMP INSTRUMENTS, INC. 154 HURON AVENUE CLIFTON, N.J. 07013 Please include with the instrument: 1. A note describing any problems encountered. 2. The name and telephone number of a person we can contact. 3. The complete return address for shipping. 10. Warranty Physitemp Inc. warrants this instrument to be free from defects in material and workmanship for 12 months from date of shipment.