Microm HM 325 - Page 38

Rotary Microtome HM 325
MICROM International GmbH
Robert-Bosch-Str. 49
D- 69190 Walldorf 387821 - English
Moving the knife carrier on the console:
• Loosen the clamping lever (fig. 21.5) on the
left side of the knife carrier to move the carrier
forwards and backwards on the dovetail guide.
• This allows a rough adjustment of knife and
specimen.
Protection against injury:
• The knife carrier is equipped with two knife
guards (fig. 21.7) which can be moved
sideways.
• These knife guards should be pushed
together in the middle while adjusting knife or
specimen.
• This reduces the danger of injury
considerably.
Central clamping plate:
• The knife is clamped and stabilized in the
cutting zone by the central clamping plate (fig.
21.8) - exactly where the highest cutting
forces are applied.
Two types of clamping plates are available for the
knives:
clamping plate c for c-knives,
clamping plate d for d-knives.
Fig. 22 shows schematically the angles on the
cutting edge profiles of c- and d-knives.
Fig. 22