Sakura Tissue-Tek Glas g2 Quick Reference Guide

Coverslipping
Tissue-Tek® Glas™ g2
Quick Reference Guide
Tissue-Tek® Glas™ g2
QRG | Glas g2 | 2010 | V-5 page 11 | 11
Table of cover slipped conditions and operator actions
System condition
Cause
Remedial action
Nothing is displayed.
The power is not turned on.
Turn on the power.
The power plug is disconnected.
Connect the power plug.
The power is not supplied.
Check the breaker on the facility side.
The system power was cut off temporarily
(= momentary power failure).
Turn system off and on.
Mounting medium is not
dispensed.
The mounting medium bottle is empty.
Replace the mounting medium bottle or add
mounting medium to the specified level or
more. If the mounting-medium level
detection function is not working, the
equipment must be adjusted. Contact the
Customer Service Center or the Sakura
distributor.
Mounting medium at the tip of the
dispensing nozzle has solidified.
Dissolve the solidified mounting medium using
solvent (usually xylene). For details, consult
the Customer Service Center or the Sakura
distributor.
The system suddenly
stopped operating.
A power outage occurred.
Take a remedial action according to “Actions to
Be Taken upon Power Outage during
Operation” in Section 4.
Cover glasses cannot be
taken out or they dropped
during cover slipping.
The suction pads on the cover glass arm
have deteriorated or are damaged.
Replace the suction pads on the cover glass
arm with new ones. Contact the Customer
Service Center or the Sakura distributor.
Cover glasses are not stored in an
appropriate environment.
Store cover glasses in a place not subject to
high humidity.
Old cover glasses were used.
Use new cover glasses. Old cover glasses
may stick together easily.
Two or more cover glasses
are cover slipped together.
Cover glasses are not stored in an
appropriate environment.
Store cover glasses in a place not subject to
high humidity. If stored in a humid place,
cover glasses may stick together easily.
Old cover glasses were used.
Use new cover glasses.
Old cover glasses may stick together easily.
The type of cover glasses used or the angle
by which the cover glass was lifted is not
appropriate.
Increase the cover glass lifting angle.
Cover glasses used are not specified for
automatic coverslippers.
Use cover glasses specified for automatic
coverslippers.
Cover glasses get cracked.
The type of cover glasses used or the angle
by which the cover glass is lifted is not
appropriate.
Decrease the cover glass lifting angle.
An empty receiving rack is
not picked up.
The receiving rack is not set in the specified
position correctly.
Set the receiving rack properly in the
concaved part of the unloading area.
The receiving rack is damaged.
Contact the Customer Service Center or the
Sakura distributor.
The processing capacity
drops and every other slide
is skipped. (The CG size on
the screen is blinking.)
The cover-glass level detection function was
activated, and the system switched to the
slide pickup mode only after a cover glass
was detected.
Press the STOP key and add cover glasses,
the original processing capacity should be
restored. If coverslipping continues without
taking the above action, the cover glass count
will drop to 0 and a “No cover glass” error will
appear.
A receiving rack containing
coverslipped slides remains
during operation, but “OK”
is not displayed on the
screen.
When the unloading door was opened, not
all receiving racks whose drying time had
elapsed (for which “OK” was lit) were taken
out.
Open the unloading door, take out all
receiving racks containing cover slipped slides
and whose drying time has elapsed, and then
close the unloading door.

Sakura Tissue-Tek Glas g2 Specifications

General

Brand	Sakura
Model	Tissue-Tek Glas g2
Category	Laboratory Equipment
Language	English