Sakura Tissue-Tek TEC 6 User Manual

5. Troubleshooting
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Cleaning the Forceps Holder
If foreign matters enter the forceps holder wells, they may attach to the
forceps and nd their way into the parafn blocks. Clean the forceps holder
wells once they have become dirty with parafn residues and foreign matters,
etc. Cool and solidify the parafn inside the wells and remove the parafn.
1. Touch the “Main Menu” button [1] on the Operation screen.
2. Touch the “Cleaning Mode” button [2] on the Main Menu screen, and the
display will switch to the cleaning mode screen and the cleaning mode
will start.
During the cleaning mode, the heaters for the forceps holders and hot
plate stop and the temperatures drop. On this screen, the current
temperature of the forceps holders is displayed.
3. When the forceps holder temperature reaches 50ºC, the “Heat” button [3]
appears.
Then, when it reaches 40ºC, the instrument recognizes that parafn has
hardened enough and displays a message, “Solidied”, with sounding an
alarm.
4. Touch the “Heat” button to heat again the parafn hardened in the forceps
wells.
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[2]
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Sakura Tissue-Tek TEC 6 Specifications

General

Brand	Sakura
Model	Tissue-Tek TEC 6
Category	Control Unit
Language	English