Hematek
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3000 System – Instruction Manual – Version 1.3 53
Install Hematek Stain Pak 24. Install the Hematek Stain Pak, see Chapter 7.2.
Start system 25. Start the system, see Chapter 5.1.
26. Prime the pump tubing, see Chapter 5.2.
27. Load some priming slides, see Chapter 5.4, step 2.
28. Check if the fluids flow evenly to the drain hole at the left-front corner of
the platen during the staining process.
• If so: You can now load smeared glass slides, see Chapter 5.4.
• If not: Level the system, see Chapter 8.2.
If glass slides are not placed correctly in the grooves of the conveyor
spirals, this can cause them to break
Damage to the system can result.
• Glass slides must be inserted into the grooves of the conveyor spirals
so they are parallel to the slide loading lines inscribed on the platen, see
Slide loading lines on page 4-8.