Manual
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Instructions for Use V 2.2 RevI – 08/2013
4. Initial Operation
4.4.3 Specimen baskets
• Fig. 34 shows the standard stainless steel basket (48) lled
with specimen cassettes.
• Thedividingspiral(46) is used to align the cassettes in the
basket accurately.
The dividing spiral is shown in the bottom part of Fig. 34
with the bar for inserting it into the metal basket.
• Asshownwiththedividingspiral,thestandardbasketcan
be lled with up to 80 specimen cassettes.
Without a dividing spiral, the cassettes can be packed in
more tightly, so that a maximum of 100 cassettes can t in
the basket.
• Eachmetalbaskethasamovable(canbeswungtotheside)
handle (49) for inserting and removing it from the retort.
• Uptothreebasketscanbeinsertedintotheretortand
processed simultaneously.
• Thereisalsoalargebasketlikewisemadeofstainlesssteel.
• Itisshownin Fig. 35 with the lid attached (47).
This lid is the same one that is also used for the standard
basket. It is set onto the baskets after being lled, as shown
in the gure.
• Upto300standardcassettestintherandombasket.
Fig. 34
Fig. 35
46
47
49
48
49
Only completely cleaned cassette baskets
may be used for tissue processing!