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Fig.33
A
B
6.1 Knife shoulder fine adjustment
The adjustment
‘A’
and
‘B’
as shown in
Fig.33
is used to adjust the size
of the knife shoulder.
As mentioned earlier in this manual the sharpest knife edge is found opposite
a very small knife shoulder.
Fine adjustments on the Leica EM KMR2 allow you to adjust the size of the
knife shoulder for either resin or cryo sectioning.
Fine adjustment A:
rotatable one complete turn. This movement influences both knife
shoulders contrary.
Turn it to the left:
left knife shoulder becomes bigger,
right knife shoulder becomes smaller.
Turn it to the right:
right knife shoulder becomes bigger,
left knife shoulder becomes smaller.
Fine adjustment B:
rotatable a half turn to the right and a half turn to the left.
This movement influences both knife shoulders simultaneously.
Turn it to the left:
both knife shoulders become
bigger
.
Turn it to the right:
both knife shoulders become
smaller
.
Step 1
A
Adjusts both knife shoulders
to same size.
.
Point of
rotation
Step 2
B
Adjusts height of both
knife shoulders together.
Point of
rotation
centre
.
Summary of Contents for EM KMR2
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