MICROTOMY – TROUBLE SHOOTING GUIDE

Problems

[kp_accordion][kp_spoiler title=”Ribbon does not form” open=”no” style=”default” icon=”plus” anchor=”” class=””]

[/kp_spoiler] [kp_spoiler title=”Crooked ribbons” open=”no” style=”default” icon=”plus” anchor=”” class=””]

[/kp_spoiler] [kp_spoiler title=”Sections are irregular, skipped, thick or thin” open=”no” style=”default” icon=”plus” anchor=”” class=””]

[/kp_spoiler] [kp_spoiler title=”Sections are compressed, wrinkled or jammed together” open=”no” style=”default” icon=”plus” anchor=”” class=””]

[/kp_spoiler] [kp_spoiler title=”Sections crumble, specimen may tear out” open=”no” style=”default” icon=”plus” anchor=”” class=””]

[/kp_spoiler] [kp_spoiler title=”Split ribbon or lengthwise scratches in ribbon” open=”no” style=”default” icon=”plus” anchor=”” class=””]

[/kp_spoiler] [kp_spoiler title=”Knife rings on upstroke and sections are scratched” open=”no” style=”default” icon=”plus” anchor=”” class=””]

[/kp_spoiler] [kp_spoiler title=”Sections lifted from knife on upstroke” open=”no” style=”default” icon=”plus” anchor=”” class=””]

[/kp_spoiler] [kp_spoiler title=”Sections stick to knife & Sections fall out of matrix or show compression different from embedding medium frame ” open=”no” style=”default” icon=”plus” anchor=”” class=””]

[/kp_spoiler] [kp_spoiler title=”Other” open=”no” style=”default” icon=”plus” anchor=”” class=””]

[/kp_spoiler] [kp_spoiler title=”Undulations in the surface of the section” open=”no” style=”default” icon=”plus” anchor=”” class=””]

[/kp_spoiler] [kp_spoiler title=”Sections fly and stick to parts of microtome or other nearby objects” open=”no” style=”default” icon=”plus” anchor=”” class=””]

[/kp_spoiler] [kp_spoiler title=”Knife does not hold its edge” open=”no” style=”default” icon=”plus” anchor=”” class=””]

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