Research Cryostat Leica CM3050 S
Location: Histology room building E
Description
A cryostat is a microtome that can maintain low cryogenic temperatures for frozen section histology.
Features/Specifications
- Microtome:
- Section thickness setting: 0.5 to 300 μm
- Maximum specimen size: 40 mm x 55 mm
- Horizontal specimen feed: 25 mm
- Vertical specimen stroke: 59 mm
- Specimen retraction: 50 μm
- Specimen precision orientation by 8° (x/y/z axis)
- Trimming: 5 to 150 μm ± 0,5 μm in steps of 5, 10, 30, 50, 100, and 150 μm
- Motorized coarse feed at two speeds: 500 μm/s OR 1000 μm/s
- CUTTING MOTOR
- Cutting speed ranges:
1 mm/s to 170 mm/s
0.1 mm/s to 100 mm/s
Vmax 210 mm/s
- Cutting speed ranges:
- CRYOCHAMBER COOLING
- Temperature setting range: 0 °C to -40 °C
- Defrosting: programmable, 1 automatic defrost cycle/24 h, duration: from 6 to 12 min; manual defrosting
- Freezing shelf temperature: Approx. -45 °C at an ambient temperature of 22 °C
Tutoring: First time users must order a tutoring session.