Complete Product Description

The Leica VT1000S Microtome is the latest in a series of vibrating blade microtomes manufactured by Leica Microsystems Nussloch GmbH, Germany. The 'S' version incorporates useful application oriented features and has been designed to meet the sectioning demands in specific industrial materials quality control markets

Leica VT1000S Microtome Features

• Possibility of cooling the sample during sectioning
• Double-walled buffer tray to be connected to a circulation cooler
• Rapid knife return travel speed of 5 mm/sec
• Cutting window adjustable to the specimen size (min 1 mm)
• Sample/buffer tray is moved up and down (max. height 15 mm)
• Linear control of knife advance from 0.025 to 2.5 mm. sec
• Lateral knife holder excursion (amplitude 0.2 - 1 mm) and excursion frequency (0-100 Hz) are adjustable
• Automatic specimen advance in the single or continuous stroke mode
• Knife holder and buffer tray are removable
• Section thickness totalizer
• Specimen retraction
• Magnifier with fiber optical light guide for good illumination of work area and convenient magnification of sample
• Special knife holder for cutting up to 2 cm high samples
• Buffer tray L and knife holder L for cutting large samples (70 xs 40 mm)
• Orientable object plates