Description
The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking information from domestic manufacturers for a manual microtome to be used in the histology laboratory at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System. The microtome should have specific features such as manual mechanical rotary, silent retraction, and horizontal feed and vertical stroke mechanisms. The equipment should be able to produce exceptionally thin slices of specimens between 1 to 60 µm thick.
Key features and requirements include:
• Manual mechanical rotary
• Silent retraction
• Horizontal feed and vertical stroke mechanisms
• Smooth-running hand wheel allowing rocking mode and full hand-wheel rotation
• Two independent hand-wheel locking systems
• Personalized coarse feed wheel
• Removable top tray
• 2-in-1 blade holder
• Quick clamping system for specimen clamps
• Universal cassette clamp
• Antistatic waste tray
• Section thickness: 1 to 60 µm
• Trimming section thickness: 10 µm, 30 µm
• Specimen feed: approx. 24 mm ± 2 mm
• Vertical stroke: 70 mm ± 1 mm
• Specimen retraction: approx. 40 µm; option to turn off
• Specimen cooling option
• Dimensions not to exceed (25” D X 19” W x 14” H)
• Specimen orientation with zero position horizontal and vertical rotation