Hello, It's a pretty common issue that shouldn't impact your embedding. The TEC 5 is not air tight, so when its moved with paraffin filled to the rim, some of it spills and falls into the cracks. Over time it builds up inside the unit by melting and getting hard again. Until one day it moves all the way through unit and leaks out at the lowest point (normally under one of the two chambers). When we refurbished these units we open them up to find them filled with paraffin but, it doesn’t really cause any problems other than a mess under the unit. 😊
Travis O’Brien International Medical Equipment, Inc. 170 Vallecitos De Oro San Marcos, CA 92069 800.543.8496 Phone 760.761.0859 Fax www.imebinc.com -----Original Message----- From: M.O. via Histonet <histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2024 9:51 AM To: Histonet <histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu> Subject: [Histonet] Leak under Sakura Tissue-Tek TEC 5 embedding machine Hello, Has anyone encountered a leak of liquid paraffin under their embedding machine? We have a TEC 5 and I'm not sure where to start in trying to locate the leak. If anyone has any insights, that would be great! Thank you, Merissa _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
