Re: [Histonet] Cryostat recommendations

2013-08-09 Thread Dmitry Kislov
Hi, Leica 1850s are very reliable, 1860 is basically the same unit with very precise electronic specimen feed. UV lamp's lifetime is about 8k hours, and every switch on cycle adds another hour to the counter. New lamp will cost you a few hundred euro, though. Any operator can replace the lamp, no

[Histonet] Rusty histostainer, anyone?

2013-08-09 Thread Dmitry Kislov
Hello, Did anyone ever seen any histostainer got rusty? We have a strange issue with one of ours - some parts which should be made of stainless steel suddenly started to get rusty... I don't want to put a manufacturer's name in here as we are trying to negotiate our way out of this issue now. We'r