Hi Angela
Our lab has repeatedly had problems with the Leica Peloris! Fortunately (for Leica) the Peloris processes tissues very well, so our lab has persisted with our two machines for around 5 years now. I believe there is now a "version 2" machine on the market that corrects many of the niggles (at one point we had AT LEAST one processor crash every week!), and one of our machines was fitted with the updated parts. Currently, the processors are running more reliably, partly because Leica have "forced" us into running longer, cooler wax impregnation steps that have resulted in a minimum 15 hour long overnight processing schedule! This has been very bad for our workflow, but apparently it is stopping the IPA from foaming too much and blocking air lines! Our only other frustration is the dumb reagent management software which has an uncanny knack of trying to use the same solutions for the two retorts, when there are clearly 2 brand new pure solutions available to use! It's very frustrating running what (after evaluating several manufacturers rival products) seems to be by far the best processor on the market, but one that utterly fails at being reliable! We also run Shandon pathcentres (poor) and a Tissue Tek VIP (reliably competent). I'll warn that this is all very much my own personal opinion!!! Regards Phil Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 13:52:35 -0700 (PDT) From: angela smith <[email protected]> Subject: [Histonet] peloris To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Has anyone out there had service issues with your peloris? Breaking down a lot, throwing error codes? I would like some information as at the moment we seem to be the only ones with issues. Thank you Has anyone had a peloris replaced due to getting a lemon? ---------------------------------------- Phil Gibson Senior Biomedical Scientist Histopathology Dept Royal Victoria Infirmary Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 4LP Ext. 24565 Tel. 0191 2824565 ******************************************************************************************************************** This message may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient please inform the sender that you have received the message in error before deleting it. Please do not disclose, copy or distribute information in this e-mail or take any action in reliance on its contents: to do so is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. Thank you for your co-operation. ******************************************************************************************************************** This email has been processed by SmoothZap - www.smoothwall.net _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
