RE: [Histonet] Problems with Universal Cassette Clamp

2015-02-03 Thread Marcum, Pamela A
I have been using RM2255 for almost 10 years and never had a clamp problem. We have six in the lab with three of them more than 8 years old and other than routine PMs or the occasional human err problem these are great workhorses. We keep contracts on them so we have great service. I used

RE: [Histonet] Problems with Universal Cassette Clamp

2015-02-03 Thread Bouchal, Rena L
I think we have had several break over the years... Is this where they say you have to buy the whole assembly for over $1000 or $1400 too?? We took a clamp off another older instrument. Rena Bouchal, M.S. Manager, Anatomic Pathology 304-293-7765 -Original Message- From:

RE: [Histonet] Problems with Universal Cassette Clamp

2015-02-03 Thread Jeffrey Robinson
Yes, unfortunately I am very familiar with this problem. We have probably had at least 10 clamp handles break off over the last 3 years. The problem is the soft metal they are using for the clamp post. The post fits into a hole in the bottom portion of the clamp and that is actually what