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Introduction to Microtomy

Out of the wide product range of Leica Microsystems, rotary microtomes and several heavy-duty sliding microtomes or special products offer various features to meet the requirements of industrial sample preparation


Material: PP, section thickness: 10 µm

Proven Concepts with Innovative Details

Microtomes for section-based control of materials: A brochure introducing Leica Microsystems' solutions for materials research and industrial quality assurance.


Leica RM2265 fully motorized rotary microtome

Leica RM2265 fully-motorized and programmable rotary microtome

Designed primarily to satisfy the requirements of biomedical researchers sectioning hard to semi-soft materials and customers with need to section industrial materials for quality assurance and materials defects analysis.


Base of sensor (motor car): 800µmx52, Leica SP1600 saw microtome

Application Images

See different application images of industrial materials sectioned with Leica microtomes.


Leica SP1600

Leica SP1600 Saw Microtome

The Leica SP1600 saw microtome is specially designed for the cutting of extremely hard and brittle industrial materials embedded in methylmetacrylate with a maximum size of 35 mm in diameter.


Polymer with glass fiber knife, 5 µm

Quality solutions for the industrial lab

A brief and incomplete selection of materials we have successfully sectioned with our microtomes