Study on Slicing Mechanism of Thin Section for Paraffin Slide Glass Production in Pathological Diagnosis

Abstract

In pathological diagnosis, it is necessary that the tumors are picked out by an operation, embedded in paraffin and sliced in thickness of around 2~5µm to prepare the slide glass. This slicing process is one of the important technologies that affect the accuracy of diagnosis. In this report, the mechanism of a micro slicing process of paraffin blocks was studied. As the temperature of paraffin blocks decrease, cutting force increases. Also, it doesn’t become zero where the setting depth of cut is zero due to tool edge roundness, and the model considering it was made.