Sakura - TISSUE-TEK VIP 6
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Updated  May 7 2025
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Does anyone know the details on  " error code 341- Retort Lid Sensor error". It appeared once, we stopped the program, started it again,  and it completed its run successfully. We just had a PM done on the processor the previous week. It seems to be running fine now  but I would feel more at ease if I knew why the error occurred and how to prevent it from stopping another program run in the future. 

Equipment: Sakura - TISSUE-TEK VIP 6

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Updated  Mar 3 2025
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I have a vip6 that displays level sense errors when attempting to start a clean cycle. Process completes with no errors. When inspecting sensors I find paraffin buildup around sensors. Temps are within ranges. Any ideas?

Equipment: Sakura - TISSUE-TEK VIP 6

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Sakura VIP 6 AI tissue processor. Errors 321 and 324 are not listed in the service manual for the VIP 6 (I haven't seen a service manual for the "AI" version). It appears that these are new codes for the "AI" version of this processor. The description closely matches the description for errors 311 and 314. Does anyone know what the differences might be? Does anyone have a service manual for the VIP 6 AI?

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Does anyone have the PM procedure & checklist for the newer AI version (VIP 6 AI)? From a service standpoint, it is quite similar to the original VIP 6, but there are a few differences.

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Updated  Dec 24 2021
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"Pump out has been stopped since upper bottle overflow sensor activated" How to resolve this error

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Updated  Nov 16 2021
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Im Looking for the service code to clear out the processing programs

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Updated  Apr 12 2021
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Does this instrument have a function to track how many times each reagent is used?

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I have seen this in two of the new AI versions of the Sakura Tissue Tek VIP 6 AI: In manual mode, when the rotary valve is at a wax station or at the Xylene Cleaning station (station 16), it doesn't seem to want to allow a pump-in. I waited while it heated the retort and the rotary valve and gate valve - it appeared to heat both valves to 70C to 71C, and the retort to the proper temperature (~63C), but wouldn't let me initiate a pump in, no matter how long I waited. In programmed mode, or in a Clean Cycle, there was no problem. Has anyone else seen this? Also, does anyone have a PM form newer than version 1 from 2012 (especially one for the AI version) and/or a service manual (new enough to cover the AI version) that they can submit?

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Sakura Tissue Tek VIP 6 - ultrasound level sensor fail (EC 322 & 922). I've got a machine with an intermittently failing lower level sensor. I removed the sensor to clean it more thoroughly - it looks like bright clean stainless steel. The recommendation on the Sakura PM checklist is to use acetic acid or Metaflux, but I didn't have either on hand. Sakura doesn't specify which Metaflux product, but I've never run into this issue before. Has anyone else had a level sensor issue which was corrected by intensive cleaning? Does anyone have a source for these level sensors, other than Sakura?

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