The Histos 3 unit is ideally suited for histology laboratories that process generally small to medium size biopsies and where thickness of sampled tissues is easily controlled to no more than 3 mm thickness.
The Histos 3 utilizes a higher temperature during the wax impregnation step (instead of the vacuum step used in the Histos 5) to eliminate the excess traces of organic reagents from the specimen. Like the Histos 5, the Histos 3 can process up to 110 cassettes.