Nikon LABOPHOT-2, Instructions Manual

Page 1: ...Nikon INSIRUCIIONS Advanced Test Equipment Rentals www atecorp com 800 404 ATEC 2832 Established 1981 ...

Page 2: ...r _ r re an rlr one i c i a f a b b oi T i a e slqgested wattages Lrsed lfe f adlusting c rcut ma oe oamageo 6 Turning on the Lamp Tskecafenot to touchthe lampnousing whenit s it anddon 1brqg inflammable s bstances suchasgas n thinner and lrlcohon arn s somepa tsofthe amp hols ng mayb conre lery hoLwh e the Z Changing the Bulband Fuse Before repac 9 the bLr b or luse tufi OFFthe ma n swtclranddisc...

Page 3: ...t in Lrse covefthe instrument wlfrthe accessory v ny cover andqlel9 it in a placefree from moistureand funqus t is espec aly recommended thatthe objectvesand eyepecesbe kept ii an ai tght contanercontaining El renoorc Lnecttncl To mainlainthe b stpe formanceof the instftrmeni we r commend thatthe instr m nl be pefodlcalychecked For detas of th s check contactyourau thorized Nikondistrbutor Ple se ...

Page 4: ...ss s rdel S bstage Condenser centerlng screw Y axs slagemolioncontro X axlsstale moton coniro F e d d i a p h r a g i r r n g LrnFio tage d cadln p dre LrnF oltaqe se cLtor sw 1 h Eyep ece1 beclampscrew Lamphousing covef F r g r ...

Page 5: ...NOI 4ENCLATURE B noulareyepec tube D opterr ng Revolv ng nosepece dlaphragm ring Condenser c ampscrew Cofdenser focusknob Fig l 2 ...

Page 6: ...l ASSEM B LY r o r ns and dismantrins To assemblethemicroscope follow the procedures givenfrom Oto Fordelails readp 6 to p 1 1 1u r Tools hexagonwrench accessory plus screwdriver minus screwdriver Fig 2 ...

Page 7: ...tthe inevoltagendication p ateafterswltchng lhe input votagechangeoverswtch to lndlcate correct votage a Remove thefuseholder attheboitomofthebaseusnga plusscrew driver Fig 22 and nrake surethatthe metalpartof thefuse ndcales 250V 1A for 10O 120Vor 250VT1A tot 224 244V When ncorreci fusetype s to be nserted please contact youraulhorized Nikondisirbulor Insert ihe fuseintothefuseholderandiightlyscr...

Page 8: ...er mountinq the lam F m o v c l h e a m p h o L r s n gc o l e r p r e s s I g t h e c o v e rd e r a c h f g b u t t o n s F g 2 4 1 a nsen the arnp into the sockel p I ho es Llrt t feachesthe rntt F s 2 5 Reattach thc covcr F i g 2 4 Cautions whendismantling Tuff olithepower sr tclrlMak osLrreirai i soff Donottouch thebulbimmediatelvafterturninqitoif becausen sveryhot Make suretharlhe bu b hasco...

Page 9: ...ng thecoarse focusknob a Loosen thestagec ampscrewsuffcienty a Insert thestageLnto thec rcuar dovelall of lhe stagernountol the substage ll and E Fasten thestage wrlhthestagec ampscrew 3 F s 2 7 Specimen Holder aThespecmenho dershoLr d belasiened to the mo nt ng no e on therightsldefora eftknobslageandonthe eflsdeforarght knob stage 8e nove thespeclmen holderwhenobservnga arge lVlounting andDisman...

Page 10: ...f doveia ci th ry p c e Lrbe ro fl Fasi I i th the ey ap ece l rbe c anrp scrc iF r 2 9 Caution whenclamping Do fot ho d th p asi c p ft ofthe hexa rna fench vhEn l giricn fq Lheelep ece tubc a np rew Ho a Lhelte n ol the refch f oveflalhtefed opt c path hang i ov r of the eyepece tLrb ma rbe na iLrfrci oned I l 4ounting the Eyepiece Use ihe sam mngn I cat of eyepeceslof both rhc I ghi afd nsertti...

Page 11: ...ional a Push do ntheNDfitercassettefrom thetopsothetwoprotrus ons oi ilre lowerpan ofthe NDf rercassette fitwlththetwo mounring gfooves on the r m of thef eld enspartofthe mrcroscope base lFis 213 aWhenfreqlentylowerngthem croscope stage mounttheND iter cassette in thed rection asshownin Fig 2 14 When dismanding pushlhe cassette either io the eftor rightand rasetheopposte side Fis 2 14 10 ...

Page 12: ...to theAC npulconnector and plugit intoa AClinereceptacle Fig 215 oWhenthereceptac e is nota double po e groundtype usea plug convenng adapter Fig 216 Fig 2 16 Hexagon Wrench The hexagon wrench Taket outasshown s stored inthebackofthe r F i g 2 1 1 l Fis 2 17 11 F i s 21 5 ...

Page 13: ...etwith the3rd ine fromthe right Fig 3 3 4 S idethef ler insertion removal knobsof the ND filtercassene to the imitto place theentireNDfiter in the optical path Fig 3 4 5 Bevove the revoving nosepieceto pul the TOX objective ntotheoplcal path Properly turnthe revoving nosepiece soitfts lntoposition Fq 3 5 6 Pacethespecinren gasss ide on thestage with ts coverglassfacing upandfasten itwiththespecmen...

Page 14: ... pu te th Y axisafd X ar s stag mot o r cortrol knobsto pltthespec mlr fiolrreoptic pair iF g 3 Pace the ipe rm bo llrc oridenser eis l I0 When ire tr io ar ep e e t be s sed cfraf le ihe o t a tf ol re er p c c 1 be to ent erlOlllli 01thc tht fto t b n er pa l l l 11 N 4an puLate the coafscl nelocuskiob ard TocLrs on thespeclmelr wh e ookingI theey pecElFg 3 1O 2 Adluslrhediopter Fig 3 l I Seep 1...

Page 15: ...to a low bubblesto existbetlveenthe top ot the oblectv andthe speclmen Seep 23 lvlanpulation of EachElement S 16 WhentheNDf ltercasseltels used Adtustthe bnghtness by s idlngthe f lter nsearon removaknoboftheND Seep 21 Manipulalion of EachELemenr 8 When the ND fiter cass tteis not used adjustthe br ghtness of the amp by manpuatingthe brightness I7 Adlu the v e 44 eld d aphragmand the apenure diaph...

Page 16: ...ce tube Mounting thelarn p Mouning thecondenser Placifgthefiter on theliter condenserlensif partof the viewfield followingitems nr N4tcFoscoPY 4 trI N 4 CROSCOPY 5 IN MICROSCOPY 7 III I 4CROSCOPY 8 lurMtcRoscoPY 10 IL ASSEMBLY O Mountngrhe amp andlhe amp housng II ASSEMBLY i0 Mounting the rL ASSEMBLY t Pacng ihe filter Note2 ChecktheJollowing itemswhen tne Mountng thespec rren Thickness of rhecove...

Page 17: ...dthe graduation on thefinefocusknob s I micron Onerolation of the coafse focls knobmovesthestage12mm Therangeof coarse and f ne motionis 2mm up and 28mm down from rhe standard Thecoarse tocusknobtightens byturnlng thetorqueadjustment r ng counrerc ocKWrse Neverturn the riqht or left knob while holdinqthe other lt mav causeprootems Do not turn the coarsefocus knob Iurther than the limit F t g 4 I 1...

Page 18: ... on tube Asshownn Fig5 2 whentheobservatonrube srevolved 60 left 100 of thelighlentersrhevertica phototube 1n eirhef case turn the tubeto the limit F i s 5 1 F t s 5 2 2 Whenusingthetrinocular eyepiece tube T Asshownn Fg 6 whenlhechange overknobispushed unt t reaches the imitllt 1O0 of the ightenters theobservarion rube Whenthechangeoverknobfeaches the nlermediate cick E rhe proponon ol I ghtefter...

Page 19: ...atinq the ineandcoarsg focus knobs turnthedioplerr ngson lhe eyepecesso thatthespecmen images in the rlghtand left eyepecesarefocusedndvidualy Fg 7 2 a Repeat the aboveprocedure two t mes to adjust thedlopter o 4bo o adjur n onpa o g drop o o the Lrsers righland efteyes wi keepthetubeengthofthe m croscope correct ThisenabestheLrser to takefLr advantage of the h gh quaiity objectives nc Lrd ng theI...

Page 20: ...the nrage decenters irom thev e f ldof theeyepiece bring i roughly to thecenierol lhe e iie d by rneans ol rhecondensef cenierng screu s iF g I 0 I and 2 13 Ch ngeto the40X objectv FocLrs oI Lhe specmen bytLrfn ng theflrefoclrs knobafd forman m geofthefeddaphragmon thespecmensLrdace bynranpLr atifg thecondenser focusknob r l w p o h o a 1lo t re center ofthe ev 4 e d bymeans ofthecondenser ceftern...

Page 21: ...Diaphragm Thecondenser aperlure dlaphragm is provided for adjust ng the fumericaape Lrfe N A of the l m natingsystem oi lhe t6 Tm ne5 ere o o i image contrasl depth offocus andbrghtness Stoppng downtheaped rediaphragm w ll owertheresolut on and bfghtnessbLrt ncrease thecontrast anddepth oflocus Ingenera when lt is stoppeddown to 70 to 80 of the numericalape4llq of the obiective a goodlmageof appro...

Page 22: ... thecombnationof theflhers Secure y change thef ter nsertion removaknob Removing andmounting the ND filters useqloves or qauzesoasnotto touchthefilterswith yourbare nanos o o r o o o N D r t r o o i l o r u r 9 o a d p t Place the ND tillercassette on it and spread the ever Fig 12 To mountthef ller ifserithef teroblique y n theopposite s de of the everandspread lhe lever fromthe lowers de Anyfiter...

Page 23: ...e 4e d d aphragm 2 Filterreceptacle F ltefswth an outerd ametefof 45mm canbe p acedon thef tef receplacleoftheteddaphragrnpart fthe th ckness of thef lter s lessthan 4 5mm NDf ltercassette canbemounred withthelller p acedon thef ler receplac e h r 6 6 6 p n t h 5 h o n h b l belowareconven efty usedplacifgthemon thef ter receptac e Fts 13 2 NCB Forle era m roscop and r G c f nLe Jcre e tut r F r m...

Page 24: ... th acofdefser ers ard the specimenlto a ord a I ovr ol excess eo I thni r I adhereto the shlle d id the rcufiileTefceoTt re condensef ens To see f I bLrbb es are presefrt r the rmmefs rn or wlr ch leter rfate the mage qLrally p o 1 lh oeyepece koni Lhe r y c p c c t t r b e F u y r p e n t h e v e w f l dd a p h f a g ma n d t h apedufe d aphragmto examne the oblecLveex1 prp brght i rc e if s de ...

Page 25: ...a parh p 12 tonde se l5too ow Poston corecty so the v effre d daphragm mage s form d p 19 Condenser notcentered Centering p 19 Condenser not mounted cofteclly N4 ounrcorrecty p 8 ND filer notfu ly changed over Chlr rgeover to th m t p 2 1 Fied d aphragm cosedtoo much Openpropery p 20 mproper combnaton oi obj ctive U s pp o p e r c o m br t o n D aror dlst on the ens feld ens condens r object ve ey...

Page 26: ... m entrrin cover ass s Ed1o obs espe nrcnwitlrolt No nrm rsi nor Lrs d of lrrelroft of mm rson syslern oblcct e UseN kon mmerson o p 2 3 mmersof o sed noithe type C anilt tp 2l op i prop ry p 20 Tootlriclor llr n covefg ass No cover assatta h d NCGoble tive f r obser f l spe me rnoui coleroass se lto obs ne specmef tr tfr olerg ass Usen rma obtect velor obsetuiq specm n rth A r b bb es n nrrncrsio...

Page 27: ...rectlY Cenle ing p 1 9 Stage t lted p 8 lmagetinged NCBII fiter not used UseNcBl1 filt r p I2 Lamppower sourcevoltagetoo low Adlustthe amp voltagebY manipu atingthe brightness adluster Useihe optiona ND fiter cassetteif the conslant co or temperaturers10De lmagetoobright Lamppowersourcevo lagetoo high Not bright Electrical Lamp power sourcevo tagetoo Low Apertured aphragmtoo restct d Open propery ...

Page 28: ...r not adl sled S de hoder noit girly faslened 1rr mproper rlrdLir neni f s de lrolder Sh It llre alta hmenl pos lion nlerp pilary d slance n01adjusted Adllstinterpuparyd sla ce p 1 8 Eyepec d opternol adjlsted Masnfcatons oi r ghl and D opleradl stmenl p l8 Llsesameeyepeces p 9 nlerpLrp aryd sian enoi adjusted Adllst nterpLp lary d slafce p r8 Eyepieced opler nol adl sted D oprefadl 5rmenl ple Ina...

Page 29: ...t p 1 Connector not secure Connectpower sourcecord s e c u r e y p l l Fuseholdernol f rmlyfastened Fastens cufely p 6 Bulb insuficientlynserted nto the Posilveconnection p 7 Bulbimmediately Bu b Lrsed not the one specified Use6V30Whalosen lamp p 2e Inputvo tagechangeoverswitch does nor malch th powervo tage of Changeover nputvo tage chanse over switch p 6 Fuseusednotthe onespecf ed Us theruse spe...

Page 30: ...ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS Powersource 1OO 120V 22O 24OV SOI5OHZ Halogen lamp 6V 3OW lspecialtype madeby PHILIPS Fuse 1OO 12OVr2bOV tA 22O 24OY 25OY l1A Powerconsumption lessthan43W 29 ...

Page 31: ...ves the right to make such ahera t onsin design as may be considered necessary in the light of experience For this reason paniculdB and illus att s io th6 handbook mbl t confom in every detail to modets in cutrent ...

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