Stage; Placing The Specimen; Moving The Specimen - Olimpus CKX41 Instruction Manual

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Placing the Specimen

Put the specimen in the center of the stage.
When Using a 35 mm Petri Dish
}With the CKX41, a 35 mm petri dish can be mounted directly on the
stage provided that the standard stage center plate is in use.
1. With the CKX31, put the provided 35 mm petri dish holder 1 on the stage
and mount the 35 mm petri dish on the opening in the center.
2. To move the petri dish, slide the entire holder.
Using the Mechanical Stage
1. When using a 96-well or 24-well micro-titer plate, extend the specimen
holder 2 to directly hold the micro-titer plate. (Fig. 7)
2. To hold any other type of plate, combine one of the following provided
holders with the mechanical stage.
· Terasaki holder 3 (AB4488): For Terasaki plate, 35 mm petri dish holder
4 or 65 mm petri dish.
· Slide glass holder 5 (AB4489): For slide glass, 54 mm petri dish.
· Blood cell test plate holder IX2-BCTP 6 (optional):For a blood cell test
plate holder or other calculating chamber for bacteria and eosinophil
with mounting section dimensions corresponding to H 77 x V 35
x D 2 mm, or for a 60mm petri dish.
3. The specimen can be moved to the desired position by turning the X-axis
knob 7 and Y-axis knob 8 (Stroke: 120 mm in X-axis direction, 78 mm in
Y-axis direction).
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Moving the Specimen

Turn the X-axis and Y-axis knobs of the mechanical stage or move the
specimen directly by hand.
# Be careful when changing objectives. When objectives are switched
after observing the specimen with an objective with short working
distance, the newly selected objective may interfere with the stage
center plate or petri dish holder.
}With the CKX41, the IX-CP50 stage center plate ( 50 mm) allows a wide
range of use without interference.
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