Operation Of The Stage; Place A Specimen; Stage Movement - Nikon Multizoom AZ100 Instruction Manual

Operation of the Stage

Place a Specimen

Sufficiently lower the stage by rotating the stage height adjustment knob and place a specimen on the stage
without being touched to the objective.

Stage Movement

The EPI stage moves in two methods, the coarse movement for rough positioning and fine movement for
fine positioning.
For operation of the DIA stage, see the instruction manual for the AZ-STD Diascopic Stand and the
AZ-STGD DIA Stage.
How to perform the coarse positioning on the stage
When the coarse/fine movement selector switch of the EPI
stage is pulled toward the coarse movement lever, the stage
moves coarsely in the X-axis and Y-axis directions. Therefore,
hold the coarse/fine movement selector switch and the coarse
movement lever together and move the stage.
If the stage is moved only with the coarse movement lever
without holding the coarse/fine movement selector switch, or
if the stage is moved directly with holding the top plate of the
stage, a malfunction occurs. Be sure to hold the coarse/fine
movement selector switch together for the stage movement.
How to perform the fine positioning on the stage
If the coarse/fine movement selector switch is not held, the
stage is in the fine movement mode so that the specimen can
be positioned by degrees with the stage fine movement knobs.
The stage is moved in the Y-axis direction with the upper knob
and in the X-axis direction with the lower knob.
Chapter 3 Operation Procedures
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Stage
Coarse movement
lever
Stage fine movement knob
Stage movement
Coarse/fine
movement
selector switch