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- Page 1 MANUAL EXC-400 MICROSCOPE SERIES 73 Mall Drive, Commack, NY 11725 • 631-864-1000 (P) • 631-543-8900 (F) www.accu-scope.com • info@accu-scope.com...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
....................... 17 SIMPLE POLARIZER ..............18 TURRET PHASE CONTRAST CONDENSER ......................18 PHASE ANNULUS ......................19 CAMERA ADAPTER TROUBLESHOOTING ....................20-22 MAINTENANCE........................23 SERVICE ..........................23 WARRANTY ........................23 ® ACCU-SCOPE 73 Mall Drive, Commack, NY 11725 • 631-864-1000 • www.accu-scope.com... -
Page 4: Safety Notes
® end of a tapered stick such as cotton swabs or Your authorized ACCU-SCOPE distributor can Q-tips, makes a useful tool for cleaning arrange for this service. ® ACCU-SCOPE 73 Mall Drive, Commack, NY 11725 • 631-864-1000 • www.accu-scope.com... -
Page 5: Introduction
Carefully remove the microscope from the Styrofoam container by the recessed hand grip area on the back of the microscope and base, and place the microscope on a flat, vibration-free surface. ® ACCU-SCOPE 73 Mall Drive, Commack, NY 11725 • 631-864-1000 • www.accu-scope.com... - Page 6 OR BOLTS ON THE MICROSCOPE Tension Stage Adjustment Knob Condenser Centering Adjustment Screws Field Diaphragm Adjustment Ring Y-Axis X-Axis Coarse Fine Adjustment Knob Focusing Knob Adjustment Knob Focusing Knob ® ACCU-SCOPE 73 Mall Drive, Commack, NY 11725 • 631-864-1000 • www.accu-scope.com...
- Page 7 Random Upper Diopter Limit Knob Adjustment Ring Body Power Switch Nosepiece Fuse Condenser Focus Arm Fine Coarse Light Power Socket Lamp Focusing Focusing Adjustment Housing Knob Knob Knob ® ACCU-SCOPE 73 Mall Drive, Commack, NY 11725 • 631-864-1000 • www.accu-scope.com...
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Page 8: Assembly Diagram & Procedure
4 Trinocular Head 5 Objectives Eyepiece 6 Eyepieces 7 Power Cord ⑥ Trinocular Head ④ Objective LED Lamp Housing ⑤ ① Stage ③ ② ⑦ Power Cord Condenser ® ACCU-SCOPE 73 Mall Drive, Commack, NY 11725 • 631-864-1000 • www.accu-scope.com... - Page 9 Storage NOTE: To unplug the lamp housing, turn the knurled ring ⑦ of the lamp housing power cord plug counterclockwise and slide it out. ④ ③ Fig. 2 ® ACCU-SCOPE 73 Mall Drive, Commack, NY 11725 • 631-864-1000 • www.accu-scope.com...
- Page 10 Gently retighten the thumb screw ③ by turning it clockwise. ④ NOTE: keep the condenser/stage carrier at its lowest position for installing the stage next. Fig. 5 ® ACCU-SCOPE 73 Mall Drive, Commack, NY 11725 • 631-864-1000 • www.accu-scope.com...
- Page 11 ③ and set it into place with the two eyepiece tubes ④ facing forward. Retighten the lock screw ①. Fig. 8 ® ACCU-SCOPE 73 Mall Drive, Commack, NY 11725 • 631-864-1000 • www.accu-scope.com...
- Page 12 Should you need a ① replacement, contact your authorized ACCU-SCOPE dealer or call ACCU-SCOPE at 1-631-864-1000 for a dealer nearest you. Fig. 11 ® ACCU-SCOPE 73 Mall Drive, Commack, NY 11725 • 631-864-1000 • www.accu-scope.com...
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Page 13: Powering On
The stage has a coaxial X-Y Stage Movement Knob which allows you to move your specimen in any direction: ① Top Knob ③: (Y) forward/backward movement ③ Bottom Knob ④: (X) left/right movement ④ Fig. 14 ® ACCU-SCOPE 73 Mall Drive, Commack, NY 11725 • 631-864-1000 • www.accu-scope.com... -
Page 14: Focusing
This allows the user to adjust the coarse control tension to their individual preference. ® ACCU-SCOPE 73 Mall Drive, Commack, NY 11725 • 631-864-1000 • www.accu-scope.com... -
Page 15: Interpupillary Distance
Open the field iris diaphragm gradually. If the image is in the center all the time and inscribed to the field of view, the condenser has been centered correctly. Fig. 20 ® ACCU-SCOPE 73 Mall Drive, Commack, NY 11725 • 631-864-1000 • www.accu-scope.com... -
Page 16: Condenser
Knob ① all the way in to observe 100% through the Fig. 23 eyepieces, or all the way out to observe through the eyepieces and the camera port (50% / 50%) ® ACCU-SCOPE 73 Mall Drive, Commack, NY 11725 • 631-864-1000 • www.accu-scope.com... -
Page 17: Filter
(40xR) and deforming its optical performance, prevent dust and dirt from accumulating on the lens of the objective and degrading its optical performance, and will keep the slide clean to work with. ® ACCU-SCOPE 73 Mall Drive, Commack, NY 11725 • 631-864-1000 • www.accu-scope.com... -
Page 18: Fuse Replacement
Rotation of the polarizer will change the orthogonal status of polarization. NOTE: When the image is darkest as you view through the eyepieces, polarization has been achieved. ® ACCU-SCOPE 73 Mall Drive, Commack, NY 11725 • 631-864-1000 • www.accu-scope.com... -
Page 19: Turret Phase Contrast Condenser
(7) Remove the CT from the eye tube, and reinsert the eyepiece to observe the phase contrast effect. (8) Adjust the other phase contrast annuli ④ for the other phase contrast objective magnifications according to the steps above. ® ACCU-SCOPE 73 Mall Drive, Commack, NY 11725 • 631-864-1000 • www.accu-scope.com... -
Page 20: Camera Adapter
NOTE: Be sure to keep all dust caps in a safe place for future use when a camera is not mounted to the microscope. ® ACCU-SCOPE 73 Mall Drive, Commack, NY 11725 • 631-864-1000 • www.accu-scope.com... -
Page 21: Troubleshooting
Remove bubbles Condenser aperture is closed or Open or close properly open too much Condenser is positioned too low Position the condenser slightly lower than the upper limit ® ACCU-SCOPE 73 Mall Drive, Commack, NY 11725 • 631-864-1000 • www.accu-scope.com... - Page 22 Cover glass is to thick Use a 0.17mm cover glass Diopter adjustment is not set Readjust the diopter settings as properly outlined in section 4.3 ® ACCU-SCOPE 73 Mall Drive, Commack, NY 11725 • 631-864-1000 • www.accu-scope.com...
- Page 23 Increase the tension on the focusing the coarse focusing knob knobs Fine focus is ineffective Tension adjustment is set too Loosen the tension on the focusing high knobs ® ACCU-SCOPE 73 Mall Drive, Commack, NY 11725 • 631-864-1000 • www.accu-scope.com...
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Page 24: Maintenance
SCOPE at (631) 864-1000. This warranty is limited to the continental United States of America. All items returned for warranty repair must be sent freight prepaid and insured to ACCU-SCOPE INC., 73 Mall Drive, Commack, NY 11725 – USA. All warranty repairs will be returned freight prepaid to any destination within the continental United States of America, for all foreign warranty repairs return freight charges are the responsibility of the individual/company who returned the merchandise for repair.
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