Sunday 27 March 2016

Microscope Care & Servicing

 Microscope Servicing
Since Microscope is an optical instrument  and has Lenses made up of glass should be handled carefully and should not be dropped or slammed. Dust and fungus are the main problem for microscope or any optical instruments as such.

Following precautions should be taken to keep a microscope in good working condition.

1) Never keep the microscope in a humid place - Fungus grow rapidly under damp condition.
2)  Protect microscope from dust when not in use always cover the microscope with a dust cover.
3) Periodic servicing is to be carried by authorized service engineer never ever try to service the microscope of your own if you are not trained to do so because the optical alignment are critical and if disturbed will disturb the image quality the power supply section of advance microscopes has high voltage.

Microscope Servicing Kit ( Components )

The following mainly make up for your microscope servicing 

1)   Lens cleaning solution - You can have some from the store or if not you can use Ethanol  ( Ethyl Alcohol ) .
2)  Blower - Pneumatic blower
3)  Cotton buds
4)  Tweezers 
5)  Tools as per the requirement 
6)  Collimators for alignment ( If optical alignment is disturbed ) 

If you are not confident you can ask for the help from your supplier of  Microscope or can Contact Us

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