Olympus VS120 - Manual (Page 8)

Introduction
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Handling precautions
1. The user is prohibited from moving or relocating the virtual slide system since moving or relocating it may
result in the degradation of the system performance. Contact your Olympus distributor for support if the
need to move or relocate it arises.
2. The location to install the system requires the maintenance space in addition to the system size.
The maintenance space needs approx. 250mm each for the left side and the back side of the system.
3. As this system is a precision instrument, which has been installed/adjusted by Olympus engineers at the
location specified by customers, be sure to handle it with utmost care without giving any impact on it.
4. Do not touch this system with wet hands when preparing, inspecting or using it.
5. Do not install this microscope system in a place where it will be in direct sunlight or in a hot and humid
environment or where there is a lot of dust or vibration. (For information on the operating environment,
refer to “Specifications” on page 29.)
6. Do not use other size of the slide glass specimen than those specified in this manual.
 Slide glass Width: 25 to 26 mm, length: 75 to 76 mm, thickness: 0.8 to 1.4 mm
 Cover glass Thickness: 0.12 to 0.17 mm
Maintenance and preservation
1. To clean lenses, remove dust by blowing them with a commercially available blower and wipe them lightly
with cleaning paper (or a piece of repeatedly washed gauze). Only if they are stained by fingerprints or oils
should you wipe them using cleaning paper slightly moistened with dehydrated alcohol sold at stores.
Avoid cleaning lenses with the camera or the lenses removed. Doing so will cause
the system performance to deteriorate.
Dehydrated alcohol is highly flammable. Do not expose it to heat or flame, and do
not turn off or on the power switch of various electrical apparatuses since ignition
can be induced by just switching switches on and off. In addition, make sure that
the room is well ventilated.
2. Do not use an organic solution to clean parts other than lenses. If a part is heavily stained, wipe it with a
soft cloth slightly moistened with a diluted neutral detergent.
3. The service life (accumulated operating hours) of the vacuum pump in the slide loader of the VS120-L100
is about 1,000 hours. This corresponds to 30,000 images of slide glass specimens.
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