LW Scientific Inverted - Manual (Page 2)

Unpacking and Setup
Cleaning & Upkeep
Assembly
LW Scientific packs each microscope with utmost care. Examine the outer
and inner containers for any visual damage. Retain all of the packing
material until you have examined and tested your new microscope. If there
is damage, please contact the shipping company, as our warranty does not
cover shipping damage. Please retain all packing material for future use.
Carefully unpack the LW101 Inverted Microscope using the following checklist for all the parts and accessories:
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Main Body - Remove the main body and place it on a table.
Illumination Lamp Housing - Connect the lamp housing to the top of the microscope body.
Trinocular Head - Loosen the thumb screw on the body and carefully attach the trinocular head to the body. Secure
the trinocular head by tightening the thumb screw.
Objectives - Remove the objectives from the packing box and install them in such a way that when you turn the
nosepiece clockwise you are moving from the 4x, to the 10x, to the 20x, and finally to the 40x objective.
Phase Contrast Condenser - Loosen the thumb screw on the condenser holder, insert the condenser from above, and
secure it. When using 10X or low power objective the raise condenser with condenser elevating knob if the view is not
evenly illuminated.
Filters - Filter holder is located between the illumination lamp housing and the body. Each kind of filter can be
inserted or removed for various applications.
Eyepiece - Insert the eyepieces into the eyetube.
1 - Microscope (including main body, mechanical stage.
nosepiece, and holder)
2 - Illumination lamp housing
3 - Phase contrast condenser
4 - 4 Objectives: (Plan achromatic 4X, achromatic phase
contrast 10X, Plan achromatic phase contrast 20X, and
Plan achromatic 40X)
5 - Trinocular head
6 - Eyepieces: (10X wide field eyepieces entering
eyepiece, photo eyepiece 2.5X, photo-eyepiece 6.3X)
7 - Filters (green and blue)
8 - Dust cover
9 - Immersion oil
10 - Spare bulb
11 - Camera tube
An alcohol pad is best for removing dirt from the stage and from the other
metal parts, but is not recommended for use on the lenses. Use lens cleaning
solution and lens paper to clean off the objective. Warning: Damage to any
objective due to oil immersion is not covered under warranty.
Dust in the nosepiece or ocular tubes should be blown out using filtered air. Canned air dusters work well for this job.
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