Olympus FLUOVIEW FV300 - Maintenance of Major System Units; Replacing the Barrier Filters Slider; Scan Unit

Maintenance of Major System Units/Scan Unit
V . MAINTENANCE
V. 2-1
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2 Maintenanc e of Major System Units
This section describes the maintenance of the following units.
z Scan unit
z Laser scanning microscope
2-1 Scan Unit
The scan unit used with this system has been designed to allow replacement of the
BARRIER FILTER slider and DETECTION MODE slider in order to accommodate a
wide range of research. This section describes procedures for replacing these parts and
for adjusting the light axis after replacement.
2-1-1 Replacing the Barrier Filters Slider
To replace the BARRIER FILTERS slider, loosen the filter slider cover screws (10) and
remove the slider together with the slider cover.
Then replace the BARRIER FILTER slider, fit the filter cover, and tighten the screws.
Be sure to tighten the screws firmly, or noise may interfere with
images.
NOTE
(7) Cover screw for accessing
excitation cube unit
(Includes the cube locking
screw (8) inside.)
(2) DETECTION
MODE slider
(1) CONFOCAL APERTURE knob
(4) Excitation
DM selector
knob
(10) Filter slider cove
r
screws
(9) Cover screws for optical
axis adjustment