Axiovert 40
B 46-0031 e 11/03 3Ć7
Adjustment of the HBO 50
CAUTION Never look directly into the ignited
lamp in order to avoid possibly irrepaĆ
rable damage to your eyes.
Use protective eyewear, e.g. sun-
glasses, to protect your eyes when
observing the bright light spot.
• Unscrew an objective and check the image of the
light source falling through the blank aperture
onto a piece of paper in the object plane (on the
specimen stage).
• Turn knurled knob (3Ć5ā/ā4) to focus the collector
until the brighter light arc is imaged sharply.
• Use adjusting screw (3Ć5ā/ā1) to adjust the lamp axĆ
ially to the reflector until both light arcs are
equally sharp, as shown in Figure 3Ć6.
• Use SW 3 ball-headed screwdriver and the adjustĆ
ing screws for vertical (3Ć5ā/ā2) and lateral (3Ć5ā/ā3)
adjustment of the arc image beside the arc, as
shown in Fig. 3Ć6.
• Screw the objective in the nosepiece again.
• Set the reflector slider to blue excitation, e.g. by
using filter set 09.
• Set the additional filter slider to the blank aperture
position.
Fig. 3Ć5 Adjustment of HBO 50
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Fig. 3Ć6 Lamp image