Materials Microscope features modular design.
Press Release Summary:
Designed for routine applications in materials microscopy, Axio Scope.A1 includes 5 microscope upper bodies, 3 lower bodies, and 2 Vario columns which can be selected for respective requirements and combined into optimally customized microscope system. Sample area height can be continuously set up to 380 mm high, depending on configuration. Enabling C-DIC and PlasDIC techniques, unit offers 2-position sliders and 4- and 6-position reflector turrets as reflector modules.
Original Press Release:
Carl Zeiss MicroImaging Offers Axio Scope.A1 Materials Microscope
Microscope is Economical and Flexible
Thornwood, N.Y. - Carl Zeiss, a leading provider of microscopy solutions for a variety of research, clinical and industrial applications, announces the Axio Scope.A1, a flexible, high-performance modular microscope platform specially designed for routine applications in materials microscopy. New instrument solutions and the high-quality EC Epiplan line of objectives will meet the demands of users faced with specific routine tasks in industry. This new generation of microscopes has been tailored to the requirements of quality control and failure analysis.
The extreme flexibility of the microscope is achieved with five different microscope upper bodies, three different lower bodies and two Vario columns which can be selected for the respective requirements and combined into an optimally customized microscope system. The Axio Scope A.1 offers exceptionally large scalability of the sample area height, which can be continuously set for sample sizes up to 380 mm high for numerous applications, depending on the configuration. 2-position sliders, 4-position and 6-position reflector turrets are available as reflector modules, depending on the application. In any case, it is possible to quickly and easily switch between the different contrasting techniques.
In addition to traditional contrasting techniques in reflected and transmitted light such as brightfield, darkfield, DIC and polarization, Axio Scope.A1 now also enables innovative techniques such as C-DIC and PlasDIC. The line of high-contrast EC Epiplan objectives was specially developed for routine applications. They produce a flat-field image for a 23 mm field of view and are available in brightfield and brightfield/darkfield versions. As they are produced with low strain, they are ideal for high-quality DIC microscopy. This line of objectives enables the innovative C-DIC technique (Differential Interference Contrast in circularly polarized light) with only a single prism. Furthermore, the entire spectrum of objectives from Carl Zeiss is available.
Thanks to the modular design of the Axio Scope.A1, many components can be easily retrofitted by the customer, if required. ZEISS microscope cameras such as the AxioCam ICc1 or ICc3 and AxioVision software supplement the microscope. The Axio Scope.A1 from Carl Zeiss was introduced at the Control show in Stuttgart from April 22 - 24, 2008.
About Carl Zeiss
Carl Zeiss MicroImaging, Inc., a subsidiary of Carl Zeiss, Inc., offers microscopy solutions and systems for research, laboratories, routine and industrial applications. In addition, Carl Zeiss MicroImaging markets microscopy and digital pathology systems for the clinical market, as well as spectral sensors for industrial and pharmaceutical applications. Since1846, Carl Zeiss has remained committed to enabling science and technology to go beyond what man can see. Today, Carl Zeiss is a global leader in the optical and opto-electronic industries.
With 11,249 current employees in the Group and offices in over 30 countries, Carl Zeiss is represented in more than 100 countries with production centers in Europe, North America, Central America and Asia. For more information on the breadth of solutions offered by Carl Zeiss MicroImaging, please visit www.zeiss.com/micro.
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