Keeping the microscope lightpath clear
The optical path of an Olympus microscope consists of an eyepiece, an objective lens, an upper or lower light source, and a light box. This several parts composed of a light path system, if one of the problems, will lead to the whole system can not be working. Below I give you a brief explanation of how to ensure that the Olympus microscope light path is clear!
1: the surface of the eyepiece objective lens lens is most susceptible to dust and dirt and oil staining, when found that the lining, clarity is reduced, fogging occurs, then you need to use a magnifying glass to carefully check the eyepiece, the objective lens in front of the lens condition.
2: to ensure that the optical performance of the Olympus microscope is very important, when the microscope is not in use, the microscope should be covered with the dust cover provided by the instrument. If the optical surface and the instrument has dust and dirt, before wiping the surface should be blown away by blowing a balloon to remove the dust or use a soft brush to remove the dirt.
3: Optical surfaces should be cleaned with a lint-free cotton cloth, lens paper or cotton swabs moistened with a special lens cleaning solution. Cleaning should avoid the use of too much solvent, mirror paper or swabs should be properly wet solvent but not because of the use of too much solvent and penetrate into the objective lens, resulting in a decline in the clarity of the objective lens and objective lens damage.
4: Low-magnification objectives have a fairly large front group of lenses that can be wiped with a cotton cloth or cotton swab wrapped around the finger and wipes on paper moistened with ethanol. 40X, 100X need to be examined more carefully using a magnifying glass. In order to achieve a high degree of flatness in the high-magnification lens, a front group of lenses with a small radius of curvature concave surface is applied, when wiping this group of lenses with a toothpick or cotton swab with a cotton ball to clean. Wipe the surface of the lens gently. Do not use excessive force and a scraping motion, and be sure to touch the concave surface of the lens beforehand. After cleaning with a magnifying glass to check whether the objective lens is damaged, if you have to go to open the barrel of the observation lens, be careful not to touch the exposed lens under the barrel, the lens surface, such as fingerprints will reduce the clarity of the image, should be used to clean the objective lens and eyepiece method of wiping.
