After service cares

We know if every laboratory tools are not cheap. So we have responsibility to keep the good condition of each tool. It means we need to maintenance periodically to keep tools in ready to use condition. So we can invest in other sector beside just buy laboratory tools.

Microscope is not a cheap laboratory tools. So we need to care the condition. As I told in previous article about: why we need to service our microscope?

After serviced, microscope will be back in good and ready to use condition even mechanic, optic or electricity. But we can repair the lens if the lens scratched, blurred, corroded or called coated lens. We cannot renormalize because the lens has physical damage. There are no cleaning solutions can remove the damage.

Minimum after service cares:

After service condition:

1. Lenses system clear from fungus.

2. Mechanical system in good condition (tube not loose)

3. Microscope covered with plastic like this to minimalist dust reach the lens system.

4. We recommend more if microscope kept in specific cabinet like this to avoid fungus growth in lenses. Or if you has not the cabinet, you can use microscope box completed with silica gel.

5. You can add coding and using list to your microscope. Coding contain microscope identity. You also can make user short list which contain use name, like this

To keep microscope performance, we need comprehensive cares at before, in use, and after use microscope.

A. Before use microscope :

1. Pick up microscope with both hands. Pick the microscope arm with right hand and hold the bottom of microscope with left hand like this.

2. Don’t forget to fill the user list.

B. When using microscope :

1. Put microscope on the table has plate and stable surface. Keep away from washbasin and fire.

2. Check actual condition of microscope.

3. Set microscope position comfort fit with user.

4. Put object preparation on object stage. Clip the preparation object with object holder. Make sure the preparation part that you will observe right at the middle of light hole.

5. Set microscope lightsource (from mirror for light microscope or electric lamp for electric light microscope).

6. Before observing object with microscope, make sure you know exactly where you rotate fine and coarse adjustment knobs.

7. Coarse adjustment knob rotated until you look the object. Fine adjustment knob use to make clear object vision more.

8. Set until you find best vision. You can change light intensity or set the condenser.

9. For using lens with magnification 1000x, use immersion oil. This lens is always exposed with immersion oil but not touch the specimen surface.

After use

1. Clean up and wipe non optical parts of microscope with tissue or dry soft fiberless fabric.

2. Clean immersion oil on objective lens with xylene.

3. Clean carefully lens with immersion oil. Never touch the cement around lens. It can solve the cement then make lens loose. Avoid scratch every time you wipe the lens.

4. Before store the microscope, set the microscope into the begin condition. Turn up the lamp carefully.

5. Keep the microscope on the cabinet. Avoid dust exposure.

If you follow instruction above, microscope may be maintained in ready to use condition.

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