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5-2 Detailed Assembly Procedure

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Attaching the Reflected

Fluorescence Illuminator

1. Fully loosen the focusing assembly clamping knob @ of the vertical

fluorescence illuminator and, holding the illuminator with both hands,

insert it gently and straight into the pillar support sleeve ² by aligning the

clamping knob with the mounting hole on the pillar support sleeve.

# Be careful not to tilt the illuminator when inserting it.

2. After inserting the illuminator all the way until it is stopped, tighten the

clamping knob @ firmly.

To prevent the system from turning over, install the illuminator so

that it faces the front.

Preparing the Microscope Body

Moving the Objective Mount

1. Place the zoom microscope body upside down on a flat desktop surface.

2. Using the Allen wrench, loosen the three screws ² clamping the objective

mount @, and remove it temporarily.

3. After the objective mount @ is removed three screw holes are exposed in

the locations 5 mm away in the direction of the arrow from the originally

used screw holes. Attach the objective mount into these three screw

holes by inserting and tightening the three screws.

# When using the SZX2-2RE16 revolving nosepiece, also move it to

the position 5 mm deviated from the original position. If the SZX2-

2RE16 is used, also note that it should be mounted after attaching

the zoom microscope body in section "

Microscope Body ".

Preparing the illuminator head insertion slot

1. To allow the illuminator head to be installed inside the microscope body,

remove the screws clamping the microscope body dummy cover ³

using the Allen screwdriver and remove the dummy cover ³.

}Keep the dummy cover and screw for reusing them in observations other

than the reflected fluorescence observation.

Preparing the Zoom Interlock Mechanism

1. Place the zoom microscope body in the erect position and remove the

cover cap | using tweezers or a precision screwdriver.

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Mounting the Zoom