Leica DM6 B Fully Automated Upright Microscope System for Life Science Research

Stand

• Power supply: Within electronics box CTR6 or CTR6 LED
• Display: Leica SmartTouch with information and controls
• Interfaces: 2 x USB 2.0, 2 x I2C

Operation

• Focus:
  • Motorized or mechanical
  • 5 electronic ratios
  • Includes parfocal function
  • Switch between coarse and fine mode
  • Memory locations for two z-positions
• Objective turret:
  • Motorized or coded
  • Includes dry & immersion mode
  • 7x M25 thread
• Stage:
  • Mechanical
  • Ceramic-coated
  • Y-drive with belt
  • Removable stage drive with adjustable torque
  • 110° swivel
  • Memory location for up to 5 stage positions
  • Motorized (optional) with stepper motor switch between fast & precision mode
  • left-handed version optionally available
• Controls:
  • 6 programmable function buttons
  • SmartMove controls for z (focus) movement and x,y (stage) movement, 4 programmable function buttons
  • Leica STP8000 controls for z (coarse and fine focus) and x,y (stage) movement, 11 programmable function buttons, touchpanel with information and control panels
• Specimen Overview Tool: Yes

TL Axis

• Illumination: Either 12 V 100 W halogen lamp or LED
• Automation:
  • Light manager: automatic Köhler light management sets the best values for aperture, field diaphragm, and light intensity
  • Contrast manager: switch from one contrast method to another with one push of a button
  • Constant Color Intensity Control: maintains a constant color temperature (3200 K) (for Halogen versions only)
• Contrast Method: BF, PH, DF, POL, DIC (fully automated)

Flou-Axis

• Motorized filter cube turret: 5X & 8X
• Illumination:
  • Leica EL6000
  • Leica SFL4000/7000
  • 3rd Party
• Automation:
  • Fluorescence Intensity Manager (FIM): regulation of the excitation light to effectively protect the specimen from photo bleaching
  • Contrast manager: switch from one contrast method to another with one push of a button
  • Round and square illuminated field diaphragms for ocular and camera observation (motorized)
  • Excitation Manager: balances fluorescence when viewing multiple probes simultaneously (optional)

Condensers

• Automation:
  • condenser head, motorized
  • 7x condenser disk, motorized (optional)
  • polarizer, motorized (optional)