Movable Top Plate (MTP) User Manual
You are now the owner of a Scientifica Movable Top Plate (MTP). Once set up the MTP will provide you with a stable platform from which to carry out your experiments.
Remember:
To get the best performance out of your platform you must set it up correctly. Please follow the steps in this manual to ensure the platform is set up in accordance with manufacturers guidelines.
Special shipping brackets are provided for your MTP to prevent damage during shipment.
Step 1.
Remove the shipping brackets using the Hex Key provided.
Step 2.
Setting the correct length of your platform leg.
It is absolutely essential that you ensure the legs are all the same height. Any differences in leg length will reduce the smoothness of the stage motion and damage the bearings.
A digital vernier caliper has been provided to make this process easy.
It is important to ensure that the platform height is set to correct focal point of your microscope.
(This information should be supplied by your microscope Manufacturer – Olympus, Zeiss, Leica, Nikon). Once you have decided on the correct height, use the digital calipers to ensue that all four of the MTP legs are the same height. This can be checked by measuring the gap between the top of the locking ring to underside of the top of leg.
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