This is description of this part:
Replacement optical component for the HBO / Hg 100W fluorescence illuminator used with Nikon Optiphot microscopes and other microscope models equipped with this type of lamp house.
This is the illumination collector lens combined with a heat absorbing filter that absorbs the heat generated by the light source (mercury arc lamp).
This particular collector lens and heat absorbing filter assembly was installed in a fluorescence illuminator used on a Nikon Optiphot microscope. Hg 100W / HBO 100W illuminators, or similar models with the same mechanical design and identical optics, were used in, among others, the following microscopes:
- Nikon Optiphot
- Nikon Labophot
- Nikon Microphot
Therefore, the optical module offered here is also compatible with these microscopes. First and foremost, it is a replacement part for repairing the illuminator rather than a specific microscope.
When may it become necessary to replace the heat absorbing filter or the collector lens that collimates the light beam?
- the high-pressure mercury arc lamps used as the light source in these illuminators may explode, damaging the rear reflector and often also the collimator lens.
- in addition, the collector lens located immediately next to the light source is particularly susceptible to damage due to prolonged exposure to high temperatures.
- another very common failure is that the filter simply cracks because of mechanical damage (although it is mounted without mechanical stress—it is intentionally fitted with slight clearance).
Important: Nikon EPI fluorescence illuminators from that period were manufactured with several different lamp house designs. They are most commonly referred to simply as:
- Nikon Hg 100W
- Nikon HBO 100W
- Nikon HBO 100W HG Lamp House
- often the model is Nikon LH-M100CB-1
For verification, the photo gallery includes precise dimensions of this microscope part. The last photograph also shows the complete illuminator from which this microscope part was removed, allowing compatibility to be confirmed with certainty.
What is this part needed for?
- as a service part (repair component) if you own a microscope equipped with this illuminator and this part has been damaged
