This is description of this part:
Brass toothed rack (also called a gear rack) for the coarse and fine focus of Carl Zeiss Axiolab microscopes.
In the Zeiss Axiolab microscope the toothed rack is fixed to the casting number 6527 with two hex socket screws. This is the casting of the stage carrier, because in the Axiolab focusing is done by lowering and raising the condenser and stage unit. The screws that hold the rack to this casting are included in the set offered here.
This toothed rack was removed from a Zeiss Axiolab re microscope, P/N 45 09 05 (also written as 450905). However, it also fits the following variants:
- Zeiss Axiolab drb KT, which carries the same number 45 09 05 (450905)
- Zeiss Axiolab E re, 45 09 07 (450907)
- Zeiss Axiolab A, 45 09 09 (450909)
- Zeiss Axiolab Pol, 45 09 10 (450910)
I was not able to confirm this, but in my opinion it is very likely that the focusing rack from the Zeiss Axiolab microscope also fits the following microscopes:
- Zeiss Standard 20
- Zeiss Standard 25 ICS
- Zeiss Axiostar
- Zeiss Axioskop 20
It may also fit the inverted microscope Zeiss Axiovert 25.
The teeth of this rack can be damaged quite easily, because the whole rack is made of soft brass - and it runs against a hard steel pinion.
What is this part needed for?
- as a service part, if you need to replace a damaged toothed rack
