This is description of this part:
Holder for the interchangeable microscope stage used in Carl Zeiss microscopes.
This holder fits the following microscopes:
- Zeiss Standard WL 89
- Zeiss Universal
- Zeiss Photomicroscope (the so-called Zeiss Phomi)
- Zeiss Ultraphot
This holder allows interchangeable microscope stages to be mounted, meaning stages that are not screwed directly to the microscope stand. It also features two centering screws.
This holder consists of two parts:
- the so-called stage "support", which is mounted onto a dovetail guide using a quick-release clamping mechanism
- and the circular stage holder attached to it
If this circular holder for the interchangeable stage is removed, other microscope stages that are not interchangeable but instead mounted with four screws can be attached to the "support".
The Zeiss Universal, Zeiss Ultraphot, the earliest versions of the Zeiss Standard WL, and the first model of the Zeiss Photomicroscope were originally factory-equipped with this component in black.
The Zeiss Photomicroscope II, Zeiss Photomicroscope III, and the later versions of the Zeiss Standard WL were factory-equipped with this component in grey.
The colour of this component has no effect on compatibility. In other words, a component of either colour fits all of the microscope models listed above.
The component presented here is black.
If you're looking for the gray version, it's listed in this database under number 99583.
There you'll also find a video demonstrating how to disassemble this item, i.e., how to remove it from the microscope stand.
What is this part needed for?
- if you have a microscope in which this holder is missing
- as a replacement part by replacing the entire damaged element
- if you have a microscope in which this element works but is of very poor quality, e.g. has bent or broken centering screws
- if you have a microscope with a holder to which stages are screwed - and you want to use interchangeable stages
