Olympus' B-Max 60 Microscope Debuts Olympus America Inc. of Lake Success, N.Y., has introduced the B-Max 60 microscope, which offers a built-in, on-axis vertical illuminator. The universal rotary turret module accepts up to four fluorescence-excitation cubes. Eighteen standard modular-excitation cubes, plus a complete line of custom cubes for multiple-staining applications with all fluorochromes, are featured. Incident fluorescence may be combined with phase contrast, Nomarski differential interference contrast, and a variety of other transmitted light modes. With low-wavelength fluorescence specimens, image quality and brightness may be enhanced by new Universal Infinity-Corrected System (UIS) Plan Achromat or Plan Fluorite high-numerical aperture objectives. With a field number of 26.5, these optics can achieve absolute image flatness when used with the superwide trinocular observation tube.
The new PLS 500 High-Vacuum Laboratory System, available from Hudson, N.H.-based Balzers, can be used for a variety of applications, including PVD processes such as E-beam evaporation, ion-beam sputtering, ...
