Axiolab 5 MAT Brochure

Your Microscope for Routine Materialography and Smart Documentation

Your Microscope for Routine Materialography and Smart Documentation

Axiolab 5 is made for the routine microscopy work that goes on every day in your lab. Its compact and ergonomic design saves space and makes for easy handling.

Axiolab 5 is a real team player. Combine it with Axiocam 208 color and take full advantage of the Smart Microscopy concept: you'll be experiencing digital documentation in a completely new way. Just focus your sample and press a single button for crisp images in true color. The digital image will look like you see it through the eyepieces, with all the details and subtle color differences clearly visible. Plus, Axiolab 5 automatically adds the correct scaling information to your images.

You get all of this in a standalone operation, without needing a PC or any additional software. Save time, money and valuable lab space with Axiolab 5. Digital documentation has never been easier.

Simpler. More Intelligent. More Integrated.

Digital Documentation Made Easy

Once you find a region of interest, simply press the Snap button right on the stand to acquire the image. It's as easy as that. You can control the microscope and its attached camera without even changing your grip. Your smart microscope system then automatically adjusts the parameters for you and documents your sample precisely as you see it through the eyepieces – detail-rich and in true color. The correct scaling is always included automatically. You don't need to invest in another computer or software either. The Smart Microscopy concept allows you to work more efficiently while always focusing on your sample.

Clever Ergonomics for Relaxed Lab Work

Axiolab 5 offers you an easy handling, ergonomic user concept that's adapted to your lab routine. You can access all the main controls with just one hand, including the Snap button, stage drive, focus adjustment, and brightness control. Ergotubes and the height and torque adaptable stage handle allow you to work in a comfortable position, even during extended use. The light manager provides uniform brightness at all magnifications, eliminating manual lamp intensity adjustments when changing objectives. Overall, Axiolab 5 minimizes and eases the manual steps, allowing you to work more efficiently and in greater comfort.

More Economic and Reliable

Axiolab 5 is on your side when it comes to cost saving. The Eco mode, for instance, saves energy and extends illumination life time. LEDs have a long lifetime as compared to conventional illumination systems. With LEDs, you avoid warm-up and cool-down times. Lamp replacement and lamp adjustment is a thing of the past. Save lab space and costs as Axiolab 5 does not require an additional computer and software. The Smart Microscopy concept also enables Axiolab 5 to be operated by both expert and non-expert users, always assuring short time to reliable data. Of course, you can also operate this efficient stand-alone system in a connected laboratory environment and seamlessly integrate Axiolab 5 into your multimodal workflows.

In Brief

The Advantages

The Applications

The System

Technology and Details

Service

Combine Routine Material Microscopy with Smart Documentation

ZEISS is well known for their expertise in developing light microscope solutions for materials investigation.

The Axiolab 5 product family takes a well-defined position in the ZEISS materials lab solution portfolio:

Axiolab 5 is the right choice if your routine materialography applications place high demands on ergonomic operation and efficient digital documentation. Since the Smart Microscopy concept does not require additional imaging software or even a computer, Axiolab 5 is also the first choice from an economic point of view.

Compact manual microscope for material and geoscience education

Manual routine microscope for the materials laboratory, enabling ergonomic operation and smart documentation

Encoded and motorized microscope for highly productive materials research and routine

High-end microscope system for advanced materials research

The Advantages

The Applications

Smart Microscopy – Digital Documentation Made Easy

Used in combination with the microscope camera ZEISS Axiocam 208 color, you have the full advantage of a smart stand-alone microscope solution. Digital documentation is part of the system design: Just press the ergonomic Snap button and you're done.

Technology and Details

Imaging and Documentation without a PC

ZEISS Labscope for Connected Routine Imaging

In combination with ZEISS Axiocam 208 color, ZEISS Axiolab 5 operates independently of a computer system.

Operating ZEISS Axiolab 5 with ZEISS Labscope imaging app is ideal for connected microscopy, especially in education.

Always stay focused on your sample, thanks to Smart Microscopy. Camera settings such as white balance, exposure time, and image enhancement functions are done automatically. Without needing additional imaging software or even a computer, you can:

• Snap i mages and record videos directly

• Use mouse (and optional ly, a keyboard) to control your camera via on-screen display

• Save setti ngs

• Store images with all microscope and camera metadata as well as scaling information

• Predefine the name or rename your image

ZEISS ZEN core for Advanced Applications

Use the ZEISS imaging software ZEN core to perform advanced imaging and analysis tasks with ZEISS Axiolab 5.

ZEISS Axiolab 5 at Work: Metallography

Typical tasks and applications

• Determi ne grain sizes, structure, distribution and phases

• Qu ickly carry out on-site analysis

• Study mode(s) of material failure: fatigue, corrosion, creep deformation, stress cracks or fractures.

How you benefit from ZEISS Axiolab 5

• Clearly visual ize all sample features. ZEISS Axiolab 5 supports your examination with all essential contrast methods including dark field and Differential Interference Contrast

• Get you r work done – quickly and easily. Our Smart Microscopy concept assures simple operation and rapid image acquisition.

• See you r samples as they really are. Document your sample just as you see it through the eye piece.

ZEISS Axiolab 5 at Work: Documentation

Typical tasks and applications

• Hig h-throughput material inspection and documentation

• Incoming goods inspection

• Hig h-quality imaging for publications

• Failure analysis

• Process quality monitoring

How you benefit from ZEISS Axiolab 5

• Acquire images quickly and easily. ZEISS Smart Microscopy concept puts this power literally at your fingertips.

• Repl icate image settings as needed. Light intensity manager allows you to reproduce illumination settings for similar samples

• Save space in the lab. Axiolab 5’s small footprint means more room for other tools or instruments.

ZEISS Axiolab 5 at Work: Sample Preparation

Typical tasks and applications

• Monitor the sample preparation process

• Qu ick overview of the state of the micro graph. Is it still useable? Does it need refurbishing?

• See the qual ity of your sample preparation process. Does the mounting meet the required quality?

How you benefit from ZEISS Axiolab 5

• Save space on benchtops for other sample preparation tools. The small footprint frees space for all tools in the sample preparation workflow.

• See smal lest color changes and preparation effects. High contrast optics and true to life views of the sample let you monitor changes as you prepare your samples.

• Get the rig ht illumination for your work. The light manager responds to provide uniform brightness at all magnifications, eliminating manual adjustments.

• Fi nd smallest polishing defects. Circular Differential Interference Contrast reveals changes in topography that might indicate sample polishing artifacts.

• See any scratches present on your prepared sample. Axiolab’s dark field contrast makes easier to visualize any marks or irregularity on your prepared samples.

ZEISS Axiolab 5 at Work: Mineralogy

Typical tasks and applications

• Exami ne thin sections of rock and minerals to determine their composition.

• Classify anisotropic materials like calcite, olivine, titanite, or zircon.

• Get answers to questions relating to refractive indices, cleavages, double refraction, extinction angles, optical path differences, and the number and angle of optical axes.

How you benefit from ZEISS Axiolab 5

• Hig h contrast images in polarization with strain free optics.

• Measu re of cleavages and extinction angles. The 360° rotation table indicates the angular orientation of your sample.

• Image thi n sections. Transmitted light helps you examine fine features in thin sections.

• Image opaque materials. Reflected l ight is commonly used in metallography applications to illuminate variations in the sample, including color variations.

› In Brief

› The Advantages

› The Applications

› The System

› Technology and Details

› Service

Your Flexible Choice of Components

1 Microscope

ZEISS Axiolab 5:

• Encoded stand with transmitted light

• Encoded stand with transmitted light and reflected light fluorescence

2 Objectives

Recommended classes of objectives:

• A-PLAN Pol

• N-ACHROPLAN Pol

• EC-EPIPLAN

• EC-Epi plan NEOFLUAR

• EC-EPIPLAN Pol

• EC-Epi plan NEOFLUAR Pol

3 Illumination

Transmitted light:

• 10 W LED i llumination

• 35 W halogen i llumination (optional)

Reflected light:

• Up to 3 fluorescence LEDs

4 Cameras

Recommended cameras:

• ZEISS Axiocam 208 color

• ZEISS Axiocam 202 mono

5 Software

• Stand-alone (on screen display)

• Labscope imaging app

• ZEN i maging software

System Overview

Axiolab 5 stand, Bio-TL, XY stage with right handle 430037-9011-000

Axiolab 5 stand, Bio-TL, XY stage with left handle 430037-9060-000

Axiolab 5 stand, Bio-TL/FL, XY stage with right handle 430037-9021-000 Dust cover G 459306-0000-000 Dust cover for Primovert Axiolab 415510-1901-000

Axiolab 5 stand, Bio-TL/FL, XY stage with left handle 430037-9070-000

Fine drive knob with scale, changeable 430051-9000-000

Eyepiece eyecup 444801-0000-000

Eyepiece micrometer (see price list) Crossline micrometer (see price list) Eyepiece E-PL 10x/23 GW, foc. 444235-9901-000

Eyepiece PL 10x/23 GW, foc. 444036-9000-000

Slider 12x46, with focusing Bertrand lens, for phase contrast and conoscopy 453671-0000-000 [

Axiolab 5 stand, Mat-TL/RL, XY stage with right handle 430037-9052-000

Binocular tube 30°/23, reversed image 425520-9000-000 Binocular tube 30°/23, upright image 425520-9090-000

Binocular Ergophototube 20°/23 (100:0/0:100), reversed image, variable, continuous vertical adjustment 44 mm 425512-0000-000 (not suitable for stand 430037-9042-000) Binocular phototube,

Binocular phototube 30°/23 (50:50), reversed image 425520-9010-000

Binocular phototube 30°/23 (100:0/0:100), reversed image 425520-9020-000

Binocular phototube 20°/23 (100:0/0:100), upright image 425520-9030-000

Not usable with Ergotubes and Ergophototubes with vertical adjustment

Axiolab 5 stand, Pol-TL/conoscopy, rotary stage 430037-9042-000

Axiolab 5 stand, Pol-TL, rotary stage 430037-9130-000

Axiolab 5 stand, Pol-TL/RL, rotary stage 430037-9032-000

In Brief › The Advantages

The Applications

The System › Technology and Details

Service

System Overview

Specimen holder for single slide, one-hand operation with spring lever, left 432323-9001-000

Specimen holder for double slides 76x26

432333-9001-000

Rackless stage 75x30 R with hardcoat anodized surface

432035-9152-000 Rackless stage 75x30 L with hardcoat anodized

432035-9162-000

Mechanical stage, 75x50 R, with hardcoat anodized surface 432035-9002-000

Mechanical stage, 75x50 L, with hardcoat anodized surface

432035-9012-000

Ultra condenser 1.2/1.4 (0.75-1.0)

Dry darkfield condenser 0.8/0.95 (0.6-0.75) 465505-0000-000

465500-0000-000

Attachable Pol object guide, 47x27 mm 432323-9012-000 Filter holder (included in all stands) Heat absorbing filter KG 1, d=32x2

Modulator disk BF, DF 0.65, PhC 1, 2, 3, PlasDIC for condenser 0.9/1.25 424225-9010-000

Condenser holder Z for darkfield condenser 445323-0000-000

Condenser 0.9/1.25 H 424225-9001-000

Condenser 0.9 H Pol 424225-9080-000

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Condenser, achrom.-aplan. 0.9 BF 424225-9060-000

Condenser, achrom.-aplan. 0.9 BF DF PhC DIC 424225-9070-000 for Pol stands:

Condenser, achrom.-aplan. 0.9 BF Pol 424225-9090-000

1 Pol rotary stage, 360° with clamping device 432035-9191-000

Condenser carrier with vertical adjustment on both sides 430720-9002-000

Polarizer D, fixed, removable 427701-0000-000

Low-power system for objectives 2.5x/4x for condenser 0.9/1.25 H 424225-9050-000

Interference wide-band filter, green, d=32x4 467803-0000-000

467830-0000-000

Neutral-density filter 0.06, d=32x2 467848-0000-000

Neutral-density filter 0.25, d=32x2 467849-0000-000 Polarizing filter 32 mm 473600-0000-000

Filter set for FL reflector modules (see price list)

Analyzer module 424937-9901-000

Analyzer slide, fixed, for transmitted light, 6x20 433605-0000-000

Not usable with: Microscope stand Axiolab 5, Mat 430037-9052-000:

Reflector module, FL EC P&C 424931-0000-000 Lambda compensator, 6x20 473704-0000-000

Lambda/4 compensator, 6x20 473714-0000-000 Analyzer slide D, fixed with lambda plate 453681-0000-000

Antiglare screen 452163-0000-000

Polarizer D, 90° rotatable, removable 427706-0000-000 Objectives A-Plan

Color filter carrier 3x for filter d=32 mm 428305-0000-000

Polarizer, rotatable, with color filter carrier 427707-0000-000

Circular polarizer D, including slider 6x20 453623-0000-000

Polarizer, fixed, with lambda plate, rotatable 445226-0000-000

Reflector module, darkfield ACR P&C for reflected light 424922-9901-000

Reflector module, polarizer ACR P&C for reflected light 424923-9901-000

Reflector module, brightfield ACR P&C for reflected light 424928-9901-000

Reflector module, DIC/Pol red I Lambda ACR P&C for reflected light 424938-0000-000

Reflector module, DIC/Pol ACR P&C for reflected light 424939-9000-000

Reflector

C-DIC/TIC ACR P&C for reflected light 424941-9000-000

Bertrand system module, Pol P&C with analyzer 424941-9040-000

Bulb 12 V 35 W, halogen reflector GU5.3 000000-0425-360

Illuminator TL/RL LED10 Axiolab 423005-9100-000

Technical Specifications

Dimensions (length x width x height)

Axiolab 5 basic microscope stand without tube (430037-9011-000)

Operation

Permissible ambient temperature

Approx. 304 mm × 210 mm × 357.5 mm

The other stand types differ slightly in depth and significantly in height, depending on the tube used.

Degree of pollution

Operational Specifications

Operational area

Protective class I

Protection type

Overvoltage category

RFI suppression

with EN 55011 Class B Noise immunity complies with DIN EN 61326/A1 Mains

Technical Specifications

Pol Equipment depolarizer, Bertrand system focusable and analyzer rotatable

coded, M27. (4x BF, Pol, centerable and 1x BF, Pol, fixed)

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for Polarizer and AnalyzerSlot for Polarizer and Analyzer

Count on Service in the True Sense of the Word

Because the ZEISS microscope system is one of your most important tools, we make sure it is always ready to perform. What’s more, we’ll see to it that you are employing all the options that get the best from your microscope. You can choose from a range of service products, each delivered by highly qualified ZEISS specialists who will support you long beyond the purchase of your system. Our aim is to enable you to experience those special moments that inspire your work.

Repair. Maintain. Optimize.

Attain maximum uptime with your microscope. A ZEISS Protect Service Agreement lets you budget for operating costs, all the while reducing costly downtime and achieving the best results through the improved performance of your system. Choose from service agreements designed to give you a range of options and control levels. We’ll work with you to select the service program that addresses your system needs and usage requirements, in line with your organization’s standard practices.

Our service on-demand also brings you distinct advantages. ZEISS service staff will analyze issues at hand and resolve them – whether using remote maintenance software or working on site.

Enhance Your Microscope System.

Your ZEISS microscope system is designed for a variety of updates: open interfaces allow you to maintain a high technological level at all times. As a result you’ll work more efficiently now, while extending the productive lifetime of your microscope as new update possibilities come on stream.

Profit from the optimized performance of your microscope system with a Carl Zeiss service contract – now and for years to come.

Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH

07745 Jena, Germany

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