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6. Assembly
6.4 Installation of Specimen Stages
A wide range of specimen stages are available.
The most important are the following:
• Fixed stage (248mm x 204mm):
normal, heating and temperature-controlled
• Fixed micromanipulation stage (248mm x 204/
112mm): normal, heating, temperature-
controlled
• Regular manual 3-plate cross-stage, position-
ing range: 83mm x 127mm
• Manual micromanipulation 3-plate cross-stage
positioning range: 40mm x 40mm
• Motorized micromanipulation 3-plate cross-
stage
positioning range: 40mm x 40mm
• Manual rotating stage
• Scanning stage IM 120 x 100
(motors on top)
• Scanning stage IM 120 x 100
(motors on bottom)
Fig. 13
Fixed stage (normal)
Fig. 14
Mechanical 3-plate stage
Fig. 15
Micromanipulation stage with attachable mechan-
ical stage
Fig. 16
3-plate micromanipulation stage