Olympus Microscopes

Olympus has come a long way in microscope design. They have a modular concept, and are also a vendor for OEM with a huge line of light sources, observation heads, stages, objectives, video tubes, and cameras. A good example of their modular design is Olympus BH2. The power supply sits flat on the base while the optical assembly sits on the same table through four holes on the power supply assembly. This is smart design because not only they have eliminated a spaghetti of wires passing through the optics assembly but they have put all the weight of the microscope on its base. This layout gives the best handling, and user interface to a microscope.

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Apr-June 2018 issue of Optomechanix:

Some of the components in Olympus BX2M microscope including the superwide trinocular head (above) for OEM applications

Swivel trinocular head has a development history at Olympus, going through 3 generations from this oldest version to superwide head above it.

Olympus motorized nosepiece (above) uses a Geneva gear mechanism to advance the objectives via a miniature motor. The actual positioning of the turret is achieved by a mechanical detent; The mechanical play in the system allows the detent to take over after the motor stops.