Microscopic View
 
Bunton Instrument Company
12610 Jesse Smith Road
Mt. Airy, Maryland 21771
Phone: 301-831-3434
Fax: 301-831-3424

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Microscopic View

OUR 53RD YEAR
1957-2010

James G. Averill

James G. Averill,
President/CEO


 

 

 

Bunton moves forward with new technology and new products! We are now representing several new product lines that will enhance your microscopy and save you a lot of money in these tough economic times.

LED TRANSMITTED LIGHT FLUORESCENCE ATTACHEMENT

 

This unique device comes from FRAEN in Italy. Visit: www.fraensrl.com. The photo shown is a LED module that is connected to the dust window of an upright microscope and the LED modules are fully interchangeable for the visable spectrum. Three models are offered … one with fixed intensity and another with variable intensity. A third option includes variable intensity adjust for up to three LED modules connected at one time. Older microscopes can be easily adapted to accept the LED module and usually will fit directly to the dust window below the substage condenser.

These are ideal systems for clinical fluorescence microscopy or retro-fitting your existing microscope for fluorescence. The LED is going to run for at least 30,000 hours and that translates to very efficient energy use without using a mercury arc lamp. Expected lifetime is 14 years if you use the system five days a week at 8 hours per day. This also would save you over $30,000.00 in mercury arc lamps and may play a part in cleaning up our environment while offering a very efficient solution for your fluorescence studies.

A battery pack is offered as an option and the system shown (with Motic BA300) is easily linked to a Peltier-cooled digital camera for image capture and archiving.

Typical retro-fits will be under $5000.00 — contact us for further details or a quote.


NEW 3.3MP PELTIER-COOLED CCD DIGITAL CAMERA:

This new camera uses the latest Sony CCD and cools that sensor to 30 degrees C below ambient temperature. It is one of the only Peltier cooled digital cameras on the market with USB2 connectivity.

Modern design with c-mount fixturing allows this new camera to be used with just about any microscope with a photoport. 30fps focusing mode and 5fps at high resolution. Use in Windows with your laptop or desktop. Amazing selling price of $1999.00!! This is the perfect imaging solution for use with the FRAEN LED Fluorescence set up.

See our Digital and Video Microscopy Page for details on several other new cameras and couplers … including a 9MP CMOS camera!

 

USA-MADE NON-CONTACT WHITE LIGHT (LED) INTERFEROMETRIC IMAGING MICROSCOPE - "MICRO-QC"

This microscope module may be mounted to custom-made support stands or fixtured to existing workstations to replace optical microscopes.  The basic module weighs just under five (5) pounds!  Easy to mount with two bolts. Designed for use with Nikon DI Mirau interferometric objectives with built-in reference mirrors ... 5x, 10x, 20x and 50x.

VISIT: www.microdynamics.net for detailed specifications

Bunton Instrument Co., Inc. is now an authorized reseller for this unique instrument. Analyze, measure and display (virtually) surface topography ... quantify surface roughness after viewing the real surface image with built-in CMOS color camera.

Software is included to make this a very easy to use system with rapid learning curve for students, research and quality control personnel.

Motorized objective focusing, camera control and direct live-image preview of the interference fringe pattern. Fully automatic scanning and image display in pseudo 3D.

Graphic z-axis scale for each image scan ... Graphic surface roughness scale for each associated image scan.  Export data to Excel spreadsheet.  Rotate virtual images for best presentation of sample angle.

Vertical scan range up to 500 microns ... vertical resolution better than 10 nanometers!

20 mm focus range ... runs in Windows XP or better (including Windows 7/64bit machines).

Measure film thickness on flat surfaces.  Tribology research documentation. Includes "Report" function.  Prices start at $32,000.00.  You can supply your own PC for plug and play (USB2) ... we will give you minimum PC specs. Customized support stands with manual or motorized stages are available from Bunton. Contact email for details and free on-line demo of this product in action.

 


 
STEPPER MOTOR STAGE
 

The latest stage and focus products from Marzhauser in Germany are now offered by Bunton Instrument. The photo shows the new Marzhauser EK14 stage with precision fine focus drive, optional coaxial drive shaft and FRAEN LED illumination mounted on a Motic BA 400 microscope stand. Visit www.marzhauser.com We will also represent Marzhauser’s existing manual/measuring stages and their fine family of micropositioners and micromanipulators. Contact Bunton for details and prices.

FREE ON-LINE DEMOS ...

We can now offer on-line demonstrations of many products offered by Bunton Instrument Company.  All you need to do is drop us an email to request one of the following free, full motion (and audio) demo clips.  These clips were shot using the Flip camera and they are formatted in HD ... we are very impressed with the quality of the final footage. Upon request, I can also tell you how to use the FLIP camera on your microscope ... just ask!

DIGITAL CAMERAS FOR USE ON MICROSCOPES

TRANSMITTED LIGHT LED FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY AFTER FRAEN

MOTORIZED X/Y/Z MICROSCOPE CONTROLS

MACROSOOM-FL ... LOW TO MEDIUM MAGNIFICATION EPI-FLUORESCENCE MACROSCOPY FOR DIGITAL IMAGING

WHITE LIGHT INTERFEROMETRIC MICROSCOPE - MICRO QC

 

 

DEMO DVD-ROM

We now have several demo DVDs for your approval. There is no charge for these DVD-ROMs and all you need to do is drop us an email to describe your application and requirement. Be sure to include your full mailing address. USA customers only.

Bunton Special Products – including stepper motor stages, metal halide lamps with liquid light guides and stereo 3D digital imaging.

Marzhauser Stages and Focus Drives

Fraen LED Transmitted Light Fluorescence Device

Retro-Opsis DV Digital Stereo 3D Imaging System for Stereo Microscopes

The insect photo you see on the left was captured in multiple focal planes and then combined into a single image with every single detail in focus! Z-stacking of images is a snap with the right software and we have everything you need to perform this process. Today we can do things with digital that would be difficult, expensive or impossible using film technology.

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