Integrated Design and Manufacturing Lab

Practical No. 08
Date of Performance: 01/03/2018
A report on
Optical measuring microscope

Submitted by,
Prabhat Ranjan
ME17RESCH11005
Optical measuring microscope
Aim: To understand the working of Optical measuring microscope
Equipment Name: STM6-LM
Make: Olympus

Introduction:

The STM6-LM microscopes equipping a 250 x 150 mm stage offer excellent

versatility and high performance three axis measurements of parts and electrical
components, with submicron precision. Low magnification option makes this
ideal for toolmakers.
Technical Specifications:

Optical System UIS2 Optical System (Infinity-

corrected)
Observation Method BF/DF/DIC/KPO
Reflected/Transmitted Reflected/Transmitted
Illumination System White: for Reflected Illumination,
Green: for Transmitted Illumination
with Max. Power Consumption: 10 W
Motorized/Manual Motorized
Microscope
Frame Stroke 205 mm
Coarse Focusing 4.8 mm/sec
Speed
Focus
Fine Focusing 800 µm/400 µm/200 µm/50 µm (Full
Speed (Variable) Rotation of Knob) 4 Steps
Maximum 150 mm
Specimen
Height
Z-axis 150 mm
Measurement
Range
Objective Lens Measuring Objective
Lens/Metallurgical Objective Lens
Observation Tube Erect Image Monocular Observation
Tube,
 Erect Image Trinocular Observation
Tube (100:0/ 0:100)

Stage Stroke 250(X)x150(Y)mm

Measuring Accuracy X-axis:(3+5L/250)µm, Y-
axis:(3+3L/150)µm [L: Measuring
Length(mm)]
Counter Minimum Readout 0.1 µm/0.5 µm (Selectable)
Display
Option Data Processing Unit/Auto
Focus/Focus Navigator
Dimensions 684(W)x579(D)x843(H)mm
Weight 170 (in Standard Combination)

Fig 1: STM6-LM
Operating Procedure:

• Welded specimen is prepared by polishing it

• The specimen is etched after polishing
• The specimen is kept on the table under the lens of optical microscope
• Specimen is adjusted manually to focus lens over the specimen
• After focussing the image received is fine tuned to get clear image
• Lens used are 5X, 10X and 50X
• The images of base metal, weld bead and heat affected zone were
produced
• The system was connected serially with a computer, so that the same
view can be seen on the monitor for better understanding

Results:

The images obtained are as follows

Image obtained from 5X lens

Fig 2: Base metal Fig 3: Heat affected zone

Fig 4: HAZ and weld bead

Image obtained from 10X lens

Fig 4: Base metal & HAZ Fig 5: Weld bead

Image obtained from 50X lens

Fig 6: Base metal Fig 7: Heat affected zone

Fig 4: HAZ and weld bead

Refrences:

1- Wikipedia.com
2- Nptel.ac.in