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OpenStand: Custom microscopes and optical systems

OpenStand: Custom microscopes and optical systems

OpenStand: Custom microscopes and optical systems

Product catalog summary
Introduction
OpenStand® is a customizable platform developed by Prior Scientific for building OEM microscope systems and optical solutions. It offers a cost-effective and time-efficient alternative to traditional methods, allowing for tailored solutions without the need for building from scratch.

Key Features
  • Fast-track Development: OpenStand provides a fully motorized platform that accelerates the development of customized instruments, reducing both costs and time to market.
  • Flexibility and Compatibility: The system is compatible with a wide range of optics, devices, and light sources, allowing for easy expansion and integration.
  • Cost Efficiency: Users can purchase only the necessary components, minimizing expenses.
  • Software Integration: OpenStand supports fast and easy software integration with Prior’s hardware command set, ensuring a seamless development process.

Development Process
The process begins with a consultative meeting to understand application needs. Prior Scientific offers continuous support from design to manufacture, ensuring that prototypes are production-ready and adaptable to post-production changes.

Experience and Expertise
  • Prior Scientific has over 30 years of experience in custom optical systems, with expertise spanning life sciences, materials, and semiconductors.
  • The company is ISO 9001:2015 certified, ensuring high-quality manufacturing and testing capabilities.

Applications
  • Life Sciences: Includes cell culture, confocal imaging, and fluorescence imaging.
  • Materials: Covers metrology, inkjet, and photovoltaic applications.
  • Semiconductors: Involves data storage, semiconductor wafers, and MEMS.

Customization Options
OpenStand offers a wide range of components for customization, including motorized stages, joysticks, peripherals, and various illumination options. This flexibility allows users to tailor their systems precisely to their needs.

Contact Information
Prior Scientific has offices in the UK, USA, Germany, Japan, and China, providing global support and consultation services.
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Custom microscopes and optical systems

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Fast-track solutions for your imaging needs Don’t compromise on your needs Whether developing new automation techniques and software or developing new imaging methods, you can quickly find that you need a microscope system tailored to your application and business needs. Traditionally, the options available have been to either conform to existing systems or build your instrument from scratch with a significant upfront cost. Prior Scientific has developed OpenStand® to offer a working platform to build OEM solutions and one-off customizations with excellent value for money and reduced development...

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With OpenStand, you get a working system to start developing your application immediately, and adaptations can be made flexibly during your development phase. Prior Scientific systems use the same commands, offering a linear development route. With OpenStand, you can develop your software and hardware in parallel without losing any software development on the final production-ready instrument. Platform that evolves with your development work U The most significant advantage of OpenStand is that we can get a working prototype to our customers fast. They can start developing their application straight...

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Straightforward approach to custom solutions From design to manufacture With OpenStand, you get a whole system and full support from Prior’s expert team. The process starts with a consultative meeting with our product managers to understand your application needs and how OpenStand could improve your system performance. Throughout the process, we work closely together to develop your system. Prior Scientific has the development and production under the same roof allowing continuous communication between different departments from the concept phase to prototype and finally to manufacture. Your...

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Extensive experience with an array of applications and markets Life sciences Cell culture Confocal imaging Neuroscience imaging Fluorescence imaging Cytology & pathology Well plates & slides Materials Metrology Inkjet Reflective optics Photovoltaic (PV) Diamond fly cutting Semiconductor Data storage Semiconductor wafers Micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) Laser ablation Other automated inspection and vision-based applications Our expertise at your disposal Prior Scientific's team has extensive experience with different microscopy applications from life sciences to materials and semiconductors....

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How to start with your customization OpenStand and Prior’s extensive portfolio of OEM parts offers a fast-track to a prototype instrument. We work closely with you so we can provide an optimal solution to your technical and business demands. Extensive possibilities for custom instruments Large availability of components Customization starts with selecting the right OpenStand base system for your application. You can tailor your microscope with the right optics and illumination. Automate what you need Prior Scientific’s team will help you to select the right stage and controller for your automation...

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Adding only the components you need for your application brings significant savings to the final instrument. Robert Haggart Senior Product Manager, Prior Scientific Tube lens enclosure (different tube lens options available) • camera adapters • c-mount • f-mount Filter wheels Filter wheels Episcopic illumination Fluorescence Metal halide OpenStand frame and Prior Scientific's product range gives a step ahead on your development Other accessories Translation stage Abbe condenser Phase condenser Diascopic illumination Kohler Robotic slide loader

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UNITED KINGDOM Prior Scientific Instruments Ltd. Units 3-4 Fielding Industrial Estate Wilbraham Road, Fulbourn Cambridge, CB21 5ET United Kingdom Email: [email protected] Phone: +44 (0)1223 881711 U.S.A. Prior Scientific, Inc. 80 Reservoir Park Drive Rockland, MA. 02370 U.S.A. Email: [email protected] Phone: 781.878.8442 GERMANY Prior Scientific Instruments GmbH Maria-Pawkowna-StraBe 4 D-07743 Jena / Germany Email: [email protected] Phone: +49 (0)3641 24 20 10 JAPAN Prior Scientific KK Kayabacho 3rd Nagaoka Bldg 10F, 2-7-10, Nihonbashi Kayabacho, Chuo-Ku, Tokyo103-0025, Japan Email: [email protected]...

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*Prices are pre-tax. They exclude delivery charges and customs duties and do not include additional charges for installation or activation options. Prices are indicative only and may vary by country, with changes to the cost of raw materials and exchange rates.