As technology has advanced, high-performance microscopes have become more affordable than ever. In this post, we’re going to discuss 6 affordable manufacturers of commercial-grade microscopes. Along the way, we’ll feature applications associated with each manufacturers' microscopes as well as the origin of each manufacturer.
ACCU-SCOPE
Founded in the 1980s, ACCU-SCOPE has a superior reputation for excellence and is known for providing high quality, certified microscopes. ACCU-SCOPE optics are celebrated for crisp, high contrast images with extraordinary resolution. They provide an extensive range of microscopes to users in the education, medical, clinical and research fields. ACCU-SCOPE also caters to more specialized areas such as stereo microscopes for dissections, gemology and jewelry inspection, inverted microscopes for cell structure analysis, phase microscopes for unstained specimens, genetics testing or semen analysis, and asbestos applications. Customized fluorescence microscopes are also available for research applications.
Similar to Nikon's manufacturing plant, ACCU-SCOPE has a production facility capable of manufacturing first-class instruments and optical components to their specifications. Many of the ACCU-SCOPE microscope models are similar in quality to the big four, (Leica, Nikon, Olympus, and Zeiss) but offered at affordable prices to meet your budget. Popular ACCU-SCOPE microscopes include the 3000-LED, EXC-120, and EXC-400.
While many manufacturers boast of quality and value, these principles are the foundation on which ACCU-SCOPE has cemented its reputation. From personal inspections and audits of the plants that fabricate their products to the individual testing of every microscope at their New York facility to the infinite parts and support they provide, ACCU-SCOPE has become a leading microscope manufacturer with a combination of quality and value that is hard to beat.
Labomed
Labomed has become a stable fixture in the higher education, industrial, medical and scientific industries globally. Labomed has been in the industry for more than 40 years and their team has a combined 60 years of knowledge and experience with optical microscopes, surgical, and colposcopes. Labomed's ability to offer microscopes at lower costs has made them a distinguished brand internationally. The product line consists of modular microscopes for high schools and universities, surgical microscope systems, and customizable options for any laboratory. Popular Labomed microscope models include the CxL, Lx400, Lx500 and Luxeo Stereo.
Labomed facilities are ISO 9001 and ISO 13485:2003 certified and FDA registered, representing excellence in operating and manufacturing practices alike.
Meiji Techno
Originally established in 1964, Meiji Techno has rapidly gained notoriety for one of the best microscope brands in the industry. As the third-biggest producer of optical microscopes in Japan, Meiji Techno offers product lines of educational microscopes and highly customizable microscopes for laboratory, industrial, and research. Their vast selection also includes metallurgical, polarizing, upright microscopes, as well as the RZ stereo microscope for research and inspection fields. Meiji Techno also provides microscopes to individualized fields like gemology, forensics, geology, paleontology, and dermatology.
Noted for their rigorous quality control measures, each Meiji Techno microscope is thoroughly inspected before leaving their manufacturing plant in Saitama, Japan, ensuring that only the very best arrives in your educational institution, laboratory bench, or manufacturing facility. Quality microscopes include the MT4000, MT5000 and EMZ.
All Meiji Techno microscopes include a Limited Lifetime Warranty and are manufactured in strict compliance with ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 standards.
UNITRON
Since 1952, UNITRON has delivered superior quality, precision microscopes for prestigious organizations including Intel, GE, BAE Systems, DuPont, ITT, Lockheed Martin, Alcoa, Williams Co., Boeing, 3M, the Mayo Clinic, Raytheon, MIT, Texas Instruments, SONY, Northrop Grumman, iRobot, and United Technologies.
With solutions for industrial, higher education, materials science, metallurgical and research industries, UNITRON is able to construct extraordinary instruments and optical parts to their specifications at cost-effective prices. To assure the highest in performance and quality they frequently tour, survey, and audit each of their manufacturing partners.
UNITRON's competitively priced microscopes offer the optical quality, reliable performance, forward-thinking design, and capable operation frequently only observed with more costly microscopes compared to Nikon, Leica, Nikon, and Olympus. Popular microscopes include the Z730, Z850, Versamet 4, and Examet 5.
Euromex
Founded in 1966, Europe-based Euromex has transformed itself into a premium supplier of biological and stereo microscopes. Euromex offers comparable optical quality to Olympus and Nikon but at a small percentage of the price. Backed by an experienced team of trained experts, its quality control department inspects their microscopes after production on mechanical, electrical, optical, and general appearance issues prior to the microscopes being authorized for shipment.
With a laundry list of applications (agronomy/forestry, automotive, genetics, botany, aerospace, pathology, biomedical, etc.) superior optics and unparalleled quality, there's little doubt as to why Euromex microscopes are some of most admired and respected affordable professional-grade microscopes on the market. Quality Euromex microscopes include the iScope, bScope, MicroBlue, iScope Multi-Head, and EduBlue.
Scienscope
Established in 1995, Scienscope was conceived to meet the growing need for reliable general-purpose optical and video inspection solutions for the PCB, and electronics industries. What started with fundamental stereo zoom microscopes used for SMT inspection and revising of electromechanical and circuit board assemblies developed to become a thorough inspection solution provider, supplying microscopes, machine vision, measurement systems, and x-ray. Customer demand gave rise to the advancement from standard stereo microscopes to trinocular microscopes and micro-video optics with CCTV camera systems for a more convenient examination of applications.
With an emphasis on quality and affordability, Sciencscope features a dynamic range of microscopes perfect for a broad arrange of applications, including those in the industrial, electronics, aerospace, and higher education markets. Popular models include the ELZ, SSZ-II, and NZ.
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