SteppingStage

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Low Profile

The digital SteppingStage is designed to have a very low profile so that it can fit easily on existing rotary stages.

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Its slim design allows it to maintain a low profile when placed on the rotary stage of a polarising microscope. The slide is then held in place with a spring loaded arm and can then be moved in variable increments in two axes controlled by a computer via a control cable.

It makes the task of point-counting considerably easier and more efficient, with greater statistical validity, providing :

optimum coverage of the usable area of the slide
the option to remove a slide, and later continue point counting where it was left off
stepping back to the previous point for confirmation or a change of mind
marking of points of interest for showing to co-workers, or for later re-analysis
revisiting any logged points, in any order
quick and easy mounting of standard slide sizes

This versatile stage can be used for so much more than just point-counting:

random walks
feature following
re-locating positions on a slide
sharing locations across microscopes, using reference schemes including the popular England Finder

As the SteppingStage is digitally controlled, compatible software is required to use it.

The SteppingStage can be mounted on any* make of microscope rotary stage including Leica, Meiji, Nikon, Olympus, Prior and Zeiss. The mounting configuration for your stage is configured to match your rotary stage.

The SteppingStage is also sometimes referred to as a stepper stage, slide stepper, slide stage, microstepper or digital stepper.

The stepping stage has gone under many names in its history and is often referred to as Prior, Hacker or Swift stage.

It's also called a stepper stage, a stepping stage, a micro-stepper or a point counter.

We call ours the SteppingStage.

The digital stepping stage has been designed to replace or upgrade electro-mechanical stepping stages. It is an ideal upgrade from the Prior Swift electro-mechanical stage , a popular device used to point count, that is no longer manufactured. You can also upgrade from other automatic point counting systems to take advantage of the stepper accuracy and the PETROG or PetrogLite software.