The Vision Engineering MIH001 Mantis IOTA Microscope Head has a compact, eyepiece-less design with dynamic perspective optics. The ergonomic design and operation have five key benefits: postural comfort, maximized eye comfort, improved hand-eye coordination, ease of use, and the perfect stereo view. This combination of benefits enables higher levels of accurate, comfortable, and productive user performance for longer periods of time. Mantis stereo microscopes deliver excellent high quality images for a wide range of magnification applications. It delivers an unrivalled high quality 3D image, rich in detail and contrast, perfect for 3D observations and manipulation of a wide range of subjects. Mantis is designed for accuracy in the industrial or academic workplace, and is ideal for quality inspection of assemblies, repairs and reworks, sample preparation, dissection and more. Mantis is the 3D stereo microscope of choice for industries including electronics, medical device manufacture, precision engineering, life science, aerospace, automotive, and manufacturing.

Mantis is THE Stereo Microscope for Image Quality

Eyepiece-Less Design - The eyepiece-less technology of Mantis projects a large, high quality optical stereo image directly into the user’s eyes. This makes the image much easier and more comfortable to view compared to traditional microscopes. The unique image quality presented by Mantis is a result of bespoke lenses and optics, tailored to each system. The clarity of the 3D image supports enhanced hand-eye coordination, making subject manipulation with tools more accurate, faster and more efficient.

Dynamic View Optics - Mantis’s large, clear image enables the operator to have a range of head movement while viewing the subject, giving them the opportunity to look ‘around’ the subject rather than just straight down on it. This ‘dynamic view’ improves visual understanding, enabling a view of the sides of features, thereby presenting a much greater level of information than a traditional microscope.

High Performance Digital Imaging - Use Mantis PIXO’s high quality camera to share your image to a screen. Improve reporting and communication effectiveness with Mantis PIXO, which enables you to capture, review and share high quality images, including annotations, in real time. Maximize working effectiveness by adding digital overlays to compare live images with targets, measures or pre-set guides.

Mantis is THE Stereo Microscope for Ergonomics

Postural Comfort - Patented eyepiece-less technology delivers a large image at a position in which the operator sits upright to view. This is a major advantage over traditional microscope image viewing positions, and reduces strain on the operator’s back, neck, and shoulders. Additionally, because the image is comparatively large, the user’s head is not required to be in a fixed position, also improving working comfort.

Hand-Eye Coordination - The distinctive stereo view of Mantis gives users access to both the direct view of the subject, and also to their peripheral vision. This enhanced view helps users to understand the shape and form of the subject, and also the position of the tools they are using to work on the sample. Sample manipulation using tools can be carried out with higher levels of accuracy and confidence.

Maximized Eye Comfort - The distance from the Mantis to the user’s eye allows access to ambient light, reducing iris activity when working. Users can wear corrective or protective eye glasses without loss of performance. No eyepieces and simple controls which can be operated whilst wearing hand protection, supports ’no-touch’ viewing. The separation from the system to the user’s eye reduces the risk of cross contamination and eye infection. Mantis can be shared between multiple operators more safely, reducing operator risk. Mantis can be used in otherwise inaccessible environments such as laminar flow cabinets.

Mantis is THE Stereo Microscope for Superior Illumination

Dynamic 3D Illumination - Mantis features two banks of LEDs which can be set for synchronized or independent operation. Controlling each bank independently gives you the option to add shadow detail, enhancing your 3D understanding of the subject. Additionally it helps prevent unwanted reflections, which can hide subject detail.

Transmitted Illumination - Lighting from below enables more accurate inspection of transparent, translucent and perforated subjects. Choose the Stabila stand with built in sub-stage illuminator for a simple but effective solution to your transmitted lighting requirements.

EPI Illumination - Useful when inspecting component cavities and internal cylinder surfaces (e.g. thread inspection). The episcopic illuminator ensures that the cavity is fully lit by sending light along the same path that the Mantis viewer sees it. If the viewer can see it, it is illuminated, improving inspection capability.

Contrast Enhancing Lighting - For more challenging subjects such as plastics, glass, biological samples and other transparent or translucent materials, Mantis offers contrast enhancing lighting via its optional adjustable contrast enhancing base. Adjust shutter, angle of illumination and intensity for greater light control, highlighting edges and key details within the subject.