Boom microscopes are special types of microscopes that you can use for different fields and a number of applications. But when should you use a boom microscope and when should you not use one? The answer is in the article below.

Boom microscopes are the kind of microscopes that are connected to a vertical metal rod protruding from a heavy platform. This heavy platform serves as the base of the microscope. And that base is called the boom stand, thus its name. It is on the boom stand that boom microscopes rely on as a counterweight.

Aside from its boom stand, boom microscopes are also known for its articulating arm. Even if this articulating arm is not true to all boom microscopes, a lot of manufacturers currently adapt it. The articulating arm gives boom microscopes added functionality.

Boom microscopes are used in the following applications:

1. For diagnosing some of the body’s internal diseases
Obstetrics and gynecologists commonly use boom microscopes when diagnosing their patient’s disease. And most of the time, they connect one end of the microscope with a digital camera so that they can simply look at the monitor when looking for a certain element inside the patient’s vagina or cervix. In this particular field of medicine or health care is where boom microscopes are most commonly used in.

2. For circuit board inspection
Most of the elements attached on a circuit board are very small. Inspecting them through the naked eye is possible, but a lot of strain in the part of the user can be expected. And so for ease of inspection of circuit boards, boom microscopes are ideally used. Much of this is boom microscopes doesn’t have a stage. The table the microscope is placed on can serve its stage. And being such, it is safe to say that the stage of a boom microscope is very expansive. Furthermore, it is quite impossible to view a circuit board as big as a credit card in a regular tabletop microscope. This can’t be done in a regular microscope because its stage can be very restricting for this particular application.

3. Repair of small circuits
There are times that small circuits, like the ones found in watches, mobile phones, and similar small electronic gadgets need to be repaired. Boom microscopes provides for a better working distance than any other type of microscope. Additionally, the height of these microscopes can easily be adjusted so that its user can easily look through the boom microscope’s eyepiece and repair the circuit as necessary.

4. Engraving
Because boom microscopes can accommodate big and bulky specimens, it is possible to use it for engraving items from small items like jewelry to something as big as pens. It can even be used for wood and firearm engraving. This is how accommodating this microscope really is. For firearm engraving, the user can conveniently adjust the arm of the microscope to a certain height so that the bulk of the firearm can be contained.

5. Forensic examination
There are times that criminal laboratories need to analyze very minute particles, for example the fingerprints on a drinking glass, under a microscope. It is impossible to put something as big as a goblet or a mug under a regular microscope. But with a boom microscope, this is feasible. Therefore, you can expect to see one or two boom microscopes inside your local police crime evidence laboratory.

6. Art restoration projects
If you are tasked to restore the painting of a very famous artist or maybe an archeological artifact that dates a century ago but was recently discovered, the best microscope to use is the boom microscope. Boom microscopes equipped with an expansive articulating arm would allow you to direct its objective lens to the part that you would like to observe and work on. Again, this feat is impossible with regular microscopes.

7. Fossil observation, preparation, and restoration
Whenever you need to preserve fossils, there would be no other functional microscope than a boom microscope. With the freedom of movement these microscopes provides to its users, it is not impossible for them to restore with full accuracy the small fossil of a tiny insect smaller than an ant.

These are the many uses of a boom microscope. If these were the applications that you have to do, it would be best that you are equipped with a boom microscope more than anything. Boom microscopes would definitely make your job easier. Plus, you will be able to complete the task much faster as well.