The award-winning Mantis Compact from Vision Engineering. An ergonomic 3D inspection stereo microscope that offers ideal operator comfort with flawless 3D imaging. Gone are the awkward eyepieces requiring a hunched posture. Operators can now have a stress-free viewing experience whilst seeing more than is possible with a conventional microscope!

Short Summary Of The Mantis Family:

Mantis Compact (This Product)
	2x, 4x, 6x and 8x quick change objectives. Patented eyepiece-less head, maximising your head freedom for an matchable ergonomic performance. Small footprint, allowing for minimal space disruption at your workstation.
Mantis Elite
	2x-20x magnification options. Quick change turret, allowing for simple switch between high and low magnifications. Supreme hand-eye co-ordination for either inspection or rework applications. Bright, true colour LED illumination, giving up to 10,000 hours of shadow free viewing.
Mantis Elite-Cam HD
	Quick and simple to add annotations or mark ups on captured images. Done with the use of the supplied ViCapture software. Ability to video record (.avi), which is perfect for training purposes. Ability to optimise the camera settings for your applications, with white balance, gain, contrast, colour channel gain and more.

Short Summary Of The Mantis Compact

• Quick change magnification options: 2x, 4x, 6x and 8x.
• Fatigue-free viewing with its superior ergonomic design. This increases both the quality and productivity of the work you produce!
• Allows for supreme hand-eye co-ordination for both inspection and manipulation tasks.
• Varying stands to suit your workspace requirements.
• Long working distance with a large field of view.
• True LED illumination. This gives up to 10,000 hours of shadow free viewing!

Why Use The Mantis Compact?

The Mantis Compact excels for work involving low magnification ranges. This is usually with manipulation tasks, or inspection work, where a magnifier would traditionally have been in use. When compared to the rest of the Mantis family, the Compact has a much lower footprint and a significantly lower investment cost. This ensures an excellent price to performance ratio!

Features & Benefits Of The Mantis Compact

	Superb Stereo Imaging!
	Simple To Use – Aimed At Reducing Worker Fatigue!
	Magnification Options To Provide The Ideal 3D Imagery!

Fatigue Free Stereo Viewing - Easy To Use

The Mantis Compact provides a 3D visual inspection microscope with patented technology to allow the operator freedom of head movement whilst in use. This provides minimal fatigue, which has cross over effects to causing greater productivity, increased throughput, and improved quality control for the operator. You can even wear glasses whilst in operation.

The Mantis Compact presents an effortless 3-dimential view, with the apparent distance to the viewed object image identical to that of the real object. This will therefore eliminate the re-focussing of the operators’ eyes, further reducing the risk of fatigue.

This advancement in optical design allows your hands and eyes to work together – for the best 3D visual inspection experience from a microscope

The Ergonomics

From its inception, the Mantis family of microscopes (developed by Vision Engineering) have become the accepted standard for ergonomic and high performing magnification equipment.

The clarity of the 3D imagery is unrivalled, along with the comfort value that the Mantis Compact microscope brings to those whom use it. The imagery coupled with the ergonomic form factor is what has lead to businesses across the globe, trusting in the Mantis products for their manipulation and rework tasks.

Unlike most vision systems, with the Mantis the operator can sit back as there is no eye-piece, making co-ordinating and viewing tasks a completely natural experience.

The body position of the Mantis Compact makes it:

• More Comfortable
• Less Fatiguing
• Easier To Use

Available Accessories For The Mantis Compact:

Floating Stage
	Provides a smooth and sensitive control for samples to be accurately inspected. This can be used with bench stands only, allowing for steady manoeuvrability.
UV Lighting
	For ultraviolet inspection applications, allowing for quick and accurate detection of faults. You get visibility of crack and coating visibility along with the reduction of scrap rates.
Vision Engineering Objectives
	Objective lenses in varying magnifications, with a simple ‘twist & lock’ action. Disposable lens protection caps are also available, protecting your lens in particularly aggressive environments

Available Stands For The Mantis Compact:

Floor Stand
	Designed for where subjects are immobile or requiring a standing position. Provides a versatile option for the Mantis Compact. 360° movement around the base with a lift, swing, tilt and rotate capability.
Universal Arms
	Counterbalanced for stability, along with the flexibility and ease of use that you would expect from a vision engineering product.
Articulated Arm
	Designed for applications that require extended reach without making any kind of compromise to the stability of the unit. Maximum reach of 800mm, with optional secondary link. Helps to keep your workspace clear for ultimate flexibility!
Bench Stand
	Provides supreme stability, with integral focus and dimmable substage illumination.

Perfect Applications To Use The Mantis Compact For:

Electronics	Ideal for works on PCB inspection and rework applications. The optical viewing head allows for unrivalled 3D imaging at no ergonomic detriment. Simple hand-eye co-ordination and fatigue-free soldering or inspection work is ideal with the Mantis Compact unit!
Precision Engineering	The clear view and superior visual accuracy of the Mantis Compact helps to minimise errors and fatigue for components that need to be precision engineered. These components are critical in industries such as aerospace, automotive and more. This allows the easy inspection of any defects in the critical components.
Medical	Medical devices are required to meet exact specifications with each and every product. From stents to catheters, there needs to be a thorough inspection to ensure these faultless standards are maintained. The Mantis Compact is the provides the perfect manual inspection tool for these processes thanks to its superior image contrast.
Lab/Life Sciences	The Mantis Compact offers an eyepiece-less experience, allowing the user to still be wearing eye protection. Further to this, due to the viewing nature, the Mantis can be stored and viewed from within a laminar flow cabinet. This makes sample prep and dissection in laboratory settings effortless!
Dental	Within the dental industry, the Mantis Compact can provide the optimal visual solution when it comes to crafting dental prosthetics. They must be tailor made to suit the individual, with magnification required for inspecting the moulds and quality checking the final product.
More	There are many other applications where the Mantis Compact is highly used and beneficial. These industries include education, agriculture, restoration, forensics, and many more. Call up our experts today for more information on how the Mantis Compact can benefit your working processes!

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