AN AUTOMATED PARTICLE CHARACTERIZATION SYSTEM WHERE THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTER IS THE MICROSCOPE. THE SYSTEM USES A DIGITAL CAMERA TO CAPTURE 2D IMAGES OF A DISPERSED PARTICULATE SAMPLE. INDIVIDUAL SAMPLE IMAGES ARE IDENTIFIED USING DIGITAL THRESHOLDING TECHNIQUES AND THEN ANALYSED TO DETERMINE PARTICLE SIZE, SHAPE AND OTHER PHYSICAL PROPERTIES SUCH AS TRANSPARENCY.THE PRODUCT INCLUDES AN AUTOMATED SAMPLE DISPERSION UNIT WITHOUT PC. INCLUDES 50X, 20X, 10X, 5X AND 2.5X OBJECTIVES, TWO SAMPLE PRESENTATION PLATES: ONE FOR GLASS PLATES 180MM X 110MM AND ONE FOR STANDARD MICROSCOPE GLASS SLIDES 76MM X 26MM ( 4 POSITIONS FOR 4 INDIVIDUAL MICROSCOPE SLIDES), 1 PACK OF 50 MICROSCOPE SLIDES AND 1 PACK OF 3 180 X 110MM GLASS PLATES, 1 X SAMPLE DISPERSION SPOOL.

CLASSIFICATION HAS BEEN DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING:- GENERAL INTERPRETATIVE RULES (GIR)S GIR 1 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THIS PRODUCT BY THE TERMS OF HEADING 9011 - COMPOUND OPTICAL MICROSCOPES, INCLUDING THOSE FOR PHOTOMICOGRAPHY, CINEPHOTOMICOGRAPHY AND MICROPROJECTION. GIR 3(b) THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTER OF THE PRODUCT IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE MICROSCOPE GIR 6 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE GOODS TO SUBHEADING LEVEL 901180 OTHER MICROSCOPES ALSO CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SCOPE OF HARMONISED SYSTEM EXPLANATORY NOTE 9011