FLOCK IMAGING SYSTEM

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a flock imaging system which can clearly image a shape of a flock floating in a flock forming pond or a precipitation pond without collapsing the shape and which can alleviate a worker's working labor. SOLUTION: This flock imaging system 1 comprises a specimen cell 3 having an interval slightly larger than a maximum flock diameter in a liquid and disposing two transparent plates 2a, 2b in parallel, a pump for introducing the flock of the flock precipitation pond into the cell 3, an image probe 10 for imaging the flock in the liquid introduced to the cell 3 via the plate 2a, and a sequence controller for controlling the pump and the probe 10. In this system, the pump is controlled to the optimum introducing speed so as to introduce the flock in a flock shape maintaining state, the introduced flock is imaged according to a predetermined sequence by the probe 10 to clearly image the flock shape in the precipitation pond without collapsing the shape. Further, the steps from a test water acquiring step to a flock shape confirming step is systematized to alleviate the worker's working labor and to accurately monitor the flock forming state. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO