FIELD: control and sorting equipment. SUBSTANCE: apparatus has feeder, process parameter calculating unit, unit for separating microspheres of predetermined range made in the form of gate, control signal generating unit, distributor for predetermined range of diameters made in the form of multiple-range sieve, glass microsphere separating units formed as two-positional commutator, rejected glass microsphere collector, unit sequential feeding of glass microspheres, unit for controlling and separating microspheres by thickness values, unit for controlling and separating microspheres on the base asphericity values and thickness difference, made in the form of interferometer, unit for controlling and separating microspheres on the base of wall thickness values, distributor for distributing by predetermined range of diameters of microspheres formed as multiple-position commutator, microsphere diameter measuring device, receiver for storing optimum- quality microspheres. EFFECT: increased efficiency of controlling and sorting by improved precision. 11 dwg
