Agrosta - Model 100 Field - Firmness Tester for Cherry, Blueberry, Tomato
From Agrosta - Fruit and Vegetable Testing
The Agrosta 100 Field is the historical Durofel, upgraded 8 times since 1987 (First design with the CTIFL). It is a firmness tester for soft fruits like tomatoes, blueberries or cherries. It is used all over the world since many years, and has proven its efficiency in classifying the fruits according to maturity.
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Firmness of soft fruits
Tomato, cherry, blueberry, strawberry, apricot, blackberry, cranberry, plum, olive...
The new version calculates statistics, comes with a speech function, a touchscreen and a microSD which stores the data under Excel compatible format
The Agrosta 100 Field comes with Bluetooth Low Energy, and can communicate with a smartphone through a free APP
The APP uses the Barcode scanner and the GPS module of the smartphone
This firmness tester for soft fruits using the Durofel standard is used daily by all the major companies of the tomato seeds sector in the world, The 100 Field is a reference as well in the blueberry and cherry sectors
Many publications are available on the web concerning the Durofel principle, mainly for tomato, cherry, blueberry and strawberr.
Color Touchscreen :
2.4” touchscreen, you can use the touch buttons to pilot the machine, name and consult the batches and switch ON or OFF the sound
Speech Function :
The Agrosta 100 Field tells you all results after measurement - It is extremely comfortable for the user that does not need to watch the screen. The average is told once the batch is finished
MicroSD slot :
MicroSD slot :
All measurements are stored on the MicroSD once you finish a batch. You can use the keypad proposed on the color touchscreen in order to give a name to the current file The file is a csv (Excel compatible) - Here is how it looks like on Excel :
Bluetooth Low Energy :
The Agrosta 100 Field communicates with any Android device via BLE. The APP is free, a QR code is provided on the manual, and you can download it and install it on a phone or tablet
The APP uses optionally the GPS positioning and Barcode scanner of your phone or tablet - so you will have this data inside the file generated
The APP stores your data on a csv file as well
You can see on the left how the APP looks like
Statistics calculation :
The statistics are extremely important when evaluating the quality of a batch of fruits Especially the standard deviation, which gives an excellent picture of the firmness homogeneity
When using a device like the Agrosta 100 Field, you will not deliver on the market a blueberry bucket with in the same bucket very soft and very hard berries (For example) It is one of the most important quality factor
Sensor, calibration, maintenance :
The sensor structure is made with ceramic micro-particles, which ensures an extreme rigidity and temperature stability for unparalleled precision
The sensor comes with a double check system, which means that once you obtain a value of 100% on a hard flat surface, you have the guarantee that the device is fully calibrated. the calibration is very stable, and till now, the versions 7 and 8 devices never came back for calibration.
The maintenance is very easy, just remove the plastic cover and clean any fruit juice on the tip and cover with soap and water
Fruit juice protection :
None of our competitors manages this point, which is one of the most important One day or another, a fruit will crack and pollute the sensor head.. Our instruments come with a set of 20 protections for the sensor head - More protections can be purchased on the shop page of our website
App for android :
By mid 2022, the app comes with a speech function in 40 different languages Just switch off the speech function of the Agrosta®100 Field, and listen to you rphone in any language - The app displays a gaussian curve
How its Work
The Agrosta®100 USB works according to the
Durofel standard
It is powered by a USB plug, and communicates via a USB cable with a PC It comes with a software for Windows that calculates statistics, classifies the batches and exports to Excel It is a firmness tester / maturity tester for soft fruits and berries Blueberry, tomato, cherry, grapes, strawberry, plum, apricot, peach, olive firmness tester
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