DIGITAL FIRMNESS TESTER DUROFEL DFT 100

firmness of cherries - peaches - tomatoes - apricots - plums - strawberries - kiwis grapes - blueberries softness - quality control - food - measuring instruments devices agro technologie - maturation - ripening - fruit batches - soft - non destructive measurement - hardness, toughness, tight food laboratory instruments, precision instruments for agronomy, fruits laboratory devices, ripening analysis , deterioration, analysis of fruit batches, food industry control, instruments for agronomy universities, research centers, tomato fruit - determination of acceptable firmness - loss of firmness of ripe tomatoes - a protable digital device, digital durometer, electronic firmness tester, post harvest analysis of batches, determination of post harvest losses - non destructive mechanical sensor - statistical modeling of tomato firmness, statistics on fruit batches, factors affecting fruit softening - Quality characteristics of fruits fruits ripeness The AGROSTA®100 (Formerly Durofel DFT 100) is a portable durometer firstly designed for tomatoes. Many other uses have been found like firmness measurement of apricots, plums, blueberries, cherries, olives, peppers, peaches, strawberries... As well as fruits in sugar sirup, jelly... It measures the firmness through a mobile tip that gives a unit each 0.025 mm (Measurement of the deformation of the fruits when pressed by the tip) - It is a very accurate device, calibrated through a process defined by the national tests laboratory The AGROSTA®100 displays the measurements one after each other without pressing any button. Data is registered for each batch, and the device gives instantly the average and the homogeneity coefficient. The data are registered in the device, and can be transfered later on a PC through Usb The AGROSTA®100 was created 25 years ago by Agro Technology together with a government research center under the name of DUROFEL. The AGROSTA®100 is a very high quality penetrometer, integrating the latest electronics technologies like surface mounted components, Microprocessor, Rohs components, top quality sensor... The AGROSTA®100 (Durofel DFT 100) is a very famous device, sold everywhere in the world. Agro Technologie has equipped the most famous universities and research centers in the world. They are using the durofel unit as a refernce for measuring the firmness of soft fruits (See research articles joined) The AGROSTA®100 is normally a non destructive device - But it destroys fruits like blueberries or strawberries during measurement The AGROSTA® 100 (Previously Durofel Dft 100) measures the firmness / toughness / hardness of soft fruits and vegetables, it is a non-destructive device