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Firmness of soft fruits

Tomato, cherry, blueberry, strawberry,

apricot, blackberry, cranberry, plum,

olive...

DUROFEL XF- basic durometer for soft fruits, adapted on a

Tire durometer basis

Available with tip of 10, 25 and 50 (Depending on the type of products you want to test) - Please indicate the version you want : 25 for cherries, blueberries, tomatoes, cranberries / 50 for strawberries / 10 for apricot, peach, nectarine / 10+ for orange and pomelo Guarantee 1 year, with certificate and tips protections

500 € Freight incl

worldwide - Sold only online by

credit card

From Danper, Peru : We've received the agrosta 100 field and it's amazing how it works. Congratulations for that. From Fleuren, Nederland: A while we bought a firmness tester which works excellent, indeed
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From Cirad, France : This Agrosta 100 is very easy to use, and is well adapted to tomatoes From Oregon, Blueberries  Long story short, we absolutely thrilled with the machines. They are everything we expected and then some. We’ve been using them for a couple of weeks now and are completely comfortable using them.   Whenever anyone asks what I recommend, I can assure you that AGROSTA will the first words to come out of my mouth. From Flavorite, Australia : Agrosta 100 Usb has become very important in the reporting that we do for the business Agrosta 100 Usb software firmness tester for fruits linked to windows From Mountain Blue, Australia : We've received our firmness tester and are really happy with the results that we're getting out some of our early initial tests
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From East West Seed - Thailand : We purchased an Agrosta 100Field in 2014 and have been very happy with the device. From Berryworld, South Africa : Just a quick mail to say thanks once again for everything in the recent calibration and upgrade drive of our groups devices. We appreciate the relationship and service I just worked my way through the 3 boxes of Durofels. The New Durofels look very nice. From Global Fruit, Canada : The guys in the field are VERY pleased with the new units Durofel XF simple durometer by Agrosta Durofel XF for cherries, tomatoes, blueberries


 

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From Tomato Solutions, Canada : Your design is pure genius. Effective, simple and fast!

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From Orsetti Seeds, USA : You all run a great business and your focus on the needs of vegetable researchers is fairly unique in the texture space and definitely appreciated.  I’ve always been happy to endorse your stuff and your approach to the industry, and this definitely affirms my thinking.  We would absolutely like to move ahead as you suggest, and we look forward to a lot more great data points in support of the never ending work to improve processing tomatoes

The Agrosta 100 Field is the historic Durofel,

upgraded 10 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. 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, and can communicate either with a smartphone (android) or with a PC (Windows) 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 strawberry

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 :

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 :

The Agrosta 100 Field communicates with any Android device via Bluetooth. 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 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 your phone in any language - The app displays a gaussian curve Since version 10 - 2023, the Agrosta 100 Field communicates with any PC (Windows) via bluetooth too.. The app for Windows comes with a light version of Excel, thus you can open, modify, record and create Excel files inside Agrosta software

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

Multiple measurements per fruit and “Remove” function :

In the version 10 - 2023, you have the opportunity to chose to make one, two or eight measurements per fruit, only the average of each fruit is recorded We have added a “Remove” button too, in order to remove the last measurement if false

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

1550 € Transport

included (DAP) all over

the world

2405 € Transport included (DAP) all over the world

Comes with the tip of 25 for cherry, tomato, blueberry Optional stand : 87 € Oprtional tip of 10 for grapes, process tomato and apricots : 135 € Optional tip of 50 for strawberry : 135 €

Optional stand for using the sensor on a table (Works with 100 USB too)

Optional stand for using the agrosta 100 durofel on a table

Price : 87 €

Agrosta 100 usb firmness tester for soft fruits using durofel standard From Irta, Spain : Hello!! We are interested in this device for citrus. Which is the prize, please? We have also the Durofel for cherries and we like it a lot. durofel firmness tester for fruits

© Made by Agrosta 2023 lak@agrosta.org

Firmness of soft fruits

Tomato, cherry, blueberry, strawberry,

apricot, blackberry, cranberry, plum,

olive...

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.

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 strawberry

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 :

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 :

The Agrosta 100 Field communicates with any

Android device via Bluetooth. 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

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 your phone in any

language - The app displays a gaussian curve

Since version 10 - 2023, the Agrosta 100 Field

communicates with any PC (Windows) via

bluetooth too..

The app for Windows comes with a light version of

Excel, thus you can open, modify, record and

create Excel files inside Agrosta software

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

Multiple measurements per fruit and “Remove”

function :

In the version 10 - 2023, you have the opportunity

to chose to make one, two or eight measurements

per fruit, only the average of each fruit is

recorded

We have added a “Remove” button too, in order

to remove the last measurement if false

App for agrosta 100 firmness tetser for soft fruits and tomato

Optional stand for using the sensor on a table

(Works with 100 USB too) - Price 87 €

2405 € Transport included (DAP) all over the world

Optional stand : 87 €

Optional tips : 135 €