Agrosta®Life Digital Firmness Tester The Agrosta®Life has been designed in 2016, It is an Improvement of the Agrosta®Meat, designed to measure the firmness (hardness, pressure, texture) of alive animals, human organs, meat, fat and muscles It is a statistic instrument Many thanks for having acquired an Agrosta instrument Your package contains : - A Box with the instrument itself - A sensor connected to the instrument - Tips and tubes in anti-bacterian plastic - A certificate of conformity - A manual - A charger with cable - A SD card inserted inside the instrument + SD adaptor 13 Rue du Bastringue – 76440 SERQUEUX - FRANCE [email protected] - www.agro-technology.co.uk – Tel +33 68949

Agrosta®Life Digital Firmness Tester Agrc&ta The Agrosta®Life is provided with removable tips according to your requirements (2 tips) : - Tip for women breast - Tip for cows udders - Tips for porc loin - Tip for alive birds - Tip for chicken - Tips for cooked meat - Tip for beef meat - Tip for beef fat - Tip for medicine muscles - Tip for medicine fat Any tip according to specific requirements can be provided - Just describe the firmness of what you want to measure, and we will make it (specific veterinary research, specific organs..) 13 Rue du Bastringue - 76440 SERQUEUX - FRANCE [email protected]...

Agrosta®Life Digital Firmness Tester The AGROSTA®Life2 is entirely designed and assembled in France. The motherboard comes USA, the shield boards are made by DF Robot (LCD Screen) and the load cell comes from USA. Mechanical parts, design and calibration made in France by Agrosta The AGROSTA®Life2 is not waterproof! It is a precision instrument; please take care to avoid dropping or knocking it. The AGROSTA®Life2 has a two year guarantee from its date of shipment, except on SD card - Minimum pressure : 9 grams (operation threshold) Maximum pressure : 780 grams Resolution: +/- 1 gram Precision...

Agrosta®Life Digital Firmness Tester MEASUREMENT PRINCIPLE 13 Rue du Bastringue – 76440 SERQUEUX - FRANCE [email protected] - www.agro-technology.co.uk – Tel +33 6894943

Agrosta®Life Digital Firmness Tester Press on the button on back side of the instrument Press again, 4 blue leds appear, they indicate the charging level TAKE CARE TO TAKE THE SENSOR IN THE RIGHT POSITION when you start / switch on the device (Same position as the one you will use for measurements) : The devices takes the origin when you switch it on. If the sensor is not in the right position when you start the device, you can have a mistake in the measurements that can reach up to the weight of the tip + stainless shaft (50 grams) – For example, if you use the stainless tip, and start the device...

Agrosta®Life Digital Firmness Tester 3) HOW TO USE THE INSTRUMENT During measurements, take the sensor in hand like indicated on the photo (Don't touch the red/black connector during operations, or the instrument will not work properly) Press 1 to start a new batch, 2 to consult or delete previous batches 13 Rue du Bastringue - 76440 SERQUEUX - FRANCE [email protected] - www.agro-technology.co.uk - Tel +33 689494340

Agrosta®Life Digital Firmness Tester 2 Menu after choice 1 : You can measure your samples one after each other Press 1 to cancel last measurement Press 3 to record and obtain statistics Press 4 to go back to Home menu without recording Place the tip on the sample to be measured – Take care to the direction: The tip should be perpendicular to the sample in the 3 dimensions Once the position is correct, start to press very slowly (And stay perpendicular). Once the pressure reaches 50 grams, a timer starts. Continue to press slowly, and try to reach the abutment once the timer is between 20 and...

Agrosta®Life Digital Firmness Tester Agrc&ta 3 Different operators testing the same sample : The statistics of the batch are displayed, Press 4 to go back to Home menu Menu “Manage Database” 13 Rue du Bastringue - 76440 SERQUEUX - FRANCE [email protected] - www.agro-technology.co.uk - Tel +33 689494340

Agrosta®Life Digital Firmness Tester Press 3 for batches consultation – Each batch statistics is displayed during 3.5 seconds – “A” corresponds to the average, “St” is the standard deviation of the batch, “Hi” corresponds to the homogeneity index of the batch (shall be less than 10% for good homogeneity) Press 1 to erase Data, and go back to Batch 1, the data is deleted on SD card (Confirmation is asked by pressing 2) 4) ON SD CARD The SD card is located on the left side of the instrument. In order to remove it, apply a light pressure on it till it “clicks” 2 Files are available on the SD card...

Agrc&ta In the version 2017, you can remove the tube and tip in order to clean them, or change them for each use if you work in a microbial environment (The tubes and tips are sold separately) The tube (blue part) is made with an anti-bacterial plastic : page 1 / 2 KMTR 13F, CJ Korea Express Bldg, 119 Daekyo-ro, Jung-gu, Busan 600-700 K T 82 51 442 0399 I F 82 51 441 8006 I www.kmtr.re.kr TEST REPORT The following merchandise was submitted and identified by the client as; Client: BNK Test Completion Date: Nov.04.2014 27, Sinan 2-gil, Samnam-myeon, Ulju-gun, Ulsan, Korea Client'Sample: Specimen(#1)...

Agrosta®Life Digital Firmness Tester With the instrument, you receive a set of tubes and tips (Choose the right tip according to your requirements) Additional sets can be ordered separately Insert the tube in the sensor, and connect the cable : 13 Rue du Bastringue – 76440 SERQUEUX - FRANCE [email protected] - www.agro-technology.co.uk – Tel +33 6894943

Agrosta®Life Digital Firmness Tester Connect the black/white connector (Comes with gold contacts for better contact) – If the cable is too short, turn the blue tube till it fits 13 Rue du Bastringue – 76440 SERQUEUX - FRANCE [email protected] - www.agro-technology.co.uk – Tel +33 68949