© Made by Agrosta 2017 lak@agrosta.orgAnalytic Versatile Texture Analyzer piloted by a PC
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Agrosta®Texturometer Texturometer for soft materials and food The Agrosta®Texturometer Version 2 has been designed in 2016 In order to provide to researchers a simple and reliable tool to determine : Freshness, spreadability, Tenderness, Springiness, Gumminess, Hardness, Firmness, Consistency, Fracturability etc of a variety of Food Products and soft materials Many thanks for having acquired an Agrosta instrument Your package contains : - The instrument itself - 2 Beakers and one plate for trials - A power supply & a USB cable - The software for windows on USB key (With video for easy setup of the machine) - A certificate of conformity - A manual 13 RUE DU BASTRINGUE - 76440 SERQUEUX - FRANCE lak@agrosta.org - www.agro-technology.co.uk - Tel +33 689494340

Agrosta®TexturometerTexturometer for soft materials and food Agrosta®Texturometer has been designed and produced in France by Agrosta - The motor is a Nema 23 stepper motor - There are 2 microprocessors, one is measuring and communicating with the PC, the other one is managing the movements and the motor (Both motherboards come from USA) - Precision 1 gram, resolution 1 gram - Threshold pressure : 300 grams - Maxi pressure : 20 Kg - Software compatible with Windows XP, 7, 8 and 10 - Selectable stroke and parameters by software - Guarantee 2 years Starting : - Install the software on your PC...

Agrosta®Texturometer Texturometer for soft materials and food Operating : - You can chose if you use the beaker or the plate according to the products you want to test - Use the longer axis when you use beaker, and the shorter when you use the plate - In case of EMERGENCY = REMOVE POWER PLUG ! - Start the software from the PC, and select the COM port corresponding to your device (If you don’t know which COM port is used by the machine, just try each of them, click on “OK”, and launch a cycle 13 RUE DU BASTRINGUE - 76440 SERQUEUX - FRANCE lak@agrosta.org - www.agro-technology.co.uk -...

Agrosta®Texturometer Texturometer for soft materials and food First Cycle : 13 RUE DU BASTRINGUE – 76440 SERQUEUX - FRANCE lak@agrosta.org - www.agro-technology.co.uk – Tel +33 6894943

Agrosta®TexturometerTexturometer for soft materials and food Parameters : You can use the pre-configured programs, or apply your own parameters Your last configuration is recorded by the software, and will be applied the next time you will start the soft You can adjust and select the following parameters with the software : - “a” + fast speed in microseconds (microseconds between 2 steps of motor, 320 steps for 1mm stroke, minimum 50ps) - “b” + slow speed after first contact with the sample, in microseconds - “c” + stroke after first contact with sample in 1/10 of mm - “d” +...

Agrosta®Texturometer Texturometer for soft materials and food Changing configuration : It is recommended to move the upper endstop in order to adapt it to the size of your sample (This is in order to save time) – The white piece on the photo : It slides along the metal axis The machine will always go back to HOME position in contact with this Endstop Using your own software to communicate with the machine (Advanced configuration) : The machine communicates on a very simple way with the computer Just write on the COM (Serial port) corresponding to the machine the parameters as follows :...

Agrosta®Texturometer Texturometer for soft materials and food Optional system to perform tensile strength tests (Maximum 10 Kg) Screw the system on the load cell (first part), and place the second part inside the beaker case : 13 RUE DU BASTRINGUE – 76440 SERQUEUX - FRANCE lak@agrosta.org - www.agro-technology.co.uk – Tel +33 6894943