ABOUT
Laurent KLOTZ
Laurent, the founder and owner of Agrosta, is graduated from a french engineering school. He became a specialist of materials and instruments after having worked on 3D carbon and composite structures for aerospace (Materials engineering), and for Schlumberger group in the field of electrical, water and gas meters (High precision instruments) He is now recognized as a world specialist of texture and firmness analyzis, having participated to hundreds of projects in the medical, veterinary, and agronomic research in more than 20 countries with several universities, governments and private companiesAGROSTA
HIGH TECH IS OUR LIFE Located in French Normandy, our company has been created in 2000, and has participated to many major projects as scientific partner for the CERN of Geneva, Ariane 5 or Soyuz We employ very skilled engineers in the field of mechanical engineering and electronics In 2014, following the huge increase of hackers and makers technologies, we have decided to produce our scientific instruments via those technologies (3D printing, arduino, freewares..) Exporting to 52 countries, we are becoming a world leader in texture and firmness testing instruments and motorized machines Very prestigious clients like the US government, the universities of Berkeley or Cornell, Ho Chi Minh University, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taiwan and many multinational companies trust Agrosta Address : 13 Rue du Bastringue - 76440 SERQUEUX - FRANCE - e-mail : lak@agrosta.org
Some clients :
Feedbacks :
From PEPSICO, USA : This is a fantastic machine that will be put to good use within the next couple weeks.
From JDE, Netherlands : After some tests we managed to find correlations between our standard equipment and Agrosta device - Based on this I
would like to order 5 additional machines
From ORGANIC BLUE, USA : 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 TOTAL BERRY, UK : We have received the first machine thank very much - I would like to order another one please that is exactly the same
From OCEAN SPRAY, USA : First off I must say it is quite a versatile machine, it has done a good job of streamlining the process of both sizing and
firmness testing thus far.
Furthermore, retests performed on random batches have so far come up nearly identical to the results of the first tests, which is a great sign.
From SouthernCrops, Argentina : Looks Great and very useful !! Que buen equipo!!
From OSBORNE, Spain : Hemos realizado pruebas con el equipo y estamos muy contentos..
AGROSTA TEXTURE ANALYZER
Agrosta Texture Analyzer is a versatile high precision texturometer. It is dedicated to soft materials, food, gels and gelatins, as well as pharmaceutical products. We propose a wide range of optional accessories : Tensile testing system, bloom testing, raft hook, AOCS.. as well as many tips and tables - Catalogue of prices and options : Agrosta Texture Analyzer comes with : - A 5 Kg pressure capacity load cell (Maximum measurement range from 1 gram till 4600 grams) - A 110V / 220V power generation, and microUSB plug for PC communication - A calibration tray - A software for Windows (all versions, from Vista / XP till Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and 10) : With this software you can display graphs, fix the parameters (speeds and strokes, constant pressure etc..), extract the maximum values, make statistics, and export to Excel - Position range : 0 to 200 mm / Average accuracy : 0.2 gram / Resolution : 1 gram / Speed : From 0.1 mm per s to 27 mm per s / Design generation : 2018 - Guarantee period : 2 years Our texture analysis machine is able to perform any test according to international norms, as well as any specific test : You can adjust up to 14 parameters PUSH MODE : - The machine comes in contact with the sample according to the high speed defined - Then, when the contact pressure defined is reached, it starts the stroke as defined in 1/10e mm in the soft - The pressure is displayed each 50 milliseconds - Then the machine goes back to Home position - If you want to measure springiness, or form memory, you can define the parameters for a second stroke - In this case, the machine goes back according to a defined stroke, waits a time defined in the soft, and starts a second pressure PULL MODE : - Use the arrows in the software in order to place the tip in the right position (on the surface or inside the sample) - Define the Pull speed - Launch the cycle : The tray goes back to home position while measuring pressures each 50 milliseconds CONSTANT PRESSURE MODE : - Define the value of pressure to be applied - Define the time of Hold - Start a cycle - The software provides the stroke of deformation in 0.1mm RECORD & LOAD PROFILES - Save your current parameters under Excel format, and load previous parameters easily Manual :
Laurent KLOTZ
Laurent, the founder and owner of Agrosta, is graduated from a french engineering school. He became a specialist of materials and instruments after having worked on 3D carbon and composite structures for aerospace (Materials engineering), and for Schlumberger group in the field of electrical, water and gas meters (High precision instruments) He is now recognized as a world specialist of texture and firmness analyzis, having participated to hundreds of projects in the medical, veterinary, and agronomic research in more than 20 countries with several universities, governments and private companies
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FOR LIFE
AGROSTA
HIGH TECH IS OUR LIFE Located in French Normandy, our company has been created in 2000, and has participated to many major projects as scientific partner for the CERN of Geneva, Ariane 5 or Soyuz We employ very skilled engineers in the field of mechanical engineering and electronics In 2014, following the huge increase of hackers and makers technologies, we have decided to produce our scientific instruments via those technologies (3D printing, arduino, freewares..) Exporting to 52 countries, we are becoming a world leader in texture and firmness testing instruments and motorized machines Very prestigious clients like the US government, the universities of Berkeley or Cornell, Ho Chi Minh University, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taiwan and many multinational companies trust Agrosta Address : 13 Rue du Bastringue - 76440 SERQUEUX - FRANCE - e-mail : lak@agrosta.orgABOUT
AGROSTA TEXTURE
ANALYZER
Agrosta Texture Analyzer is a versatile high precision texturometer. It is dedicated to soft materials, food, gels and gelatins, as well as pharmaceutical products. We propose a wide range of optional accessories : Tensile testing system, bloom testing, raft hook, AOCS.. as well as many tips and tables - Catalogue of prices and options : Agrosta Texture Analyzer comes with : - A 5 Kg pressure capacity load cell (Maximum measurement range from 1 gram till 4600 grams) - A 110V / 220V power generation, and microUSB plug for PC communication - A calibration tray - A software for Windows (all versions, from Vista / XP till Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and 10) : With this software you can display graphs, fix the parameters (speeds and strokes, constant pressure etc..), extract the maximum values, make statistics, and export to Excel - Position range : 0 to 200 mm / Average accuracy : 0.2 gram / Resolution : 1 gram / Speed : From 0.1 mm per s to 27 mm per s / Design generation : 2018 - Guarantee period : 2 years Our texture analysis machine is able to perform any test according to international norms, as well as any specific test : You can adjust up to 14 parameters PUSH MODE : - The machine comes in contact with the sample according to the high speed defined - Then, when the contact pressure defined is reached, it starts the stroke as defined in 1/10e mm in the soft - The pressure is displayed each 50 milliseconds - Then the machine goes back to Home position - If you want to measure springiness, or form memory, you can define the parameters for a second stroke - In this case, the machine goes back according to a defined stroke, waits a time defined in the soft, and starts a second pressure PULL MODE : - Use the arrows in the software in order to place the tip in the right position (on the surface or inside the sample) - Define the Pull speed - Launch the cycle : The tray goes back to home position while measuring pressures each 50 milliseconds CONSTANT PRESSURE MODE : - Define the value of pressure to be applied - Define the time of Hold - Start a cycle - The software provides the stroke of deformation in 0.1mm RECORD & LOAD PROFILES - Save your current parameters under Excel format, and load previous parameters easily Manual :