TA.XTPlus Texture Analyzer with required attachments.

The USDA Agricultural Research Service in Albany, California, is procuring one TA.XTPlus Texture Analyzer equipped with Exponent Software and a 50kg load cell. The equipment package includes several attachments: a 2 kg calibration weight, a heavy-duty TA-90 platform with an aluminum plate, and various probes and fixtures such as the TA-Puncture Set, TA-212 Magness Taylor Fruit Punch set, TA-96B miniature tensile clamps, and a TA-71 converter plug. The texture analyzer features user-interchangeable load cells that retain factory calibration and identification data via onboard non-volatile memory, ensuring precise and reliable measurements. The instrument boasts a speed accuracy better than 0.1%, a range resolution of 0.001mm, and load cell accuracy of 0.5% of reading down to 1% of the load cell capacity. The calibration process is streamlined, allowing the device to be calibrated with a single calibration weight for all load cells. The point of contact for this procurement is Larry W. Miles, a purchasing agent at the USDA Agricultural Research Service. The contract opportunity was posted in August 2010 and falls under the NAICS code 334516, related to manufacturing and design of electronic components and accessories. The place of performance and office address are in Albany, CA.