Ag-IQ Moisture Spear 

Designed to reach deep into stockpiles and bins of nuts and save you time and quickly give kernel moisture content results.

The spear comes with a protective carry case that is 1.04 m long and has a standard insertion length of 0.8 m. It comes with an option of two shaft materials of PVC and stainless steel. The PVC spear has insertion depths of 0.8/1.2 m and the stainless steel spear has insertion depths of 0.8/1.8 m.

No more digging into the stockpile, collecting a sample and taking back to a laboratory for shelling and moisture testing.

Calibrations have been made against UC Davis published results, Almonds Board of California factsheels and checked against oven drying tests and a recently calibrated Dickey John GAC 2100 moisture meter.

Features

Protective carry case
Calibrated sensor
2” colour display
Calibrations for almonds and walnuts
6 hour battery life
USB charge cable
Battery level indicator
Calibration offsets can be applied
Optional stainless steel construction

Benefits

No need to collect a sample.
No need to shell the almonds to gain a kernel moisture reading.
Can be used for stockpiles or bins.
Multiple locations can be tested quickly.

Customers

Almondco, Australia
Blue Diamond Growers, USA
Grower Direct Nut Company, USA
Select Harvests, Australia
Travaille and Phippen, USA

Specifications

Measurement range 2-15% moisture content for almond kernels (wet basis).
Operating temperature of nuts 10-40°C (50-104°F).
Accuracy ± 1% moisture content.
Repeatability ± 0.2% moisture content.
9 V Replaceable battery.

Available from

Ag-IQ Australia
john.fielke@bigpond.com
ph +61 407 676 190

PVC lightweight version (0.8/1.2 m)
$A850 (excl 10% GST)

Stainless steel version (0.8/1.8 m)
$A1300 (excl 10% GST)

Chile
Veto Y CIA LTDA
San Eugenio 567
Nunoa, Santiago 7780008
Fono: +56 22355 4400

Orchard Manager

“Useful to track aeration drying of almods.”

— D.S.