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Konica Minolta Colorimeter CR-410

Coffee Roasting Control

Sometimes called "gourmet" or "premium" coffee, specialty coffees are made from exceptional beans grown only in ideal coffee-producing climates. They tend to feature distinctive flavors, which are shaped by the unique characteristics of the soil that produces them. The phrase "specialty coffee" was first used by Erna Knutsen in a 1974 issue of the Tea & Coffee Trade Journal. Knutsen, then a coffee buyer for B.C. Ireland in San Francisco, coined the term to describe beans of outstanding flavor produced by special micro climates. With the proliferation of cafes and gourmet coffee retailers in the 1990s, specialty coffee has become one of the fastest growing food service markets in the world, netting an estimated $9.6 billion in the U.S. alone in 2004.

Specialty Coffee Facts

Specialty coffee is defined as a coffee that has no defects and has a distinctive flavor in the cup. Specialty coffee, a term that refers to the highest-quality green beans roasted by true crafts people, is surprisingly affordable. One cup costs about 24 cents; making it cheaper than bottled water. Every day, Americans drink more than 300 million cups of coffee; 75 % of those cups are home-brewed. Last year, 13 % of the adult American population enjoyed a daily cup of specialty coffee. Like wine and honey, specialty coffee has a unique flavor thanks to the micro-climates that produce it. In 1683, one pound of coffee in New York was worth as much as four acres of land. To be considered truly fresh, coffee should be ground right before brewing and brewed within three to seven days of roasting. Surprisingly, espresso contains less caffeine than a regular serving of drip coffee. In fact, in the espresso brewing method, water is in contact with the grounds for only 20 to 25 seconds and extracts less caffeine than methods that put water in contact with the grounds for several minutes. Strong-tasting coffee has no more caffeine than its weak-tasting counterpart. Caffeine contributes no taste; it's a product of the type of bean, water-to-coffee ratio, and brewing method. The vast majority of the world's coffee is the Arabica species. Thanks to some popular commercials, most of us believe that coffee originated in Colombia or Brazil. Not so; it originated in Ethiopia. The global coffee industry employs more than 20 million people. It takes approximately 42 coffee beans to make an average serving of espresso.
Data Processor DP-400 Calibrated with the SCAA Roast Color Classification System Head CR-410

Powder

The Head is portable and can make measurements independently of the Data Processor. Head Memory Processor Memory
Data Processor Screen 100 Standards 100 Samples
100 Standards 200 Samples Each Standard can be stored in its own folder grouped with its own samples PASS/FAIL Control Each Standard has its own tolerances. Delivered with Thermal Printer with Simultaneous Data: SCAA VALUE Difference against Standard Roast Level Product Classification Statistic Data by absolute or differences The same instrument can be easily calibrated to control Chocolate products, Cappuccino Mixtures, Raw Materials and other products with traditional color spaces like; Yxy, CIE L*a*b*, CIE L*C*h*, Hunter Lab, Munsell, CIE 2000, CIE 1994, Lab 99 and others. BURNED SCAA: 25 - 33 GRIND SCAA: 34 - 47 BEAN SCAA: 48 - 58

Data Processor DP-400

Measuring Head CR-410
Measures Powder, Instant and Lyophilized (Freeze Dried) Coffee. The SCAA Roast Color Classification System must be purchase from: SCAA - Specialty Coffee Association of America
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S E N S I N G A M E R I C A S, I N C.

CR-410PB

Peanut Butter Package
The Right Color for Peanut Butter

What is a CR-410PB?

The CR-410PB is a specialty unit designed specifically for the peanut butter industry. Currently the measurement of peanut butter color is evaluated visually against established USDA standards. The CR-410PB will display a number, an index value, calculated to correlate to USDA standards such as Grade A or Grade B and can also accurately measure whole roasted peanuts. The CR-410PB series instrument is based on Konica Minoltas CR-400 instrument technology, a highly accurate and reliable platform that has been in service to the food industry for over 20 years. Additionally, the CR-410PB features our proprietary Food Color Indexing Technology or FCIT.
What makes the CR-410PB different than currently available instruments?
Advantages: Portability-Measurements can be taken on the production floor High accuracy and repeatability Measures color in the visible range, as people see it.
How can the CR-410PB help the industry?
The CR-410PB is very accurate and repeatable. It boasts one of the best inter instrument agreement specifications in the industry. That means if you are correlating data with other locations or using multiple instruments you can be assured the numbers match instrument to instrument, location to location. The lower initial cost of ownership of CR-410PB coupled with its high accuracy gives companies the ability to access a first class measurement solution economically.
What are the key features/benefits to the customer?
Ease of use Affordable Portable/Handheld CR-410P has low maintenance costs Can interface with PC color data software such as SpectraMagic NX.
SpectraMagicTM NX (optional)

Windows2000/XP/Vista

SpectraMagicTM NX enables you to perform comprehensive color inspection and analysis of incoming raw materials, in process production, and outbound color critical goods and materials in virtually any industry. With SpectraMagicTM NX you can insert digital images with measured data. Measure samples in any of 8 universally accepted color spaces. Select from 15 illuminants, and up to 40 indices to determine specific color and appearance properties, such as strength, brightness, haze, yellowness, opacity, and strength. You can even configure up to 3 customized color equations. Reports range from simple Pass/Fail to trend charts, histograms, color plots, and spectral graphs. SpectraMagicTM NX comes with predefined templates using skin technology, or you can create your own templates. For illustrations and explanations to understanding color and color measurement technology, there is a link to Konica Minoltas well known and respected Precise Color Communication.

System Requirements

OS CPU Memory Hard Disk Display Other
Windows 2000 Professional SP4 Windows XP Professional SP2 Windows Vista Pentium III 600 MHz or higher 128MB (256 MB recommended) 450 MB of available disk space Graphic card capable of displaying 1024x768/High Color (16-bit) CD-ROM drive (required for installation) One free USB port or printer port (for protection key) One free serial port (for instrument) Internet Explorer Ver. 5.01 or later

Specifications

Color Space
L*a*b*, L*C*h, Lab99, LCh99, XYZ, Hunter Lab, Yxy, L*uv, L*u*v*, Munsell and their color differences (excluding Munsell) Index WI (CIE 1982, ASTM E313-73, Hunter, Berger, Taube, Stensby, Ganz), Tint(Ganz), YI (ASTM D1925-70, ASTM E313-73, ASTM E313-96, DIN6167), WB (B ASTM E313-73), Standard Depth (ISO 105.A06), RxRyRz, Gray scale (ISO 105.A05) Color Difference E*ab (CIE 1976), E*94 (CIE 1994), E00 (CIE 2000), E99 Equation (DIN99), E (Hunter), CMC (l:c), FMC-2, NBS 100, NBS 200 Observer 2 degree C, D65 Illuminants Graph Display L*a*b* absolute value, L*a*b* (color difference distribution), Hunter Lab absolute value, Hunter Lab (color difference distribution), Trend chart histogram of each color space and color difference equation, Pseudo Color display

CR-400T Utility Software CR-S4w
To take measurements or change the measurement parameters of the CR-410T, you can control the unit with a PC. Measurement data can be transferred directly to a Microsoft Excel file by means of the OLE Function. (Excel 97/2000/2002 is required to use the Excel transfer function.) Calibration data and color-difference reference color data can be uploaded or modified.
OS CPU Memory Hard Disk Display Resolution
Windows 98/2000/XP/Vista Pentium 166MHz or higher 128MB (256 MB recommended) 32 MB or higher VGA (640x480) or higher
Name Chroma Meter Measuring Head Model CR-410Head Illuminating/viewing system Wide-area illumination/0 viewing angle (Specular component included) Detector Silicone photo cells (6) Display range Y: 0.01 to 160.00% (reflectance) Light source Pulsed xenon lamp Measurement time 1 seconds. Minimum measurement interval 3 seconds. Battery performance Approx. 800 measurements (when using batteries under company testing Konica Minolta's conditions) Measurement/illumination area 50/53 Repeatability Within E*ab0.07 standard deviation (when the white calibration plate is measured 30 times at intervals of 10 seconds) Inter instrument E*ab: within 0.8 agreement Average of 12 BCRA series II colors Observer 2 degrees Closely matches CIE 1931 Standard Observers: ( x2, y, z) Illuminant 1 C, D65 Display 1 Chroma values, color difference values, PASS/WARN/FAIL display Color difference tolerance (box tolerance and elliptical tolerance) Tolerance judgment 1 Color space/ XYZ, Y x y, Lab, Hunter Lab, LCh, Munsell (only illuminant C), CMC(l:c), CIE1994, Lab99, colorimetric data LCh99, CIE2000, CIE WITw (only illuminant D 65), WI ASTM E313 (only illuminant C), YI ASTM D1925 (only illuminant C), YI ASTM E313 (only illuminant C), User index (up to six can be registered from computer) Languages Operating keys : English LCD : English (default) (LCD : German, French, Italian, Spanish, Japanese) *1 Storable data sets 1000 (measuring head and data processor save different data) Color difference target colors 100 Calibration channels *channels (ch00 : white calibration, ch01 to ch19 : user calibration) Dot-matrix LCD with back light (15 chars x 9 lines + 1 line for icon display) Display Interface RS-232C compliant (for data processor/PC) * Baud rate : 4800, 9600, 19200 (bps), set at 9600 bps when shipped from factory Power source 4 AAA size alkaline or Ni-MH batteries, AC adapter (AC-A17) AC120V 50-60Hz 0.4A (for N.America and Japan) AC230V 50-60Hz 0.4A (for worldwide except N.America) Size 102(W) x 244(H) x 63(D)mm Weight Approx. 570g (including 4 AAA size batteries and not including RS-232C cable) Operating temperature/ 0 to 40C, relative humidity 85% or less (at 35C) with no condensation humidity range Operating temperature/humidity range of products for North America : 5 to 40C, relative humidity 80% or less (at 31C) with no condensation Storage temperature/humidity range -20 to 40C, relative humidity 85% or less (at 35C) with no condensation Other LCD back light ON/OFF function (when ON, back light stays ON for 30 seconds after last key or measurement operation) 1 indicates when connected to the Data Processor or when not set using the Data Processor or the optional software,

Units : mm

Dimensions

Measuring Head C R -0

that some of the function are not available when the measuring head is not connected.
Name Model Display range Measurement time 2 Minimum measurement interval 2 Battery performance Illuminants Display Tolerance judgment 2 Color space/ colorimetric data
Data Processor DP-400 Y : 0.01 to 160.00% (reflectance) 1 Seconds. 3 Seconds. Approx. 800 measurements (when using batteries under company testing Konica Minolta's conditions) C, D65 Chroma values, color difference values, color difference graphs, PASS/WARN/FAIL display Color difference tolerance (box tolerance and elliptical tolerance) Only for the display function XYZ, Y x y, Lab, Hunter Lab, LCh, Munsell (only illuminant C), CMC (l:c), CIE1994, Lab99, LCh99, CIE2000, CIE WI-Tw (only illuminant D65), WI ASTM E313 (only illuminant C), YI ASTM D1925 (only illuminant C), YI ASTM E313 (only illuminant C), User index (up to six registered in the Measuring Head can be used) Languages Operating keys : English, LCD : English (default), German, French, Italian, Spanish, Japanese Storable data sets Max. 2000 pieces of data (divisible into 100 pages) Deletion and Undoing selected stored data (one piece of data or all data) are possible Color difference target colors 2 Only for the operating function (100 pieces of data when the measuring head is connected; input of measurement values or numeric) (independent of page function) Calibration channels 2 Only for the operating function (20 channels when the measuring head is connected) (ch00: white calibration; ch01 to ch19: user calibration) Page function 100 pages Display Dot-matrix LCD with back light (16 chars x 9 lines + 1 line for icon display) Contrast adjustment Printer 384 dot line thermal printer (can also print graphs) Automatically prints out all measurement results (can be set not to print) Statistical function Maximum, minimum, average, and standard deviation Automatic measurement 2 Date and time display: year, month, day, hour, minute Timer: 3seconds. to 99 minutes. (Some measurement modes require more than 3 seconds.) Interface RS-232C compliant Baud rate (bps) : 19200 fixed (when connected to PC) When measuring head is connected baud rate is automatically set to that of the measurement head Power source 4 AA size alkaline or Ni-MH batteries, AC adapter (AC-A17) AC120V 50-60Hz 0.4A (for N.America and Japan) AC230V 50-60Hz 0.4A (for worldwide except N.America) Size 100(W) x 73(H) x 255(D)mm Weight Approx. 600g (not including batteries and paper) Operating temperature/ 0 to 40C, relative humidity 85% or less (at 35C) with no condensation Operating temperature/humidity range of products for North America : 5 to 40C, relative humidity 80% or less (at 31C) with no condensation humidity range Storage temperature/humidity range -20 to 40C, relative humidity 85% or less (at 35C) with no condensation Other User calibration function (multi-calibration/manual calibration) 2, Measurements for automatic average function, Print ON/OFF function. CR-400 measurement data import function 2, All color space print ON/OFF function, Data protection ON/OFF function. Back light ON/OFF function. Buzzer ON/OFF function. Display color limit function, Remote mode (stored data output), Character input function (alphanumeric) 2 indicates that part of or all functions are not available when the measurement head is not connected.

Data Processor D P -0 (optional)

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

For correct use and for your safety, be sure to read the instruction manual before using the instrument. Always connect the instrument to the specified power supply voltage. Improper connection may cause a fire or electric shock.
Specifications are subject to change without notice.
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