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                               AMISTAR CORPORATION




                                  Exhibit 23.1
              Independent Auditors' Report on Schedule and Consent



The Board of Directors
Amistar Corporation:


The audits referred to in our report dated February 19, 2003, included the
related financial statement schedule as of December 31, 2002, and for each of
the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2002, included in the Form
10-K of Amistar Corporation. This financial statement schedule is the
responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on this financial statement schedule based on our audits. In our
opinion, the financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the
basic financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material
respects the information set forth therein.

We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statements on Form
S-8 (Nos. 2-94696 and 33-89554), of Amistar Corporation, of our report dated
February 19, 2003 relating to the balance sheets of Amistar Corporation as of
December 31, 2002 and 2001, and the related statements of operations,
shareholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year
period ended December 31, 2002, which appears in the December 31, 2002, annual
report on Form 10-K of Amistar Corporation.



                                                      /s/ KPMG LLP
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                                                      KPMG LLP


San Diego, California
March 26, 2003


