This document discusses a texture analyzer and its various accessories. It describes how a texture analyzer works by compressing or stretching samples to measure properties like hardness, springiness and chewiness. Several accessories are mentioned, including a heavy duty platform, load cells, a video capture system, temperature and humidity modules, and sample preparation tools. Specific accessories like a dough inflation system, twin blade cutter, and spreadability rig are also outlined along with their purposes of testing properties of dough, preparing uniform samples, and measuring spreadability respectively.

1. TEXTURE ANALYZER
AND ITS ACCESSORIES
PRESENTED BY:
RUCHIKA ZALPOURI

2. CONTENTS
TEXTURE ANALYZER
ACCESSORIES
 HEAVY DUTY PLATFORM
 LOAD CELL
 VIDEO CAPTURE AND SYNCHRONIZATION
 TEMPERATURE & HUMIDITY MEASUREMENT
MODULES
 AUTOMATED LINER INDEXING SYSTEM
 DOUGH INFLATION SYSTEM
 TWIN BLADE SAMPLE PREPARATION TOOL
 TEXTURE ANALYZER ATTACHMENTS

3. TEXTURE PROFILE ANALYSIS
Purpose Simulation of Two bite
mastication
Equipment required Texture analyzer
(Compression Platten)
Compression required High (~90%)
Results obtained Force – Time Graph
Results expressed as Different parameters

4. TEXTURE ANALYZER
• Suitable to
evaluate :
Hardn
ess
Sprin
gines
s
Cohe
siven
ess
Adhes
ivene
ss
Fractu
rabilit
y
Chewi
ness
gumm
iness
Force
Ratio
Work
Force
Ratio
Force
Work
• Moves in either an up or down direction to compress or
stretch a sample.
• The travelling arm is fitted with a load cell and records the
force response of the sample to the deformation that is

5. • Force, distance and time data is
collected and usually presented as
a curve on a graph which, when
analyzed, indicates the texture of
the sample
• Texture Analysers provide the
operators with ultimate control and
test flexibility for measuring all
types of textural properties of solid
and semi-solid.
• Depending upon the chosen
probe/fixture the Texture Analyser
can perform compression,

6. ACCESSORIES
 Heavy duty platform
 Load cell
 Video capture and
synchronization
 Temperature & humidity
measurement modules
 Automated liner indexing
system
 Dough inflation system
 Twin blade sample preparation
tool

7. HEAVY DUTY PLATFORM
Purpose • Base by means of which many attachments are
fitted to the Texture Analyzer
• Ensures the precision alignment of probes and
product samples using the ‘target centering’
rings provided on the flat insert
• Pillars provide a thermal barrier to minimize heat
transfer between the sample under test and the
Texture Analyzer
Accessorie
s
• 1 Heavy Duty Platform
• 1 Flat insert (target on one side)
• 1 Insert with 9mm fixing hole
• 2 Fixing screws with thumb knobs
• 2 Plastic washers M6

8. HEAVY DUTY PLATFORM

9. LOAD CELL
Weights • 500 grams, 5 kilos, 10 kilos, 30 kilos or 50 kilos.
Important • Test results would be improved if the load cells
were calibrated with forces that were closer to the
expected target force.

10. VIDEO CAPTURE AND SYNCHRONIZATION
Purpose • Capture and replay each video frame and see the
corresponding behavior on the force-distance-time
curve.
• Replay visual recordings frame by frame or play
them in a loop synchronized with the
corresponding force-distance-time graph

11. TEMPERATURE & HUMIDITY MEASUREMENT
MODULES
Purpose • The thermal cabinets and Peltier plates assist
users to get highly accurate and reproducible test
results for temperature-sensitive products.

12. AUTOMATED LINEAR INDEXING SYSTEM (ALIS)
Purpose • The ALIS can help make a direct impact by
automating your manual, high volume repetitive
testing.
• Operators can set a product cartridge in place
and walk away while the instrument automatically
conducts and then analyzes a batch of tests.

13. DOUGH INFLATION SYSTEM
Purpose • Dough Inflation System helps measure the
rheological properties of both dough and gluten
during biaxial stretching, which is the relevant
deformation in the cell wall material surrounding an
expanding gas bubble during proof and baking.

14. TWIN BLADE SAMPLE PREPARATION TOOL
Purpose • This tool is used for a simple and quick means of
preparing samples of repeatable width, height or
thickness.
• This is of particular importance when required to
prepare cubed samples for compression testing or
when a sample of uniform width is necessary for
tests using blade fixtures.

15. TTC SPREADABILITY RIG
Purpose Measures the spreadability in products
Applications Margarine, table spread, or wax
Mechanism of
action
The product is forced to flow outward at 45°
between the male and female cone surfaces
during the test, the ease of which indicates
the degree of spreadability
Results Force
Accessories • Cone Probe
• Cone sample holder
• Base holder

16. TTC SPREADABILITY RIG

18. FORWARD EXTRUSION RIG
Purpose Measures the compression force required for a piston
disc to extrude a product through a standard size
outlet in the base of the sample container.
Application
s
Baking fats, sauces, pastes, gels, creams and viscous
liquids.
Mechanism
of action
As the probe compresses the sample, it is extruded out
of a tiny hole provided in the bottom.
Results Force
Accessories • Locating Insert
• Sample Container
• Pot Base Insert (with outlets of 3/5/7/10 mm
diameter)
• Piston Disc

19. FORWARD EXTRUSION RIG

21. CRISP FACTURE SUPPORT
Purpose Measures fracturability
Applications • Snack foods and potato crisps (chips)
Mechanism of
action
A 0.25" diameter spherical probe moves
down onto a sample, which is centrally
located over a circular support, up to the
point of fracture.
Results Force
Accessories • Circular Support Insert
• P/0.25 S Stainless Steel Ball Probe

22. Crisp Facture Support

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