Food

Instron's food fixtures cover a wide range of industry-standard testing methods including compression, puncture, shear and extrusion. A variety of anvils, probes, shear, extrusion and bending fixtures are available for R&D, Quality Assurance, and Process Control testing. Food fixtures provided by Instron are designed with materials that are corrosion-resistant and durable. All fixtures can be mounted in a Drip Tray to help keep the test area clean when evaluating the texture of wet, juicy or easily fractured foods.

Principe de fonctionnement

As chewing occurs food is compressed, sheared and torn causing it to disintegrate in preparation for swallowing. Texture can be described as a set of characteristics that define how food disintegrates during this process. Instron's food fixtures are designed to provide a measure of these characteristics providing test results that relate to texture.

Applications

Texture analysis of solid and semi-solid foods including Cereal Products, Baked Goods, Processed and Muscle Meats, Fruits and Vegetables, Dairy Products, Snack Foods, Pasta and Noodles, Confectionery, Fish, Seafood and more...

Accessories

Accessories

Article	Upper Fitting	Lower Fitting	Cat #
3-Jaw Chuck	6 mm Clevis Pin (Type Om)	"Only Upper"	2830-036
Ball-End Probes, Set of 5	Requires 3-jaw chuck 2830-036	Requires Drip Tray S5400A and Support Frame S4472A	S5410A
Compression Anvil, 2580 mm (4 in) Square Area	6 mm Clevis Pin (Type Om)	Requires suitable lower anvil or support plate	S5402A
Flat Shear Blade	6 mm Clevis Pin (Type Om)	Requires S5406A or S5401A	S5409A
Food Fixture Drip Tray	Requires Food Fixture	0.5 in Clevis Pin (Type Dm)	S5400A
Food Fixture Support Frame	Requires Food Fixture	Drip Tray S5400A	S4427A
Puncture Probe Set	3-Jaw Chuck	"Only Upper"	2830-005
Puncture Probe Set, Magness-Taylor	3-Jaw Chuck	"Only Upper"	2830-015
Sample Support Plate Set	Requires optional food probes	Requires Drip Tray S5400A and Support Frame S4472A	S5401A