The meat tenderness tester simulates the chewing effect of human teeth on muscles and various foods, measures the shear value between muscles and food samples, and displays the measurement results numerically, expressing the tenderness of the food. The muscle tenderness meter can quickly measure muscle tenderness, and can also measure physical parameters such as tenderness and hardness of fruits, vegetables, and flour products, providing direct data for meat quality analysis and livestock breeding. It is an ideal testing equipment for food manufacturers, quality inspection, commercial inspection, universities, scientific research and other departments. This machine is also known as a meat shearing force tester, meat shearing tester, and physical property tester

Principle of meat tenderness tester: Tenderness refers to the shear force required for cutting meat. Shear force refers to the force used by the cutting tool of the testing instrument to cut through the tested meat sample. Record the force exerted by the cutting tool when cutting meat samples through measuring instruments and sensors, and use the measured peak shear force (maximum force) as the tenderness value of the meat sample.

Tenderness is an important indicator for evaluating the physical properties of meat products, which reflects the structural characteristics of various proteins in meat, the distribution status of fat in muscle, and the amount of fat in muscle fibers.

The execution standard for meat tenderness tester: NY/T 1180-2006 NY/T 2660-2014、NY/T2793-2015

Determination of meat tenderness - Shear force method

Characteristics of meat tenderness tester:

1. Using chip control, high-precision force sensors with high precision.

2. Using high-performance motors and ball screw drive to ensure the transmission of the instrument.

3. Large touch screen Chinese display, user-friendly human-machine interface operation. Fully automated testing. Easy to operate, with testing data statistics and processing function, and output from a micro printer.

4. The standard sampler (￥ 12.7mm) for muscle or food is supplied randomly. Suitable for various livestock and poultry muscle foods as well as all solid foods with a tenderness range of (0-250) N.

5. Diversity in unit selection, users can switch between units N and kg as needed.

Technical parameters of meat tenderness tester:

Measurement range: (0-250) N or (0-25) kgf

Resolution: 0.01N

Accuracy of indication:<± 1%,

Shear speed: 1mm/s (0-1.3) mm/s adjustable

Circular drilling sampler (diameter 1.27cm)

Tool thickness 3.0mm ± 0.2mm

Edge angle 60 °

The height of the inner triangular incision is ≥ 35mm

Anvil bed opening width 4.0mm ± 0.2mm

Voltage: 220V 50Hz

Limit: The upper and lower limits can be moved freely, and the electromagnetic induction limit principle is precise and sensitive.

Display: 9-inch large touch color screen, menu display; Real time display of process curves.

Accessories: The cutting tools and anvil bed are made of stainless steel material, which is durable and does not rust.

Sampling knife: Randomly give away a circular rotating stainless steel knife for easy and durable meat sampling.

Software: Professional tenderness meter measurement and control software, the entire process is automatically tested without manual calculation; After inserting the sample, simply press the test button to automatically press down, and the software will automatically determine that the test is completed and rise back to the initial position.

Printing: Randomly embedded high-speed thermal printer. After the experiment is completed, it can be printed at any time, or the results can be printed after the entire group of experiments are completed and queried.

Protection: Equipped with multiple protections such as electromagnetic limit switches and emergency stop buttons.

Transmission: The deceleration motor drives the precision ball screw through a synchronous wheel, ensuring accurate transmission and silent operation.

Machine: Thickened integrated workbench, thickened upper crossbeam, stable and beautiful machine.