Stable Micro Systems' Dobraszscyk/Roberts Dough Inflation System

For a more complete description of SMS'  D/R Dough Inflation System please visit SMS's home page at www.stablemicrosystems.com.  SMS' home page describes the concepts behind the dough inflation system and further describes the system and software package.

The D/R Dough Inflation System inflates a sheet of dough by volume displacment of air using a piston which is driven by a Stable Micro Systems TA.XT2i Texture Analyser.   Pressure during inflation is measured by a pressure transducer and the volume of the inflating dough sheet is calculated from the displacement of the piston.   The D/R Dough Inflation System enables the rheological properties of both dough and gluten to be measured during biaxial stretching, which is the relevant deformation in the cell wall material surrounding an expanding gas bubble during proof and baking.  The system together with dedicated software, combines ease of use with automatic data collection and rapid project based data analysis.

D/R Dough Inflation System connected to a Stable Micro Systems TA.XT2i Texture Analyser.

The procedure requires minimum handling of the dough when preparing samples - there is no contact of the sample when transferring to the D/R Dough Inflation System.  This sophisticated system is a very comprehensive test tool for research, Q/C, production or process monitoring.   The test, display of the result and calculation of index values are fully automatic.

Tools are provided to make measurements, such as drum distance, pressure ratios, areas, volume change and deformation energy between two points as well as simple spot values.

The software has built in macro and spreadsheet facilities to aid automated data collection and analysis.   The spreadsheets support a range of mathematical functions that enable results to be derived from the basic data.   Charts are easily created to conveniently present spreadsheet results.