Device and method for analyzing starch-containing product
US6250147A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 8, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jun 26, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 8, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N33/10
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A suspension of a starch-containing product in heated during agitation, whereby the viscosity is registered as a function of the temperature. A curve over the relationship between viscosity an temperature is treated as a property profile for the sample and is compared with another known curve in order to determine the heating properties for the sample. A device for this analysis has an agitator (7), the drive means (10, 11) of which has a power sensor (12) for sensing the power which the agitator is subjected to during the agitating, whereby a measure of the viscosity is obtained. A temperature sensor (13) senses the temperature of the sample.
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