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Manual No. M08-372-F1116
TEST:TPA
TRIGGER: XXX.X g
DEFORMATION: XXX.X mm
SPEED: XX.X mm/s
Figure III.19
The operator depresses the start button to begin the test. In a TPA test the compression and return
strokes of both cycles occur at the programmed test speed. Target deformation for both cycles begins
at the trigger position of the first cycle.
During the test the running screen is seen as shown below:
TEST: TPA CYCLES: 02
DEFORMATION: XXX.X mm
LOAD: XXXX.X g
Figure III.20
TPA cycles will count down to show the number of cycles remaining. Deformation and Load will
remain live displays during the test.
Test results are shown on the reporting screen:
HARDNESS1: XXXX.X g
HARDNESS2: XXXX.X g
COHESIVENESS: XXX.XX
SPRINGINESS: XX.X mm
ADHESION: XXXX.X mJ
TEMP: XXX.X F
Figure III.21
Hardness1 is the peak load of the first compression cycle.
Hardness2 is the peak load of the second compression cycle.
Cohesiveness is the ratio of A2/A1. A2 is the area under the compression stoke of the second cycle
and A1 is the area under the compression stoke of the first cycle. If the structure of the sample is
completely destroyed on the first compression, this ratio is zero. If the sample is perfectly elastic and
not damaged at all by the first compression this ratio is 1.0 Most food products will fall somewhere
in between 0 and 1.
Springiness is a measure of how far the sample returns after being compressed to the target deformation.
Adhesiveness is a measure of stickiness and is calculated as the area under the negative peak as
probe withdraws after the first compression.
TENSION TEST – this test can be used to pull apart a sample, usually using grip fixtures to
apply tension load on the sample.
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