Brookfield M14-TASBAWB1 User Manual

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M14-TASBAWB1

Installation In structions for Texture

Accessory Part Number: TA-SBA-WB-1

TA-SBA-WB-1 – Shear Blade Assembly

The Shear Blade Assembly (SBA) is used to perform cutting tests
on various food items, especially meat products. The “W B” in the
part number refers to Warner-Bratzler which was the name first
given to a shearing apparatus u se d to m e a su re the fo rc e needed to
cut meat. The original instrument used a stainless-steel blade w ith a
cutout through the blade in the shape o f a n eq u ila te ra l tria n g le .

The TA-SBA-WB-1 is Brookfield ’s Shear Blad e 1m m Assembly,
which comes with 2 blades that are each 1mm thick:

1) TA-SBA-13 is the Plain Blade

2) TA-SBA-10 is the Plain Vee Blade

Installation

The blade assembly screws into the probe coupling on the head of
the CT3 Texture Analyzer. The th u mb nut allows you to orien t the
blade so that it will slid e into the Guide B lo ck mounted on the Base
Plate during the test.

The Base Plate with Guide Block mounts onto the Fixture Base
Table, which is purchased separately from the Shear Blade
Assembly.

Choice of blade depends on the cutting action that is desired:

1) Meat that is round in shape, such as the American frankfurter,

is best cut with the Plain Vee Blade; the “vee” sha p e opening in
the blade a c c o mmodates the meat samp le by making initial
contact at 2 points on the sample surface, which effectively
holds it in place as the cutting action commences.

2) The Plain Blade is appropriate for samples that have a flat

horizontal surface.

Move the blade downward before commencing the test, to confirm
that it is correctly oriented and will fit into the Guide Block.

Put the food item in place on the Base Plate. Bring the blade to a
position a few millimeters above the test sample. Commence the
test.

TA-SBA-WB-1 Assembly

with TA-SBA-13 (Plain Blade)

TA-SBA-10 (Plain Vee Blade)