Tenderometer for measuring hardness and ripeness of legumes
Ensure precise quality control in your production line by measuring the hardness and ripeness of legumes with high accuracy, optimizing product consistency and market value assessment.
Measures Hardness and Ripeness of Produce
The 4011 Digital Tenderometer from JBT is a specialized laboratory device designed for precise measurement of hardness and ripeness in legumes and fresh produce. Employing a fully automated process, it facilitates continuous operation and integrates seamlessly into food processing and agricultural production lines. With a high working capacity of up to 40 tests per hour, the tenderometer caters to a range of applications, including testing frozen peas, canned beans, and blanched broad beans, among others. It features a double clean-in-place (CIP) system controlled by a microprocessor, ensuring effortless maintenance and high accuracy. Data transmission to a remote computer is enabled via a unidirectional RS 232 interface, allowing for seamless integration with existing data systems. Tailored for food processing companies and agricultural businesses, this tenderometer ensures consistent and reliable quality control across various produce types.
Benefits
- Enhances product quality control by ensuring precise measurement of produce hardness and ripeness.
- Reduces operational downtime with high throughput of up to 40 tests per hour.
- Simplifies maintenance processes with an automated double CIP system.
- Facilitates seamless data integration through a reliable RS 232 interface.
- Decreases labor intervention and increases accuracy with fully automated operations.
- Applications
- Broad beans,Fruits,Beans,Legumes,Peas
- End products
- Canned beans,Processed beans,Dried legumes,Boiled broad beans,Lentil packs,Frozen peas,Packaged peas,Blanched broad beans
- Steps before
- Harvesting,Sorting,Cleaning,Scalding
- Steps after
- Packaging,Distribution,Quality Analysis
- Input ingredients
- fresh peas,scalded peas,fresh beans,scalded beans,fresh broad beans,scalded broad beans,fresh legumes,scalded legumes
- Output ingredients
- hardness measurement,ripeness measurement,legume price determination
- Market info
- JBT is known for manufacturing innovative industrial machinery and solutions, particularly in the food processing and air transportation sectors, renowned for their advanced technology, reliability, and customer-focused engineered-to-order solutions tailored to specific industry needs.
- Working capacity
- Up to 40 tests/hour
- Automation
- Full automation
- Calibration
- Simple and quick calibration values restoration
- CIP System
- Double CIP system controlled by microprocessor
- Data transmission
- Unidirectional RS 232 interface
- Arithmetic mean function
- Up to the last 20 outcomes
- Automation level
- Full automation
- Cleaning method
- Double CIP system
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Batch
- Calibration method
- Simple and quick calibration values restoration
- Test Capacity
- Up to 40 tests/hour
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Compact footprint
- Yes
- Control panel type
- Digital
- Discharge method
- Unidirectional RS 232 interface
- Feed method
- Automatic
- Machine footprint
- High working capacity
- Data transmission
- Unidirectional RS 232 interface
- Control panel type
- Microprocessor controlled