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How to measure and analyse the texture of food, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and adhesives.

Tuesday 6 August 2019

Altering Data Acquisition Rate and Corner Frequency to Optimise your Texture Analysis

Measure texture - crispiness

DATA ACQUISITION RATE 

Otherwise known as sampling frequency, the data acquisition rate of a test is defined by the number of data points collected per second (pps). In general, a higher data acquisition rate allows the collection of more detail during a test. The maximum possible data acquisition rate has increased over the years with improved technology and increased computer memory.

The recently released Connect range of Texture Analysers allows data collection up to 2000pps. This higher acquisition rate (2000pps) detects up to four times as many force changes per second as the previously available rate (500pps) and so it is very well-suited to applications involving high rate fracture, such as crispiness or high speed events such as in the measurement of adhesives or brittle samples.