It’s not all about the manufacture and provision of traditional bakery products any more. No longer do bakeries stick to the common array of Danish pastries, scones, doughnuts and muffins.
Recently bakery manufacturers have started to get creative in order to gain a competitive advantage by provision of new and exciting products. Consumers constantly have the need to try new and enticing flavours and textures.
In some locations in the world they are prepared to stand in a long line in order to obtain these new merging sweet hybrid experiences.
The TORTILLA/PASTRY BURST RIG (HDP/TPB) has been developed to perform
extension and elasticity measurements on laminated pastry and tortilla
dough.
It can also provide secure and rapid location for many types of thin or
sheeted samples. The rig consists of two plates that can be bolted
together with the sample sandwiched between. The plates have holes
through their centres which expose a circular section of the sample
allowing a 1" Spherical probe to be pushed through.
Breakfast cereals and snack foods such as tortilla chips, potato crisps, corn puffs and prawn crackers have many features in common, both in their manufacturing processes and in their product characteristics.
Many of these products are made from similar types of raw materials and tend to be processed as doughs at much higher temperatures than those used for conventional baked products.
Although the final products in the breakfast cereal and snack food markets are distinctly different in their appearance, they all tend to have low residual moisture contents and similar brittle crispy textures.
The TABLET COATING ADHESION RIG (HDP/TCA) performs an important task in ensuring that changes to the composition of coatings do not adversely affect the efficacy of the medication.
Solid inclusions in the form of aluminium lakes of water-soluble dyes, opacifiers (for example, titanium dioxide), and various inorganic materials are often added to tablet film coatings to improve their appearance (for example, colour and opacity), barrier properties, and in some cases their film-forming characteristics.
Today’s skincare market is booming. According to recent statistics, the Global Skin Care Products industry revenue is forecast to reach an estimated $102.3 billion in 2018.
One category benefiting in particular is anti-ageing. With emphasis in the media on the importance of youthful-looking, radiant skin, there is a growing number of women looking for skincare products that will help reduce the signs of ageing.
Accordingly, this sector has seen a significant expansion in products claiming to tighten and firm the skin.
The Film Support Rig (HDP/FSR) provides a biaxial extension approach to the measurement of burst strength of thin, film-like samples such as the increasingly popular breath strips, nori, leaf gelatine, wafer thin meats or rice paper.
The sample is supported between plates which expose a circular section of the sample allowing a spherical probe to be pushed through to perform extension and elasticity measurements. During a test, the maximum force to rupture the sample (burst strength) is recorded.
The BLISTER PACK RIG* (A/BP)
There are a range of tests available which quantify the characteristics of blister packs. Perhaps the most important test is to measure the force required to remove the tablet from its blister pack.
This simple imitative test, which can be quickly performed on a complete strip of tablets, enables the average extraction force as well as the maximum and minimum extraction forces to be determined.
Adhesiveness
(often referred to by consumers as ‘stickiness’) is key to perceived product
quality, performance and effectiveness.
It can be influenced by many factors,
including temperature, liner material, moisture level and repeated use. By
matching adhesive performance to functional and consumer requirements,
manufacturers can identify the ideal adhesive composition.
