Development of Physical Property Measuring Device for 3D Food Printer Gel

Wednesday, 16 October 2019: 14:40
Room 302 (The Hilton Atlanta)
R. Ishigaki (Yamagata University, Japan), M. Kawakami, and H. Furukawa (Yamagata University)
In recent years, research and development of 3D food printers have been actively conducted, and it is expected to change the future food problems immensely and the way of food manufacturing and processing.
In the Food Layer Manufacturing(FLM) 3D food printer, the molding conditions must be set for physical properties of the each material. In the previous study, researches were conducted on the relationship between viscosity and molding conditions by rheometer or viscometer, and it is reported that the modeling accuracy improves as viscosity increases. However, since it is difficult to use a rheometer or a viscometer at each household, a simple physical property measuring device is necessary. Therefore, in this study, we will investigate whether the shaping conditions can be determined from the concentric circle spreading out of the container after vibrating the gel contained in the cylindrical container with the diaphragm. Also, We will confirm whether or not it is possible to measure simple kinematic viscosity of a high viscosity material by checking the presence or absence of concentric circle spread and viscosity relationship.