METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING MILK COAGULATION DURATION Russian patent published in 2024 - IPC G01N11/10 

FIELD: dairy industry.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to methods and devices for research of structural and mechanical properties of milk, changing under action of milk-clotting agent. Method of measuring duration of milk coagulation involves periodic immersion to the same depth in a common container filled with milk with added milk-clotting agent, and extraction of measuring container with hole in bottom from common container with simultaneous measurement of measuring container filling rate with milk and measuring container emptying speed. Immersion and extraction of the measuring container continues until the change in the rate of filling and emptying of the measuring container stops, which means completion of milk coagulation process and allows to calculate duration of milk coagulation as time from the moment of introduction of milk-clotting agent into milk till the moment of termination of change of rate of filling and rate of emptying of measuring vessel at its periodic immersion into common vessel.

EFFECT: possibility of rapid and high-accuracy measurement of milk coagulation duration in production conditions of cheese-making enterprise.

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