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Acoustic Envelope Detector

Measure sound, the fourth dimension of texture analysis.

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Why measure sound?

Craft advertising language based on the sounds products make
Name products using onomatopoeia.
Utilize crispiness and crunchiness when consumers can’t taste or smell a product, like on TV.

Measurable Attributes

The ‘Crunch’ of brittle foods

The ‘Snap’ of a biscuit

The ‘Pop’ of a cork

The ‘Fizz’ of a bath bomb or Alka-Seltzer

The ‘Snap’ of a pencil

The ‘Click’ of a switch

Features

Acoustic data as rich as your product

Flawless discrimination between product sounds and instrument noise.
Generates synchronised force and sound profiles for individual tests.
Audio saved as .wav files for diagnostics and improved comprehension.
Audible range up to 12.5KHz.
Unit is individually matched to microphone sensitivity for better repeatability.

How It Works

How can you measure sound?

Make Noise

A microphone is connected to the TA.XTPlus and controlled by the Exponent software. The TA.XTPlus puts the sample under stress to get it to make noise.

Measure sound

Acoustic emission is measured (up to 12.5KHz). This emission is transformed into an analogue voltage to represent the amount of acoustic energy released from the product as a function of time.

Analyze data

Acoustic and force curves are viewed simultaneously, making the relationship between acoustic and force events easy to identify.

Tech Specs
	Reference A/RAED For fundamental acoustic data
Microphone	1/2” prepolarized condenser transducer
Frequency Range	1kHz—12kHz
Sound Pressure Level Range	90—114dB SPL
Output Voltage	0—4.5 v
Output Frequency	DC—250Hz
Sound Pressure Level Calibrator	Conforms to IEC942 (1988) Class 1 and ANSI S1.40-1984 (R1997)
Power Supply	Powered by Texture Analyzer (Plus models only)
Data Sample Rate	500 pps

Compatible with:

TA.XTPlus

Our flagship Texture Analyzer

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