WHEAT FLOUR ESTIMATION DEVICE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wheat flour estimation device capable of displaying a farinogram displayed in a chart of orthogonal axes in a circular chart.SOLUTION: A wheat flour estimation device includes: a mixer 4 for mixing a dough prepared by kneading wheat flour thrown into a container 6 with water added by a blade 8; a detection part 14 for detecting a resistance of the dough applied on the blade when the dough is mixed by the mixer; a calculation part 16 for calculating the hard viscosity of the dough based on the resistance of the dough; a display part 18 for displaying a relationship between the mixing time of the dough by the mixer and the hard viscosity of the dough on the coordinate axis of the orthogonal coordinate system in term of the coordinates; a coordinate conversion part 20 for converting the coordinate of the orthogonal coordinate system into the predetermined coordinate of the predetermined coordinate system; an acquisition part 10 for acquiring an intermediate value of the hard viscosity after the predetermined time elapses from a time point in which the hard viscosity reaches the highest value; and an output part 22 for outputting a relationship between the mixing time and the hard viscosity represented by the predetermined coordinate on the coordinate axis of the predetermined coordinate system and the intermediate value acquired by the acquisition part.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】直交軸のチャートに表示されたファリノグラムを円弧状のチャートに表示可能な小麦粉評価装置を提供する。【解決手段】容器６内に投入された小麦粉に水を加えて練ることにより作製されるドウをブレード８により混合するミキサー４と、ミキサーによりドウが混合される際のブレードにかかるドウの抵抗を検出する検出部１４と、ドウの抵抗に基づいてドウの硬粘度を算出する算出部１６と、ミキサーによるドウの混合時間とドウの硬粘度との関係を直交座標系の座標軸上に座標表示する表示部１８と、直交座標系の座標を所定の座標系の所定座標に座標変換する座標変換部２０と、座標変換部により座標変換された所定座標から、硬粘度が最高値に達した時点から所定時間経過後の硬粘度の中間値を取得する取得部１０と、所定の座標系の座標軸上に所定座標で表される混合時間と硬粘度との関係及び取得部により取得した中間値を出力する出力部２２とを備える。【選択図】図１