Dough-mixing control method and device capable of determining dough gluten development

A dough-mixing control device capable of determining dough gluten development, the dough-mixing control device mounted on a dough mixer and comprising:

• a power sensor adapted to detect current or power consumed by a bowl motor and a mixer motor of the dough mixer;
• a temperature sensor adapted to detect temperature of a piece of dough inside a mixing bowl of the dough mixer;
• a micro-controller unit (MCU) connected to the power sensor and the temperature sensor and having a dough gluten development determination procedure built therein, wherein the dough gluten development determination procedure determines dough gluten development using multiple parameters and multiple gluten development determining steps to convert the gluten development into a control signal, the parameters include recipe, weight, mixing time, mixing speed and optimal temperature for the dough, and the gluten development determining steps include a parameter configuration step, a dough temperature determination step, a dough gluten development determination step and a statistical production control step, wherein the parameter configuration step sets the recipe, weight, mixing time, mixing speed and elasticity of the piece of dough, the dough temperature determination step calculates heat and temperature of the piece of dough when the piece of dough is mixed to determine if the temperature of the mixed piece of dough exceeds the optimal temperature value, the dough gluten development determination step determines if an average current or power reaches a maximum value, the statistical production control step records an optimal total mixing time and an optimal total mixing energy for a dough recipe and controls an actual total mixing time or an actual total mixing energy within a range of the optimal total mixing time or the optimal total mixing energy;
• a memory module connected to the MCU and serving to record the parameters and the gluten development determining step of the dough gluten development determination procedure;
• an output module receiving a control signal of the MCU and controlling the mixer motor to operate according to the control signal;
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• an operation module used to select or input each parameter and send it to the MCU, or displaying the control signal of the MCU, or the consumed current or power detected by the power sensor.