Listed below are basic laboratory equipments required in bakeries -small/medium/large
Hot Air Oven for moisture determination |
Oven for glassware drying |
Muffle furnace |
IR Moisture meter |
Weighing scale - Electrical or electronic type |
Capacity of the weighing scale/least count in mg |
Desiccator |
pH meter |
Viscometer |
Melting point apparatus |
Hot plate with magnetic stirrer for melting point determination |
Refractometer (portable or table type) |
Water bath and number of slots |
Heating mantle |
Bunsen Burners with gas connection |
Dean & Stark apparatus set |
Buchner funnel with flask for vacuum filtration |
Suction pump for vacuum filtration |
Microscope |
Distillation apparatus |
Soxhlet set |
Reflux condenser and number of condensers |
SV flask with height measuring 180-185 mm from 0 ml at the bottom to 100 ml at the top |
Sedimentation shaker |
Burettes |
a) 50 ml with 0.1 ml Least Count |
b) 25 ml with 0.1 ml least count |
c) 10 ml with 0.05 ml least count |
Pipettes |
a) 1 ml graduated |
b) 5 ml graduated |
c) 10 ml graduated |
d) 10 ml |
e) 25 ml |
Thermometers |
a) 0 - 50 with 0.1 deg C least count |
b) 0-100 with 0.1 deg C least count |
c) 0-100 with 1.0 deg C least count |
d) 0 - 250 with 1 deg C least count |
Silica crucibles (50 ml) |
Beakers |
a) 50 ml |
b) 100 ml |
c) 250 ml |
d) 500 ml |
e) 1000 ml |
Measuring Cylinders: |
a) 10 ml |
b) 25 ml |
c) 50 ml |
d) 100 ml |
e) 250 ml |
f) 500 ml |
g) 1 litre |
Standard volumetric flasks |
a) 50 ml |
b) 100 ml |
c) 250 ml |
d) 500 ml |
Conical flasks |
a) 250 ml |
b) 500 ml |
Iodine Flask with stopper |
a) 250 ml |
b) 500 ml |
Kjeldal protein estimation set |
SS dishes with lids for moisture determination |
Tongs |
a) 6" |
b) 12" |
Glass rods |
Glass tubes |
Rubber tubing for water circulation |
Capillary tubes 1 mm dia 4 inch long for melting point (both ends open) |
Measuring scale |
Vernier calipers |
Standard analytical weight box |
Digital thermometers |
Stop watch |
Hydrometers |
a) less than 1.0 |
b) Greater than 1.0 |
Hygrometer |
Periodic Table |
Mortar & Pestle |
Burette stand |
Pipette stand |
Funnel stand |
Test tube holders |
Test tube stand |
Round Bottom flask of 1 litre capacity and 500 ml capacity |
Reagent bottles |
Dropping bottles for indicators |
Distilled water - wash bottles |
Glass funnels |
SS spatula |
Leak tester |
Compression strength tester |
Bursting strength apparatus |
Puncture resistant tester |
Tear resistant apparatus |
Template (10 cm x 10 cm) for grammage determination |
Template (5 cm x 5 cm) for grammage determination |
Standard Test sieves |
Whatman 42 grade filter circles |
German filter sheet |
Indian filter sheer |
Centrifuge basket 6000 rpm |
Centrifuge disc type 1900 rpm for milk fat determination |
Butyrometer for milk fat determination along with relevant pipette (10.75 ml) |
Tripod stand |
Fire clay triangle |
Wire gauze with asbestos circle at the centre |
Magnifying glass |
Refregirator - 165 l capacity |
Magnetic rod (rare earth) |
Paper cutting knife for grammage cutting |
Laser Gun Thermometer |
Chlorine content testing strips Chopin Alveograph |