How to put a knife in a meat grinder?

A meat grinder is a household appliance that quickly took root in the kitchen and became popular. Today, with its help, many culinary processes are carried out, semi-finished products are prepared for further use. The meat grinder can hardly be called a complex unit in the device, but still some difficulties may arise. One of the pressing questions is how to insert the knife correctly? This is what we will talk about in this article. The instructions, which will be detailed here, will enable the user to assemble the device without much effort and problems.

All meat grinders that are currently presented on the consumer market, can be divided into 2 types.

• Manual or mechanical. This unit was also used by our great-grandmothers. The mechanism is quite simple and uncomplicated - the device needs to be assembled and, turning the handle with your hand, perform the necessary processes.
• Electrical. A more advanced, modern meat grinder, it is the brainchild of scientific and technological progress. The mechanism of this device is, of course, more complicated.

Let's take a closer look at exactly what parts each of the above types consists of.

The manual meat grinder consists of:

• screw shaft - an element in the form of a large spiral, during the rotation of which the product falls on the knife;
• knife - it can be a disc or a four-wing propeller, it must be installed correctly, this will make it possible to recycle most of the products;
• lattice - has the form of a flat disc with many holes, is responsible for grinding the product;
• clamping nut - it is twisted from above and fixes the grate and knife to the shaft;
• pens - installed on the auger shaft and fixed with a screw, it is she who drives the mechanism.

An electric grinder should consist of:

• the main building - in most cases, metal or plastic is used for its manufacture;
• lattices;
• a knife, while there are electric meat grinders with two knives, which makes it possible to perform work and process the product even better;
• fixing disc;
• engine;
• pusher;
• receiver for products;
• screw shaft.

Here are just a hand-held device is put into operation with the help of a person's physical strength, and an electric one by connecting the device to the mains and pressing a button.

For a household appliance to work correctly and meet the requirements, it must be properly assembled. Let's see how to do this. The hand-held equipment assembly process consists of the following steps:

• a screw shaft must be placed in a metal case;
• attach the knife and grate to the thin end of the auger shaft, and on the other side the handle;
• when the handle is fixed with a special screw, you need to start installing the knife;
• then you need to attach the grill, which is fixed with a clamping nut;
• after that, the meat grinder is simply installed on the surface and screwed tightly with its foot to the table top so that there is no slipping.

The process of assembling electrical equipment consists of the same stages, but at the end of the assembly, at the final stage, a loading bowl is installed. The great advantage of an electrical appliance is availability of instructions for correct assembly and operation. If you have questions about installing any of the details, you can always "peep" the information you need.

In most cases, a meat grinder is used to grind meat into minced meat. That is why one of the main parts and components of the mechanism is the knife, which is responsible for the quality of chopping the product. If set incorrectly, the meat will not chop. Of course, the mechanism will work, with the help of the screw the product will be pushed to the grate, but the process will not go further. Consider the installation of a knife in each of the types.

1. When the auger shaft is installed in the housing, you can start fixing the knife. It must be inserted onto the thinner end of the shaft.
2. The correct positioning of the knife is of great importance. The convex side should be inward and flat outward.
3. Next, the scoring element is attached to the grid.

1. After installing the auger shaft in the housing, you need to fix the knife.
2. The auger shaft has two sides. One, thicker one, is installed inside the case, but a knife is put on the thin side.
3. For the process of processing products to occur correctly, you need to arrange the trimming component with the flat side out.
4. After that, a lattice is attached to the knife.

As you can see, the process of installing a knife in both meat grinders is identical. It is imperative to do everything as indicated above. This applies to both a manual unit and an electric one. Since the electric meat grinder is a modernized thing, with its help you can grind not only meat for minced meat. Of course, this remains a priority, especially since the newest models of the device are also equipped with various attachments, with which the meat can be crushed, for example, into cubes. In an electric meat grinder, you can also grind vegetables, fruits, the main thing is to choose and install the correct attachment.

As for the manual meat grinder, this is a rather ancient device, which can nevertheless be found in every other house. At the same time, many housewives continue to use a handheld device. Unfortunately, manual meat grinder does not have as many additional functions and capabilities as its "opponent".

For information on how to assemble a meat grinder, see the next video.