Univex 1000510 Grinder Plate, 1/4" Holes, Fits #12 Head

Univex’s 1/4" plate for the #12 head, part 1000510, sits exactly in the middle of the five bores the company offers: two finer below it, two coarser above, and an order of its own to get it.

Where it fits

A #12 plate fits the ALMFC12 meat and food grinder attachment, which runs on the PM91 and PM91G power drive units and on the VS2000 drive unit, and the MG89 and MG8912 countertop grinders. Plate sizes are not interchangeable between heads: a #12 plate will not seat in a head of another size, and Univex catalogues the two families under separate part numbers for that reason.

Choosing the hole size

A quarter-inch hole is where a grind starts to read as deliberate rather than default. Chili, chorizo, breakfast sausage and anything that should hold its own texture after cooking are ground here, because the particle stays large enough to be seen on the plate. It also runs faster and cooler than the two finer plates, which matters on a long production run: fat that warms in the head starts to smear, and a larger hole keeps the product moving through before that happens.

It is also the bore most often reached for when a recipe names none. A quarter inch is open enough that nothing turns to paste and tight enough that a mix still binds when it is worked, which makes it a fair default for an operation keeping two plates on the shelf: this one, and the 3/16" the head arrived with.

Specifications

Ordering notes

Optional plate, ordered separately. The #12 attachment arrives with the 3/16" plate (1000509) in place.

Univex publishes a part number, a hole size and the head size for each grind plate, and no material specification. If the material matters for your application, ask us and we will get it from the factory in writing.

Knives are separate part numbers — 1000506 for the #12 head and 1000725 for the #22 — and a knife is not supplied with a plate. A plate and knife work as a pair against each other, so a new plate run against a worn knife will not cut cleanly however sharp the plate is.

Certification

Univex publishes no NSF, UL, cETLus, ETL or CSA mark for this model. We list what the manufacturer documents and nothing more.

Specifications per Univex data; subject to change by the manufacturer.