How do vertically mounted flat burr grinders work?

#1: Post by **Acavia** » May 27th, 2020, 9:43 pm

I do not understand how beans flow into burrs, get ground and flow out. Anyone know of any animation that shows the flow of beans?

Edit: never mind, I figured it out.

#2: Post by **splashalot** » May 29th, 2020, 1:58 am

Please share!

I've been wondering the same.

November 21st, 2020, 8:47 pm

My grinder has three fins, on the bottom plate that holds the bottom burr. Centrifugal force push the grinds out on those fins, then when a fin gets to the open shoot, the same force forces the ground beans out the shoot.

Edit: I forgot I asked about vertical. My response in this post was horizontal.

#4: Post by **zan** » November 22nd, 2020, 7:22 am

Acavia wrote:I do not understand how beans flow into burrs, get ground and flow out. Anyone know of any animation that shows the flow of beans?

Edit: never mind, I figured it out.

Santos Broyeur model #1 has a exploded view, at the end of the page:

https://www.santos.fr/en/products/coffe ... der/01BAR/

and from another model:

The key it is in number 18

Regards

#5: Post by **Jonk** » November 22nd, 2020, 7:44 am

What I've been wondering is if the whole grinding disc is used evenly, or if more grounds come out of the bottom half.