Appendix V

Title: Development of a Cofee Bean Roaster with Time and Temperature Monitor

Project Description

The mini coffee bean roaster with time and temperature monitor is

intended to roast coffee beans into 5 various levels; it has a chaff collector that

collects the dried skin of coffee beans called chaff. The chamber is where coffee

beans are placed. Figure 63, it illustrates the actual front view of the project.

While Figure 64 shows the top view of the device.

Control system

Main housing of
the project

Figure 63. Front view of the project

Chaff collector Coffee chamber

Figure 64. Top view of the project

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Project Structure

The device is made up of several parts such as heaters, leaf air blower,

16x2 LCD display, thermocouple sensor, electronic circuits, compartment,

mechanisms, and wirings. The casing is made of 304 type of stainless steel that

is used for a variety of industrial applications. Figure 65 shows the main housing

of the device where all the circuits and the wirings are placed and Figure 66

illustrates the image of the control circuit that controls the whole operation of the

project.

Figure 65. Circuitry Compartment

Figure 66. Control circuit

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Project Capabilities and Limitations

Capabilities of the Project:

1. The device can roast coffee beans in 5 levels of roast (City Roast, City+,

Full City, Full City +, Vienna)

2. The device can roast coffee in batches ranging from 50g to 300g.

3. The prototype can roast manually or automatically.

4. The prototype allows the experimentation of mixing different coffee blends

that user can enjoy.

Limitations of the Project:

1. The Full French roast was not reached due to the heating capability of the

heater.

2. The chamber can hold 700g but the chamber can’t shuffle the coffee

beans properly.

3. Noisy during operation.

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