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Solar Shop Roaster

Solar Shop Roaster
Solar Shop Roaster Right Side
Solar Shop Roaster control panel
Solar Shop Roaster large inspection lens
Thumbs nuts for quick & easy periodical cleaning
Solar Shop Roaster above view
Solar Measurements
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Description

The most advanced Shop Roaster in the World!

The Solar Shop Roaster was launched in 2006 as the third generation roaster of our innovative Shop Roasters line. The cutting-edge automated machine showed early promise, and since then it has become the most popular roaster that we manufacture. Thousands of Solar coffee roasters have been sold worldwide to very happy customers. Years of additional experience and development have helped us reach perfection with the Solar. We can now confidently claim that the Solar falls nothing short of being the best shop roaster on the market, in every way.

The Solar excels in its superb roasting quality, plug-and-play operation, compact design, and exceptional reliability with no maintenance needed. Thanks to these features, it’s no wonder why the Solar was adopted by many micro roasting start-ups, specialty coffee shops, and coffee bars worldwide. As of now, no other shop roaster is able to challenge the Solar series, they are the worlds most advanced shop roasting machines.

Solar Roaster Brochure EN.PDF
Solar Roaster Brochure DE.PDF
Solar Roaster Brochure ES.PDF
Solar Roaster Brochure IT.PDF
Solar Roaster Brochure FR.PDF
Solar Roaster Brochure RU.PDF
Solar Roaster Dimensions.PDF
Solar Roaster FAQ Sheet.PDF

Who's using Solar Shop Roaster?

Coffee Brands TLV
A coffee shop, on-site organic coffee roasting facility and Bialetti brand flagship store. Located in Tel Aviv, Israel
Cachito Coffee and Bakery
Cachito Coffee and Bakery offers artisan "in house" roasted coffee, a true oasis located in the middle of Miami Beach.
The Grind
The Grind provides the comfort of a small town diner with the feel of a big city coffeehouse in Lima, Ohio
Windy Hill Coffee Roast
Windy Hill Coffee Roast supplies Kokkola, Finland with freshly roasted artisan coffee.
Queen Bean Cafe
Queen Bean Niagara Falls is a cozy hang out with signature foods and the best coffee in Niagara Falls, Canada
Bella Barista
A coffee roastery that supplies coffee shops, cafés, bars and restaurants in Wellingborough, UK

Technology & Features

Automatic
Automatic
Control Features
Operation is run automatically and handled by an Automatic Roasting Management Software.
Drum Roasting
Drum Roasting
Roasting Methods
The primary roasting method in this roaster is drum roasting conduction.
Fluid Bed Roasting
Fluid Bed Roasting
Roasting Methods
In addition to drum roasting, this roaster incorporates fluid bed roasting
Convection
Convection
Roasting Methods
Hot air is forced through the beans
Conduction
Conduction
Roasting Methods
Heat is delivered by direct contact between the beans and the hot surface of the drum
Thermosiphon Heat Exchange
Thermosiphon Heat Exchange
Heating Technology
Heat and steam rise from the drum and beans towards the colder space and exchange heat
Electric Heating
Heating Technology
Preserving the highest roasting quality utilizing only electricity. Safe, Green, Reliable, no gas required.
Perforated Drum
Infrared Drum
Built in Features
Special drum designed to produce a stronger taste with higher levels of caramelized sugars and excel in rapid roasting times.
Low Consumption
Low Energy Consumption
Sustainability
Energy efficient, low electricity consumption
In-Drum Positive Pressure
Built in Features
Positive drum pressure helps maintain natural aromas and fragrances of your beans throughout the roasting process. 
Manual Safety Crank
Safety
The manual safety crank allows you to manually evacuate your beans should your roaster loose its power supply.
Green Product
Green Product
Sustainability
This product excels in its low rates of emission and air pollution.
Smoke Free
Smoke Free
Sustainability
An efficient and green smoke elimination system, designed by Coffee-Tech R&D

Technical Specifications

Materials
100% metal structure
Noise Level
Remarkably silent
Batch Capacity
2 kg (4.4 lbs.) of green coffee
Roasting Cycle
16-18 minutes for a 2 kg full capacity batch
Quality and safety compliance
CE, RoHS, EMC
Roasting Method
Rotating drum with limited fluid bed
Electrical Specifications
220-240 Volts, 50/60 Hz, 3300 Watt single phase
Drum Motor
Direct drive heavy duty gear motor 1/8 HP, AC
Safety
Safety drum discharger
Cooling
Cooling in-drum and outer cooling group
Heating Method
Infrared radiation, convection, conduction, thermo-siphoned heat
Heating Source
Specially made, metal, high temperature infrared heating elements (3X1000 Watt)
Process Quality Control
Large pyrex lens for easy monitoring of your roasting progress. Digital, double temperature controller for complete control over your roasting temperature range
Operation Method
Programable, automated operation of heating elements and digital frequency inverters for controlling convection ratio (airflow blower) & drum speed
Exhaust
Single duct 4” standard diameter. Machine’s exhaust is attached with quick release thumb nuts for easy cleaning
Chaff Collection
Detachable, 100% efficiency, centrifugal cyclone made of welded heavy gauge steel, with quick release thumb nuts for thorough cleaning
Maintenance
Emptying and periodical cleaning of the chaff collector and exhaust tubing only, chaff blower does not need to be cleaned
Dimensions
58(w) X 76(d) X 86(h) cm / 23(w) X 30(d) X 34(h) Inch
Weight
41kg (90.4 lb)

FAQs

Who should roast coffee with the Solar?
Many places want to roast their own coffee for various reasons: standing out amongst the many, stepping up professionally, expanding coffees available, offering fresh coffee, raising coffee sales. These include: Cafés, bakeries, coffee-chains, coffee academies, specialty coffee shops, retail venues, supermarkets and, actually, any surrounding where time efficiency is important to maintain, and that can be any existing business.
What are the benefits of shop roasting?
Quality: Roasting in-house is your own personal stamp of quality. By roasting your own coffee you’re sending a clear and visible message to your customers that you know what you’re doing, that you are a professional. Just like restaurants with an open-kitchen, you should be proud to show your customers the processes which you transform the raw material (green coffee beans) into that wonderful elixir in their cup.

Freshness: The single, most important aspect about roasted coffee is freshness. Roasted coffee beans oxidize and become stale over a very short period of time. If you’ve ever tasted a fresh cup of coffee, you already know this. No matter what the brew method is, coffee is best when it’s fresh. Roasting your own coffee is as fresh as it gets.

Food cost: Roasted coffee costs more than green coffee. That’s a fact. And once you start creating your own products you can be sure that you’ll also be selling more of them.
Don’t I have to be a coffee expert in order to roast by myself?
No, you don’t. We have many years of personal and professional experience in the coffee industry and we know what it’s like to run a café. There are dozens of things to do, on a daily basis, other than roast your own coffee. The Solar shop roaster is intended exactly for those who want to roast their own coffee but without needing to read many books, attend costly seminars and gain years of experience. It took us years of R&D until we finished the Solar; our best proof of excellence is our hundreds of satisfied customers with over 1000 machines roasting automatically around the world. The Solar is living proof that anybody can roast their own coffee.
In what circumstances would you recommend to use automatic systems?
In any circumstance that someone has the need or desire for roasting by themselves, but not the time or experience to do so manually.

Two issues should be known:
1. Roasting coffee in a small batch manual machine requires skills, attention and lots and lots of time.
2. The challenge of repeatability with the roasting results.

The fact is that the Solar produces better coffee than any other roasting machine in the market, and this fact was determined in a laboratory by unbiased coffee specialists.
How does the Solar roast automatically?
The Solar is a synergetic machine – its’ different elements work together in order create an artisan crafted roast.

Three electric heating elements sit, meticulously placed, below a perforated drum. A built-in roasting management software controls the roasting cycle, while using the temperature as a reference point, as opposed to time as a reference.

During the roast, the Solar applies four different types of thermal treatment to the beans – conduction, convection, thermosiphonic and infra-red.

The Solar is the only shop roaster in the world that combines the two different methods of roasting (drum conduction and hot air convection) during the roast cycle, while delivering the best of both methods.

Throughout the roast, every two minutes the Solar implements fluid-bed roasting for exactly six seconds. We’ve placed the Solar’s blower at the bottom of the machine so when hot air is forced upon the beans, it actually condenses the air inside the drum, thus eliminating differences in bean size, density and humidity. This is one of the reasons Solar is perfect for roasting blended green coffee, in addition to single-origins.
What do we mean by “automatic”?
The Solar comes with roasting management software of its own, embedded inside the machine. The Solar does not have to be connected to anything at all; the whole of the software is embedded in the machine’s core system and is controlled by an onboard computer. The Solar allows superb roasting of single-origins as well as blends, while profiling is conducted by the simple push of a button, allowing the roaster to achieve one of the main goals of every roaster – consistency. Add to this the fact that the Solar performs in-drum cooling and then stops automatically and you have the ultimate shop roasting system available.
What about maintenance and service?
The Solar Roaster was built from start to finish, with you, the user in mind. We aimed at manufacturing a machine that will be little hassle, rarely needing replacements or spare parts, and lasts a lifetime. At the end of the day, a good machine is a ‘smart and simple’ machine.

For this reason we’ve made the Solar maintenance-free and easy to service, should it need to be. Ordinary maintenance is the simplest you could ask for, we even use thumb-nuts for quick and easy release on the detachable parts of the machine. No need for special solvents, tools, or technical know-how in order to keep the Solar up and running for years to come.
How much coffee can the Solar roast?
The Solar has the capability to roast continuously. You are more than able to roast with the Solar 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Many of our customers use the Solar in order to roast up to 200 Kg (450 lbs.) a month. Chances are that you and your employees will tire before the Solar does. As long as the simple maintenance is performed, the Solar is good to go.
Can the Solar be used indoors?
Many places can simply have a duct (chimney) connected to the Solar and tunnel the smoke to the outside. In other places this is not a possibility. But, with our Avirnaki smoke elimination system, you can roast indoors without the need for ducting. The Avirnaki cleans 100% of the Solars emissions.

Roasting coffee indoors was, for a long time, a serious problem to face. It usually involved setting up clumsy and expensive venting arrangements, and over time, deterioration of the venting could damage the quality of the roast. Venting arrangements require periodical maintenance & service, and in general caused a big headache to owners and operators.

Thanks to the Avirnaki, our revolutionary smoke elimination system, this problem is no more. The Avirnaki is a wheeled smoke trapping system which also serves as a connected table-top for our shop roasters. It’s simple, easy to use, and requires the simplest cleaning procedures while making roasting indoors easy for anyone, anywhere, any time.
How loud is the Solar?
Believe it or not – quieter than a typical microwave oven!
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