Adjustment Of The Ground Coffee Dose; Operation; Maintenance; Daily - Rancilio MD 80 Instrucciones Originales

● Prepare a coffee; the delivery time for the best
grinding is between 25 and 30 seconds.
● Check coffee quality and taste considering that
a coarse grinding produces light coffees without
cream, whereas a too fine grinding produces
strong, dark coffees without cream
MD40
● In case coffee does not meet your requirements,
adjust the grinding by means of button (7) and by
turning ferrule (6) in a clockwise direction for a finer
grinding and in a counterclockwise direction for a
coarser grinding.
DM50/ST – MD50/AT – MD80
● In case coffee does not meet your requirements,
adjust the grinding by means of button (7) and by
turning ferrule (6) in a counterclockwise direction
for a finer grinding and in a clockwise direction for
a coarser grinding.
● Repeat this operation until you get the quality of
coffeee wished.
By using the same kind of coffee the machine
does not need new adjustments; if you chan-
ge the kind of coffee re-adjust the grinding.

7.3. Adjustment of the ground coffee dose

(Fig.3)
To be effected with the machine switched off and
plug disconnected.
Doses can be adjusted as follows:
● Remove the cover of ground coffee container
(15).
● Push downwards dosing star (16) and at the
same time turn knob (9) in a clockwise direction in
order to reduce the dose or in a counterclockwise
direction to increase it.
A coffee dose generally weighs between 6 and 7
grammes.
8. OPERATION (Fig.3)
After adjusting the grinding and ground coffee doses,
fill the hopper container with coffee beans and start
grinding.
MD40 – MD50/ST
● Grind coffee by pressing button (1).
MD50/AT – MD80
● Press main switch (1) and the button (2); grinding
is automatic.
● Use button (2) for manual grinding.
It is recommendend to grind just the coffee quantity
you immediately need because ground coffee left in
the container looses freshness and flavour.
Never grind already ground coffee.
● Place the filter ring in fork (11), pull towards the
operator and release lever (10) one or more times
according to the doses required (a dose for each
movement of the lever).
● Level the coffee in the filter, place the filter ring
under coffee-press (13) and lift it to press coffee.
● Make sure that there is no ground coffee on the
edge of the filter ring.

9. MAINTENANCE

The maintenance operations must be carried
out with the machine off and cold and with
the power plug disconnected.
Do not use any metallic or abrasive materials for
cleaning such as scourers, metal brushes, needles
and detergents but use a damp cloth or sponge.

9.1. Daily

● Clean the outside structure and the ground coffee
container.
● Clean the dosing area under the coffee contai-
ner.

9.2. Periodically

● Empty the coffee bean and the ground coffee
containers and clean them in order to remove any
coffe greasy residue.
The scrap materials used for processing or
maintenance should be placed in containers
and sent to special collection centres, unless
they are biodegradable or polluting.
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