Force sensors in coffee machines

For many people nothing beats a good cup of coffee. Thanks to today's modern technology, it is easier than ever to make good coffee. Force sensors or load cells are an important component in many modern coffee machines.

Innovative manufacturers have already implemented one or multiple force sensors or load cells to their machines. When you use force sensors during the coffee brewing process, Baristas can save a lot of time. The force sensors of Zemic can be found in espresso machines, grinder-doser machines, automatic coffee machines, vending machines and bean to cup machines. 

Force sensors can be used for different applications in coffee machines, to measure:
-    the amount of force exerted by the user when pressing the coffee grounds
-    the weight of the coffee beans or water in the machine.
-    the weight of the coffee beans in the hopper depending on the bean hopper capacity, the pressure of the
     water passing through the coffee grounds, which can affect the taste of the coffee.
-    monitoring the level of milk in cooling units.

Integration of custom-made force sensors in coffee machines

The design of coffee machines is an important factor too. For some modern coffee machines this results in an integrated storage of beans inside of the coffee machine. This means there is no visual inspection possible. In this case a storage monitoring sensor will indicate if there are still enough beans in the machine. This is also the case for cooling units with milk stored inside.

It is all about making the cup of coffee with the golden water- bean ratio, over and over again. Here you’ll find our most suitable/used products for coffee machines.

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