Table 2: Recommended Coffee Grinds
particles.
Source: US Dept. of Commerce
II. Screen Anaysis
A sieve analysis is a practice or
procedure used to assess the particle size
distribution of a granular material.
The size distribution is often of critical
importance to the way the material performs
in use. A sieve analysis can be performed on
any type of non-organic or organic granular
materials including sands, crushed rock,
clays, granite, feldspars, coal, soil, a wide
range of manufactured powders, grain and
seeds, down to a minimum size depending
on the exact method. Being such a simple
technique of particle sizing, it is probably the
most common.
The Tyler Screen Standard is used
Several formulas are used to calculate
for the Size Analysis and Mixed Particle
Sizes. The formulas for Specific Surface,
Volume Mean Diameter, Volume Surface
Mean Diameter are given in the equations
Specific Surface (AW)
The total surface area of a unit mass of
6
=
Volume Mean Diameter (DV)
The number of particles in the mixture
divided by the total volume of the sample
gives the average volume of a particle. The
diameter of such a particle is the volume
mean diameter DV.
1
= [ ]1/3
=1
Volume Surface Mean Diameter (DS)
1
=
=1
Mass Mean Diameter (DS)
Diameter of a spherical particle with a mass
equal to the mean mass of all the particles in
a population.
= =1
III. Coffee Grinder Design
A spreadsheet program is used for the
calculations for a coffee grinder design.
The spreadsheet program is intended to
calculate the properties of the particle of
the feed and product like the the Specific
Surface, Volume Mean Diameter, and
Volume Surface Mean Diameter and if
the screen analysis data is given.
Grinding Fundamentals Obtained from:
https://www.coffeechemistry.com/quality/gri
nding/grinding-fundamentals

Bulk Density Chart. Obtained from:

http://www.anval.net/downloads/bulk%20de
nsity%20chart.pdf