For all our customers who are temporarily closing or pausing their operations due to short breaks, festival periods or for renovations. This guide will help you safely shut down your espresso machines and grinders.
* complete all regular cleaning of group heads/ backflushing ideally using the Urnex espresso powder
* try and get any preventative or any minor maintenance out of the way before shut down
* for the grinder remove any beans from the hopper, then grind out any remaining beans emptying the doser totally.
* try and use the Urnex Grindz tabs for cleaning out the grind chamber
* turn off both esspresso machine and grinder
* unplug both equipments from the mains
* you may like to shut down the mains water supply to the espresso machine once at room temperature
If your planned closure is more than 2-3 months than draining the espresso machine boiler is recommended and should be carried out by a fully trained technician.
Now is the time to pre-order any consumables for both the espresso machine and grinder so when you return your fully stocked for operation without any hiccups.
Few items we suggest to stock up prior to re-opening:
* water filter cartridges
* espresso machine gaskets and rubber seals
* urnex cleaning products
* grinder burrs and flapper or tools etc
If unsure of how to preapre your machine or grinder for closure please make sure to ask for assistance from your supplier or manufacturer as different machines and grinders will have slightly diferent shut down procedure.