The New Pinecone Redwood Production Grinder Stands Tall

Among a forest of new roastery products at the recent World of Coffee San Diego trade show, a new large-scale production coffee grinder called the Redwood dropped courtesy of Swiss manufacturer Pinecone.

(Read all of DCN’s WOC San Diego coverage.)

Built for high-volume production settings, the Pinecone Redwood is equipped with features geared toward packaging and coffee capsule assembly lines, while its lower frame and legs also allow it to function as a standalone grinder.

Daily Coffee News photo by Howard Bryman.

Now for sale for $8,500 through Pinecone’s exclusive U.S. distribution partner, GH Grinding and Brewing Solutions, the Redwood made its global debut at the MICE event in Melbourne last month, then appeared at the Hotelex trade show in Shanghai in early April before making its official U.S. launch in San Diego.

Beneath the Redwood’s 30-kilogram-capacity hopper, coffees run through the same modular grind chamber as found inside the Pinecone Siberian commercial grinder, with the same 120-millimeter flat burrs driven by the same brushless DC motor. Pinecone Founder Ilan Maimon said the Siberian has always been capable of more than meets the eye.

Daily Coffee News photo by Howard Bryman.

“We launched the Siberian almost two years ago, but when people see it, they judge the size and they think, ‘okay, it’s a bulk grinder, I’ve seen a few of them,’” said Maimon. “They cannot see what’s behind the hood. They can’t understand how it can grind for such a long time without getting hot, without needing to stop. When I realized that, I said, ‘okay, maybe I need to dress it in a way that people will understand.’ So, in fact, this is the Siberian, just rearranged.”

To accommodate installation in hard-to-reach places, the Redwood can be monitored, adjusted, started and stopped via remote control. ​

“In packing machines, the biggest problem is the grinder always sits on top, so if you wish to change anything, you have to climb up to change it,” Maimon said. “For this reason, people prefer to grind on the ground and then suck the powder all the way up to the packing machine. But with the Redwood, we created a grind-on-demand for a packing machine.”

Ilan Maimon. Daily Coffee News photo by Howard Bryman.

Like the Siberian, the Redwood outputs up to 3 kilograms per minute (6.6 pounds per minute) and runs on power from a standard single-phase outlet. In addition to its remote operability, the Redwood also contains two dedicated cooling fans — one for its grind chamber and one for the motor — and comes with either a 10-kilogram or 30-kilogram hopper.

“It’s like when you want to buy a pickup truck, you will not stop next to something that looks like a station wagon,” Maimon said. “[The Redwood] is the pickup truck of grinders.”

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