LELIT BIANCA PL162T V3 - PID & PADDLE FLOW CONTROL

MAIN FEATURE

Bianca is an espresso machine without compromises, with E61 group, manual control of the water flow and dual boiler. It has been created for those expert baristas that know how to get the best out of every coffee.

PADDLE CONTROLLED COFFEE FLOW

By turning the paddle the user changes, in real time, the water flow on the coffee until 10 bar are reached. This way each barista/user can regulate the extraction manually to get the best possible result in the cup with every type of coffee blend.

WOOD KNOBS AND DETAILS FILTERHOLDER

Knobs, extraction lever, feet are in a wood, especially treated to withstand high temperatures.

LCC - LELIT CONTROL CENTER

LCC is the brain of the LELIT machines. In Bianca – PL162T V3, new functions have been included. Now, the LCC lets you manage a bigger number
of settings in your machine:

The temperature of the coffee dispensed.
The temperature of the steam dispensed.
Steam boiler enabling/disabling.
Selection of the temperature unit measure.
Programmable pre-infusion times.
Programmable low flow times.
Sleepy mode enabling/disabling.
Partial and total doses counter.
Chronometer of the coffee dispensing.

Stand-by mode

After 30 minutes of inactivity, the machine will go automatically in stand-by mode. The ON/OFF light blinks.

Low flow START

Low flow start, which refers to the time slot from 0 till what the user sets.

Low flow FINAL

Low flow final, which refers to the time slot from what the user sets till the end of coffee brewing.

Brew temp off set

This value either increases or decreases the coffee boiler temperature during coffee brewing, changing the temperature of the water coming out of the grouphead.

LOW FLOW OVERVIEW

We would like to underline the most significant improvement of the machine: the LOW FLOW. In Bianca V3 we automatised the paddle movements which has two main advantages for LELIT users:

• The machine can be easily operated also by less expert users, as they do not have to pay particular attention to the coffee brewing.

• For the more expert users, this upgrade means that the pressure and flow profile can be precisely repeated multiple times. This does not mean that the paddle becomes useless, but it can be used in addition to the setting of Low flow.

LELIT BIANCA V3 can perform four scenarios

Temperature profile

ENERGY CONSUMPTION In Bianca V3 we have 4 different mode of use:

1. Always ON: when the user deactivates stand-by and sleep mode. This means that the machine is always ON.

2. Sleep mode: after a set time (from 30 to 540 min), the software brings the coffee boiler down to 70°C, while steam boiler goes down to 0°C.

3. E-Mode: steam boiler is always OFF

4. Stand-by: this is the novelty of Bianca V3. After 30 min, steam and coffee boiler and LCC are turned OFF. This is the factory setting according to the European norms.

WARM UP OPTIMIZATION

The newly designed NTC system is able to minimize the time for the machine to be ready.

BREWING TEMPERATURE OFFSET

This value is a sort of fourth value of the PID. It was introduced to correct the foreseen thermal error during brewing. When brewing a cup of coffee, the machine dispense water hence cold water is introduced in the hydraulic circuit and the boiler. Cold water messes up with the thermic of the machine. This is when the brew temperature offset is needed. In fact, during brewing, the software changes the set point by increasing or decreasing the temperature of the chosen offset – range values ± 25°C. In this way the user has an additional value he can use to personalise his brewing profile.

DUAL BOILER

Two separate boilers, one for steam and hot water and one dedicated to the coffee extraction. This gives more temperature stability and enables the simultaneous brewing of the coffee and frothing of the milk.

FURTHER FEATURES