Hummingbird - Comprehensive How-To Series

Welcome to the Hummingbird Training Program!

Here, you'll discover a comprehensive series of videos and explanations that guide you through the entire functionality of Hummingbird. This training is designed to help you get the most out of Hummingbird by providing clear, step-by-step guidance in a user-friendly format. Whether you’re a new user or looking to refine your skills, our goal is to make your learning experience both engaging and insightful. Dive in, explore the features, and see how Hummingbird can transform your workflow with ease and efficiency.

Introduction

This video quickly shows the whole process from start to finish.

Material and Grind

In this video, we'll cover essential grinder types, the impact of humidity control, and how to select the optimal grind size for the best results.

Choosing the Right Industrial Grinder for Cannabis

Here are the key points to check when buying your grinder:

Capacity:

Fit Your Needs: Select a grinder that can handle the volume of cannabis you process regularly.

Grind Consistency:

Uniform Grind: Choose a grinder that provides a consistent grind size.
Adjustable Settings: Look for options to adjust the grind size as needed.

Efficiency and Speed:

Effective Operation: Pick a grinder that works efficiently to match your production speed.
Low Maintenance: Opt for one that requires minimal upkeep.

Ease of Cleaning:

Simple Maintenance: Choose a grinder that is easy to clean and maintain.

Safety Features:

Operator Safety: Ensure the grinder has safety features to protect users.

Moisture Level

With any material check for moisture:

Dry input Leads to dusty output
Humidity packs can help perk things up

Good to know trick and advice

Remove Big Stem :They can dage your cones and your grinder may not like it

Be aware of what your grinder can handle, Running too much too fast can gum up the works
We like using a mix of fine and coarse particles it can improve your fill weight accuracy and density profile

Cones and Loading

In the following video, we will cover how to fill your cones.

Quality matters choose your cones wisely:

We highly recommend our in-house brand, Treefer.

If you choose another brand, some cones may have poor manufacturing tolerances. Request samples and test them in your pods before placing a large order.
We recommend requesting cones in sizes:

109mm
98mm
84mm
70mm

Use your samples to determine the right size for your weight target. Fill and pack each size by hand, then choose the one that holds slightly more than your target weight

Understand the Pods Color

To make things easier, Hummingbird pods come in four different colors, each corresponding to a different cone size:

Blue = 109mm
Red = 98mm
Green = 84mm
Yellow = 70mm

They are all ISO-alcohol and dishwasher safe.

Loading your cones

Add a cones to each of the 30 positions on either 2 or 4 pods.

Seating Cones

For this next step we are going to need to ensure that all your cones are open and in good shape.

Replace or staighten out any cones that don't make the cut

The key to getting a good volumetric fill and hitting your target weight is to ensure that all of your cones are set at the same height and are pushed out and into shape with the tamper

In the video, notice how he grips the pod and uses his finger to guide the tool as it is inserted.

We recommend practicing this step a few times. As you push down, pay attention to your alignment.

Each cone has slightly different sizing, and not all brands will allow the tool to push down flush with the pod. If you feel resistance, stop pushing.

Having a fit issue?

please send us a message with the subject “Hummingbird Temper Fit Issue.”

We will provide you with the various options available to you.

Filling Cones

Now it is time to fill the cones with the product. In this video, we will show you how.

Whether you are running flowers or a mix that includes extracts, ensure that your clumps are broken down and that the mixture is homogeneous.

Tare your Pods

Take one of your pods that was previously seated with cones
Place it on the scales
Tare or Zero out that weight

this get us ready to find out the max weight you can load in a single fill

Fill With Materials

Take the pods you just used to tare the scale and begin to add material from your mix
Firmly tap the pod with your free hand as you add your mix to ensure you fill all available space
Tare or Zero out that weight

this get us ready to find out the max weight you can load in a single fill

Check your weight

You will be loocking for 30x your desired per cones fill weight.

Underweight?

Grind a bit finer or go up one cone size

In Range?

You are good to go! Fill the rest!

Overweight?

Move on to the fill kit

Hummingbird Fill Kit

Each of the 5 included bases, hold your cones at different height that will Restric the amount of material that can be added during the fill
You will have to work from high to Low until you hit the mark.

Load and Run

In this video, we show you how to load the pods and configure the settings of your Hummingbird.

Opening The Lid

Press the open button on your Hummingbird control panel

This will release the safety latch on the lid only when the rotor is at a complete stop

After release, Lift it up

Load Your Pods

You must use either matched sets of 2 or matched sets of 4 pods at any given time to maintain balanced loads effectively and always place them across from each other

Adjusting settings

The speed setting is directly tied to your output density.

Try setting the speed at 2000 RPM to start
Set time at 15 seconds as we find to be perfect for alsmost scenario
close the lid and hit start

Ejection and Finishing

In this video, we show you the final step of your compacting process

Cycle Completion

The Hummingbird will beep upon cycle completion and the safety latch on the lid will automatically disengage. lift the lid and retreive your pods

Cones Ejection

The Hummingbird ejector is a universal tool for ejecting cones from any Hummingbird pods set.

carefully line up your pod with the notch in the ejector
push down firmly to eject

Weight Verification

Take an empty cone and place it on your scale.
Tare or zero the weight of the empty cone
weight a few of your filled cones to verify you are in an acceptable weight range

Final Adjustments

Density seems off?

Try adjusting speed increments of 100.

Weight too high?

Restric your fill with the fill kit

Weight too low

Try One size up on the fill kits, go up one cone size, Grind a bit finer or top up with a second fill and run again

Cleanup

Clean the buckets, basin and outer surfaces with a food safe cleaner of your choice. We like using a bottle brush on the pods

If you have any questions or encounter any difficulties, please don't hesitate to contact us by logging into your account on our client portal at www.supportpreroll-er.com. From there, you can send us a message, and we will be happy to assist you.