November 24, 2023 - 11:52am
Ankarsrum issue: mixing bowl rising up during mixing
I've had an Ankarsrum for nearly 3 years now and love it, but lately I've been noticing a problem with it that I cannot diagnose. During mixing (using the roller/scraper, which is the only way I knead dough), with the attachment arm fully extended, after awhile, the bowl will rise up and eventually make contact with the arm, causing a lot of noise (and wear, if I weren't there to correct it). I can "fix" it by either turning the machine off and pushing the bowl down, or by swinging the arm toward the center of the bowl, which will do the same thing.
Has anyone else seen this happen, and is there an easy fix? I don't see any obvious way to adjust anything to keep it from happening, nor is it obvious why it is taking place.
Thanks!
- Andrew
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Sounds like the drive groove on your roller isn't working properly. Is it damaged? Does it line up properly with the bowl edge? Jim
Jim -
I don't think that's it, it makes contact with it just fine, and it is not damaged. It seems to have something to do with the force of the dough being pushed up against the side of the bowl as it passes by the roller, moving the bowl upwards. I doubt the roller is even making contact with the bowl most of the time.
If I run the machine empty, it makes contact just fine, and the bowl does not rise up at all.
Does the bowl "rise" when you mix anything other than bread? Jim
I don't mix anything other than bread in the main bowl.
Andrew, never had that problem with mine, but you might want to look at the bottom of the bowl - is in possible that the slot for the drive pin is an an angle, so that as the drive pin tries to spin the bowl, the bowl gets forced upwards?
Two or three times, I've had the roller detach and fall into the dough, but never had the bowl rise up. What do you mean when you write "with the attachment arm fully extended"? The arm just pivots back and forth. I usually start with the arm/roller sitting against the side of the bowl and then lock it in place near the center.
It seems that having a visual would help the people who are trying to help.
Paul
As members of the Ankarsrum FB group suggested, the problem was grease or oil in the linkage between the bowl and the mixer. I gave it a good wipe down and it seems to have gone away, though granted it was just a single test, so we shall see.
Your reference to the linkage between the bowl and the mixer is in reference to the spindle and bowl or the roller and the bowl edge?
The spindle and bowl.
…your dough hook. I use mine a lot and am very happy with the results. The action is quite different from the roller, but you get great visibility to gluten strand development during kneading.
Good luck,
Phil