Garden Composter Operation

CanCompost is no longer carrying garden composters, however... Garden Composters by SunMar now available from: Camosun Street Compost Victoria, BC Tel 250-813-2338 The 200 is the smaller of the two composters excellent for composting kitchen scraps and a few cut up garden trimmings.
Operation of the 200
In the 200, material is added by sliding the input door open. To mix and aerate the compost, the drum is rotated using four finger friendly slots running along the outside of the drum.	Compost is removed by opening the output port, rotating the drum and allowing compost to fall from the inner drum into a bushel basket or other container.

Autoflow Technology on the SUN-MAR 200
	The diagram shows how material moves into and along the outer drum. A scoop on the inner drum (not shown) collects material and pushes it along the inner drum, exiting through the output port.

The 400 is considerably bigger than the 200, but otherwise it works on the same principle as the 200. The 400 is a continuous composter designed for composting kitchen scraps and a cut up materials from small garden.
Operation of the 400
As with the 200, material is added to the 400 by sliding the input door open. To mix and aerate the compost, the 400 drum is rotated by turning a shaft on which a small gear bears directly against the gear teeth on the drum.	Compost is removed by opening the output port, rotating the drum and allowing compost to fall from the inner drum into a bushel basket or other container.

Autoflow Technology on the SUN-MAR 400
	The diagram below shows how material moves into and along the outer drum. A scoop on the inner drum (not shown) collects material and pushes it along the inner drum, exiting through the output port.