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What are the main categories of ice machines and the ice making process

Update:2023-02-13
Summary:An ice making machine is a refrigeration mechanical device that uses the refrigerant of the refrigeration system to cool water through the evaporator ...
An ice making machine is a refrigeration mechanical device that uses the refrigerant of the refrigeration system to cool water through the evaporator to generate ice. Equipment after ice making. Depending on the principle and production method of the evaporator, the shapes of the ice cubes produced are also different. People generally divide ice machines into granular ice machines, flake ice machines, plate ice machines, tube ice machines, and shell ice machines.

Main Categories of Ice Machines
Ice machines can be divided into commercial ice machines, household ice machines, and industrial ice machines.
According to the shape of the ice, the ice machine is divided into: granular ice (cylindrical, cubic, moon-shaped), snowflake-shaped, scaly ice, plate-shaped ice, tubular ice, and spherical ice.
Granular ice is divided into jet type, flowing water type and immersion type according to the ice making method.
Cylindrical ice is generally made of spray ice, which has a low freezing point, which can reach below minus 20°C. The contact surface between the cylindrical surfaces is small, it is not easy to stick together, and ice is used. Cylindrical ice cubes have the characteristics of high hardness, low temperature and crystal clear. They are suitable for cooling foreign wines. The slow melting speed will not dilute foreign wine and affect the taste of foreign wine. The disadvantage of the cylindrical ice machine is that the ice making efficiency is relatively low, and it is generally used to produce small bar table ice machines.
The temperature of flake ice is -6℃~-12℃, which is suitable for cooling in industrial processing and transportation of perishable items. It is often used for seafood display on the fresh counter of supermarkets, and large ice cubes can also be used in cement plants, chemical plants, meat joint factories, marine fisheries, etc.
Refrigeration methods can be divided into: water-cooled ice machine, air-cooled ice machine.

ice making process
Through the water inlet valve, the water automatically enters the water storage tank, and then is pumped to the shunt pipe by the water pump. The shunt pipe evenly flows the water to the evaporator cooled by the low-temperature liquid refrigerant, and the water is cooled to the freezing point. The water will freeze, and the water not frozen by the evaporator will flow into the storage tank, and the cycle starts again through the pump. When the ice cube reaches the desired thickness, it enters the deicing state, and the high-pressure hot gas discharged from the compressor is diverted to the evaporator through the reversing valve to replace the low-temperature liquid refrigerant. In this way, a water film is formed between the ice cube and the evaporator. This layer of water film makes the ice cubes leave the evaporator, and the ice cubes fall freely under the action of gravity into the ice storage tank above.

YT-E-005C-N 2.2L 50Hz 0.9A Stainless Steel Ice Maker

Performance parameters:
1. Model:YT-E-005C-N
2. Brand:Yuton
3. Packing of product:carton/color box+carton
4. Certification:
Feature of function:
1. Making ice quickly and it will cost 9-10 minutes a round of making ice. The ice will drop to the basket automatically.
2. It is economic and energy-saving. It uses environment friendly refrigerant R134a or R600a.
3. The product uses infrared sensitive technology to have correct reaction to the different conditions of the ice maker. When the basket is full of ice, the machine will stop working automatically. When ice cubes are taken away, the machine will work again. If the water tank lacks of water, the machine will also stop working to wait for more water.
4. Ice storage foam layer has good insulation. Front foam layer can store ice for a short time.
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