Flake Ice Machines | General Information |
General Operation
A general description of the flake ice machine operation is given below. The remainder of the manual provides more detail about the components and systems.
Water enters a reservoir through the float valve and is gravity fed into the evaporator barrel through an opening in the bottom of the barrel. Water fills the evaporator to the same level as the water in the reservoir. A float valve, which stops the flow of water into the reservoir when the reservoir becomes full, maintains this water level.
When the ON/OFF switch is turned on or when the bin control closes, the auger motor energizes. The compressor is delayed for 2 to 4 minutes. After the compressor delay period, the condenser fan motor (air cooled machines only) and compressor start and the temperature of the evaporator barrel drops. The water in the evaporator freezes to the inner walls of the evaporator
barrel.
A belt driven gear reducer continuously turns the auger inside the evaporator. As the auger turns, it pushes the ice upward and forces it out of the top of the barrel, through the delivery chute, and into the storage bin. As ice is pushed out through to top of the evaporator,
Evaporator
Float
Gear Reducer
Auger Motor
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