What Are The Commonly Used Ice-making Modes For Flake Ice Machines?

What are the commonly used ice-making modes for flake ice machines?

Flake ice machine is a kind of equipment widely used in various commercial and industrial fields. It can be used to manufacture high-quality crushed ice and flake ice to meet the needs of different users.
For different scenarios and application requirements, flake ice machines have different ice-making modes. Below we will introduce the common ice-making modes in detail.

1. Water immersion ice making mode
This is a common mode of flake ice making, which uses cooling water soaked in the ice-making plate, and the cooling water freezes on the surface of the plate and forms an ice layer. The upper and lower sides of the board accelerate condensation and cooling through the airflow exchange system, and the ice cubes will be finished by breaking and squeezing.

2. Water jet ice making mode
This ice-making mode is similar to the water immersion type, but the water does not accumulate on the surface of the ice-making plate, but vibrates to the surface of the ice-making plate through the water nozzle to form a thin ice layer. Then the Dian ice screen begins to cool down and freezes on the surface of the board, forming neat ice cubes. After the ice cubes are made, the ice cubes are removed by peeling and enter the next cooling cycle.

3. Spray ice making mode
This mode utilizes water sprayed through nozzles, forming ice crystals that are pressurized and condense and form ice flakes. The ice clusters produced this way are thin and fine, and multiple sprays are sometimes required to create enough ice.

4. Cylinder ice making mode
The technological process of a similar flake ice machine is to inject water into a long cylindrical ice maker, grow an initial ice layer through the electrocatalyst in the ice maker, and then rotate it by the ice maker, using the inner wall of the ice maker and the internal catalyst The rubbing against each other promotes the growth of the initial ice layer and forms a complete ice cube at the bottom of the ice maker. These ice makers produce denser and stronger ice than other types of ice makers.
5. Air-cooled ice-making mode
This water-free ice-making mode uses a built-in ice maker. Most air-cooled flake ice machines take away the heat in the rate through the internal air circulation system to improve the cooling effect. The ice cubes fall off easily through the heating system in the operating device room, which effectively improves the production efficiency of ice cubes.

Generally speaking, according to different user needs, the ice making mode of the flake ice machine is also different. The above are common ice-making modes of flake ice machines. Customers should choose the mode that suits them according to the actual situation when choosing a flake ice machine.