What Is The Difference Between A Catering Ice Machine And A Laboratory Snowflake Ice Machine?

What is the difference between a catering ice machine and a laboratory snowflake ice machine?

The ice from the snowflake ice machine should be relatively broken, which can greatly increase the contact area of the sample tube and enhance the effect of the ice bath; in addition, it should have a certain water content to improve the ability of heat preservation.

In the case of a certain amount of ice production, theoretically speaking, the larger the capacity of the ice storage bucket, the better, so this factor should be considered when considering the performance.

The operation of the snowflake ice machine has been highly automated, basically there is very little human intervention. Users often encounter some situations during use. At this time, the machine itself needs to provide a better alarm or prompt method, such as the indicator light or buzzer used by most ice machines, or voice prompts. In abnormal conditions such as full ice, lack of water, standby, and shutdown due to failure, the user can be notified in a timely and effective manner. Some related products are even equipped with LCD screens to display various states during the operation of the ice machine, allowing users to know at a glance.

On the basis of each hardware, the stability of the overall operation of the ice machine is the most important. Program control and various anti-error programs and sensors are the core to ensure the operation. For example, ice blade jam is a common fault of Snowflake ice machine. The anti-ice blade jam setting at the two time points of shutdown and start-up operation is very critical.

What is the difference between a catering ice machine and a laboratory snowflake ice machine?

Ice machines for catering generally produce ice cubes, bullet ice, etc. When the ice is formed, it is formed in a ready-made fixed mold; in terms of hardware, the snowflake ice machine must have a complete set of refrigeration equipment. In addition to the system, a set of motor-driven ice blade system is also required for ice crushing. The ice blades are always running to continuously scrape out the ice formed in the ice chamber and squeeze it into irregular crushed ice. Therefore, in terms of hardware cost, the manufacturing cost of the snowflake ice machine will be much higher than that of the catering ice machine due to the addition of a complete set of motor and ice blade system.