Why Do We Need To Add Salt When Flake Ice Machine Makes Ice?
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Why do we need to add salt when flake ice machine makes ice?
1. Why do flake ice machines add salt to make ice:
According to the water source, flake ice machines are divided into fresh water flake ice machines and sea water flake ice machines. However, the freshwater flake ice machine also adds a certain proportion of salt water, which is far lower than the concentration of sea water. The purpose of adding salt is to make the ice flakes easier to form, improve the quality of the ice flakes, make the ice flakes more suitable in size, make them more beautiful, fall off more easily, protect the equipment and consume less electricity. If no salt was added, the ice sheet would have the opportunity to screech and consume more electricity.
2. How to add salt to the flake ice machine:
Press the start/stop button to start the ice flake machine, add salt according to a certain proportion, then fill the brine bucket with water and stir evenly, then put the brine pump into the brine bucket.
3. Precautions for adding salt to flake ice machine:
After adding salt to the machine, observe the ice making condition of the flake ice machine, the size and hardness of the ice flakes. If it is found that the ice flakes produced by the ice flake machine are relatively broken, and the ice flake machine is accompanied by the harsh sound of cutting ice with ice blades, it means that the brine has not been added to the water tank. A common problem is air in the inlet and outlet tubing, which can affect the accuracy of the salt pump. At this time, the air should come out of the pipeline. The correct way is: the nozzle of the outlet pipeline of the salt pump sucks in air. Wait until you feel salt water in your mouth, then watch for droplets in the brine pump outlet hose. It is normal if there are water droplets. Then insert the brine pump outlet tube into the tank.
Ice can be made without adding salt, but the ice is relatively hard and not easy to fall off. The purpose of adding salt is to make the ice fall off easily.
