Icemaker
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An icemaker, ice maker, or ice machine may refer to either a consumer device for making ice, found inside a home freezer; a stand-alone appliance for making ice, such as might be found in a restaurant; or an industrial machine for making ice on a large scale. The term "ice machine" usually refers to the stand-alone appliance.
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[edit] Home ice makers
Home ice makers are often found inside modern freezers, and produce ice cubes or crushed ice.
[edit] Industrial ice makers
Commercial ice cube makers improve the quality of ice by using moving water. Basically the faster the water moves the better the ice quality. Air and undissolved solids will be washed away to such an extent that in horizontal evaporator machines the water has 98% of the solids removed resulting in very hard virtually pure ice. In vertical evaporators the ice is softer, more so if there are actual individual cube cells. Commercial Ice machines can make different sizes of ice like flakers, crushed, cube, octagon, and tube. [1]
[edit] Ice Machine Manufacturers
- Competitive Ice Machine Manufacturer
- Follett Ice
- Hoshizaki America
- Ice O-Matic
- The Manitowoc Company
- Scotsman Ice Systems
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[edit] External links
- How to Buy an Energy-Efficient Commercial Ice Machine. Federal Energy Management Program. Accessed April 2, 2009.
