User Guide

10
The Ice Making Process
Your ice machine is unique in how it forms ice with
fractional freezing to form a slab of ice that is clear and
has less dissolved solids than the water it is produced
from. This is accomplished by running water over the cold
evaporator plate (see Figure 14) which gradually freezes
the water to produce the ice slab. Pure water freezes rst,
leaving the dissolved solids in the residual reservoir water
to provide clear ice.
Figure 14
When the ice slab reaches the correct thickness, the ice
sheet is released and slides onto the grid cutter (see
Figure 16). Here, the ice slab is cut into squares by the
grid cutter’s heated wires (see Figure 17). The water
containing the dissolved minerals is drained after each
freezing cycle. Fresh water enters the machine for the next
ice making cycle.
Figure 16
Water distributor
Water
reservoir
Evaporator
Circulation
Pump
Reservoir
drain plug
Figure 15
Front
panel
Bin Level
Sensor
Ice
Deector
Grid Cutter
OPERATION OF THE ICE MACHINE