Background: As a commonly used industrial equipment, flake ice produced by flake ice machine has the characteristics of low temperature, good mixing and fast cooling speed, and plays an important role in the fields of commerce, chemical industry, food processing, etc. Under normal temperature environment, the service life and ice-making efficiency of industrial flake ice machine are beyond doubt, but when operating in some high temperature and high heat environment, the stability and efficiency of operation are often affected to a certain extent. This case study explores the problems and solutions of flaked ice machine working in high temperature and high heat environment.
Case analysis
A company in Malaysia that produces flake ice for fishing boats at the docks, when the temperature is high in summer, the flake ice production efficiency and quality decline, and the electricity cost of ice making increases. In addition, the service life of the flake ice machine purchased previously was not long. Our engineers analyzed the possible problems of the flaker ice machine through remote video and the details sent by the customer, and developed a reasonable and effective ice making solution for the customer, helping the customer solve these problems.
Analysis Of The Causes Of Flake Ice Machine Problems
Our Flake Ice Machine Factory
Solutions For Customers In Malaysia
- Decrease in ice-making efficiency: Malaysia has a tropical rainforest climate, which is hot, humid and rainy all year round. Such an environment leads to poor heat dissipation of the condenser, low heat exchange efficiency, insufficient refrigerant condensation, and reduced cooling effect of the entire system, resulting in reduced ice-making efficiency.
- Heavy equipment load: In a high temperature environment, the compressor and condenser of the flake ice machine need to run at high load for a long time in order to work normally, which can easily cause equipment overheating, aggravated wear, and equipment failure or damage in severe cases.
- Unstable flake ice quality: In a high temperature environment, due to poor refrigeration effect, ice flakes may become thinner than the set thickness, resulting in uneven ice thickness and increased breakage rate, affecting customer use.
- Aging of internal parts: Internal parts of the flake ice machine, such as seals, refrigerant pipes, circuit boards, etc., may accelerate aging due to long-term exposure to high temperature and heat environment, reducing the service life of the equipment.
Flake Ice Solutions
1.Customize The Condenser Settings
- Use high heat dissipation materials such as copper-aluminum composite materials to make it more heat-conductive and increase heat dissipation efficiency
- Increase the heat dissipation area of the condenser. We customize a large ice machine condenser for it to improve the heat exchange efficiency, reduce the refrigerant temperature, and allow it to cool fully.
- Add cooling fans to increase air flow and improve cooling effects.
- Customized high thermal conductivity alloy flake ice evaporator for customers, one-step formed spiral ice blade
2. Improve The Refrigeration System
- Select high-efficiency and high-temperature resistant GMCC scroll compressors. Such compressors can withstand a maximum temperature of 90 degrees Celsius to ensure normal operation in high-temperature environments
- Customers are advised to use high-temperature refrigerants such as R404A to adapt to high-temperature environments.
- Install a temperature control system in the flake ice machine system, and use the automatic monitoring system to detect the operating status of the equipment in real time to avoid system overheating and overload.
3. Equip With An Intelligent Control System
- Equip it with a temperature sensor and an automatic adjustment system to monitor the ambient temperature and the operating status of the flake ice machine in real time, and automatically adjust the most suitable parameters for operation. Effectively deal with working problems in high temperature environment and ensure stable operation of flake ice machine
4. Optimize Flake Ice Production Process
We provide customers with the following optimization suggestions:
- Adjust the thickness of flake ice according to actual needs, improve the utilization rate of flake ice and avoid waste
- Install in a ventilated position to ensure that there is enough space around the flake ice machine to reduce the deterioration of heat dissipation due to closure.
- Clean the condenser and evaporator regularly to avoid dust accumulation, and contact us regularly for equipment inspection and maintenance.
Conclusion: The ice-making solutions we customized for customers: customized condenser settings, improved refrigeration systems, equipped with intelligent control systems, and optimized flake ice production processes, enable customers’ ice making business to proceed smoothly. The working efficiency and stability of the machine in high temperature and high heat environments have been significantly improved compared to before.