Guide To Choosing A Tube Ice Machine: Ten Common Questions And Answers

Tube Ice Machine Buying Tips

Whether in the catering, seafood or beverage industries, tube ice machines are the core equipment that ensures product freshness and locks in taste. But when purchasing the ice making equipment, people often encounter difficulties in product specifications, qualification certification and actual adaptability. Below are the most common questions in customer inquiries, along with practical answers to help you make more informed purchasing decisions.

What Are the Commonly Used Materials For Ice Tube Machines? What Are Their Respective Advantages?

Generally speaking, considering the edible use of ice tubes, in terms of the material selection for the manufacturing of tube ice machines, parts such as the core components that come into direct contact with ice cubes are mostly made of 304 or 316 stainless steel. This grade of stainless steel material has the characteristics of corrosion resistance, non rusting and can also meet food safety standards, making it very suitable for scenes in the catering industry that require high hygiene standards.

What Aare The Features Of The Tube Ice Produced By The Tube Ice Machine?

The shape of tube ice is a hollow cylindrical shape, but there are also solid cut flat tube ice forms, and the tube ice is clean and transparent. It is obvious that the natural advantage brought by the shape of the ice tube is that its melting speed is slow and it is not easy to clump and adhere. If added to drinks, it not only has a strong chilling effect, but also does not affect the taste and maintains the flavor of the drink.

What Are The Suitable Usage Scenarios For Ice Tube?

For daily scenarios: Our common uses include cooling beverages and food preserving;

In commercial scenarios: matching the commercial sales needs of industries such as

ice cups and ice factories;

In industrial processing scenarios, it meets the continuous cooling needs of slaughter production lines, concrete cooling and other fields.

Supporting flexible adaptation to multiple scenarios, fully meeting various preservation and cooling needs.

What Supporting Facilities Can Be Matched With The Ice Tube Machine?

Preferred configuration: Water purification equipment, designed to filter impurities, improve water quality, ensure hygienic ice making water quality, meet edible standards and extend machine life; Of course, an ice bin is also essential, as its function facilitates temporary storage and retrieval of ice.

Recommended configuration (especially suitable for small and medium-sized ice factories): weighing and sealing equipment, ice storage and handling carts for easy packaging, sales and transportation.

For large-scale ice factory applications, optional scenarios include automated production lines - water purifiers, ice screening devices, ice storage, automatic ice packaging machine and cold storage facilities, to achieve a one-stop integrated solution.

Suggestions For The Selection Of Air Cooling And Water Cooling

1. Water source conditions: Air cooling is preferred in areas with relatively scarce water sources, while water cooling can be considered under conditions of sufficient water sources;

2. Project scale: For large-scale ice plants, water cooling is preferred (with strong heat dissipation capacity), while air cooling is preferred due to limited installation space (with relatively small footprint, integrated equipment and more convenient installation);

3. Environmental humidity: Air cooling (maximizing efficiency conversion) can be considered in low humidity areas, while water cooling (more stable operation) can be chosen in high humidity areas;

4. Cost effectiveness: Water cooling is preferred for long-term operation of large ice plants (high refrigeration efficiency, energy saving), while air cooling can be considered for short-term projects/small and medium-sized scale (relatively low equipment procurement threshold and easy installation in the early stage).

Does The Tube Ie Machine Require Customized Voltage To Match The Power Supply In My Area?

Yes, industrial grade tube ice machines are usually based on 380V/3P/50Hz, and can also be matched with 400V, 440V, 480V according to customer regional requirements

Professional tip: When requesting a quotation, please be sure to provide the exact voltage in your area.

What Are The Common Specifications Of Ice Tubes?

Answer: The common sizes of tube ice mainly include outer diameter of 22mm, 35mm, 42mm, etc., and the length can be adjusted between 25-50mm. The key to choosing size depends on the application scenario or local market demand. We are a professional ice making solution supplier. If you have specific application scenarios (such as beverage cooling or food processing), you can contact us and we can help you match cost-effective ice making solutions

What Type Of Refrigerant Is Suitable For A Tube Ice Machine?

Answer: Ammonia refrigeration (NH3, large industrial use), Freon (R22, R404A, R507A, etc.)

What International Certifications Does Your Ice Tube Machine?

Answer: Our industrial tube ice machine with CE and ISO related certificates. 

What Is The After-Sales Service And Warranty Of The Ice Tube Machine?

Answer: ICEMEDAL generally provides a one-year warranty for the entire machine. Under normal use, if there is a malfunction caused by non-human factors, you can enjoy on-site maintenance and replacement services for related core components (such as stainless steel ice making components and main electrical components). Beyond the warranty period, we still provide lifetime paid maintenance and parts supply support, as well as lifetime after-sales service. Our after-sales team provides one-on-one attentive service to ensure the sustainable and stable operation of the equipment.