It is clear, hard cracked ice; is pure in colour and lustre, hard, transparent, dry and powerless.

As it doesn’t melt easily, taking 30% more time to melt than other types of ice, it stores for long periods.

Snowkey plate ice machines pump water from a reservoir to a distributor above the plate. Water then is passed uniformly over a vertical stainless steel plate, which chills the ice. Depending on the thickness of ice you require, the water pump will switch off, and a hot gas will release the ice plate onto a rotating breaker bar.

Your cracked plate ice is stored in a container under the machine, and is immediately ready for use.

• Seafood
• Poultry and meat processing
• Smallgoods
• Leather processing
• Ice cold storage air conditioning
• Edible ice
• Chemical industry

Plate ice machines have two evaporator plate types; aluminium alloy and stainless steel. Plate ice evaporators adopt direct expansion systems and use R-22, R507A, R404A {inconsistent info, see below} or ammonia as the cooling medium.

• Our machines feature an ice-making section and compressor set assembled from a hot-dipped, galvanized frame.
• All surfaces and plates in contact with ice are made from 304 stainless steel which resists heat and eliminates corrosion.
• The external housing of our machines are weatherproof and tamper-proof.

Snowkey plate ice machines have a range of 1 to 100 tonne capacity.

All plate ice machines are fitted with PLC control phase failure circuit breakers, as well as overload and contactor controls. Plus a full set of ‘run’ and ‘fault’ lights.

Plate Ice Machines are suitable for refrigerant R404A, R22 and R717