Snowman Ice Maker teaches you how to calculate the ice production of the ice maker

We all know that the ice maker will make ice all the time, but do you know how to calculate the ice production of the ice maker?

Since the ice maker market is still in its initial development stage, our customers and even our dealers have a superficial understanding of ice makers and remain at the initial stage of understanding. A more obvious sign is that many ice makers do not have instructions for ice production under different seasons and different ambient temperature conditions, so there are many misleading and mis-purchase behaviors. So how can we correctly guide the consumption behavior of buyers? Here we will use our experience to provide a more professional reference for the majority of ice-using customers.

1. Demand for ice cubes:

From the perspective of experience, generally speaking, Chinese restaurants: 0.5kg of ice cubes are required for each seat; Western restaurants: 1kg of ice cubes are required for each seat; hotel rooms: 1kg of ice cubes are required for each room; pearl milk tea, bubble black tea, 1kg of ice cubes can supply 7–8 cups; smoothies and shaved ice can supply about 4 cups per kilogram. Knowing the above data, friends in the catering industry can make reasonable choices based on their own scale and forecast of turnover.

2. Understanding of ice production of ice makers:

1. Definition of ice production of ice makers: When users select models, they mainly consider the amount of ice used. However, the ice production of ice makers varies greatly due to environmental conditions. It is necessary to clarify the standard working conditions before comparing their ice production. Snowman ice makers use the internationally accepted nominal working conditions as the standard working conditions of the product (that is, the water temperature for ice making is 10℃±1℃; the working environment temperature is 15℃±2℃; the power supply requirement is single-phase 220V 50Hz/three-phase 380V 50Hz; the water source requirement is clean fresh water; the working unit time is 24 hours) for ice production.

2. Understanding of ice production of ice makers in summer: In summer, water temperature and ambient temperature rise significantly. The rise in water temperature is equivalent to extending the ice making time of each tray of ice (because the freezing point of water is 0℃, it takes longer to cool high-temperature ice-making water to 0℃ than to cool water at room temperature to 0℃). The excessively high ambient temperature is an unavoidable and severe fact that the ice production of air-cooled ice makers that use air for heat exchange drops significantly.

3. About the selection of ice makers:

1. The time when ice is really needed is in summer, so when we choose an ice maker, we have to ask a question: Is the ice maker we buy enough ice in the summer when the weather is very hot and the business is good?

2. We know that the ice production of ice makers in summer is discounted compared to the ice production marked by the ice maker.

If 70 kilograms of ice are needed every day during the peak season in summer, how big an ice maker should he buy? If he buys a Snowman ice machine, he should choose the XD-210 model, the reason is: 70 kg ÷ 0.7 = 100 kg.

Keywords:
ice maker、ice cubes、Snowman ice makers