Ice-O-Matic EMF Series - Manual (Page 14)

Flake Ice Machines General Information
Page A12
General Operation
A general description of the flake ice machine operation is given below. The remainder of the
manual provides more detail about the components and systems.
Water enters a reservoir through the float valve and is gravity fed into the evaporator barrel
through an opening in the bottom of the barrel. Water fills the evaporator to the same level
as the water in the reservoir. A float valve, which stops the flow of water into the reservoir
when the reservoir becomes full, maintains this water level.
When the ON/OFF switch is turned on or when the bin control closes, the auger motor
energizes. The compressor is delayed for 2 to 4 minutes. After the compressor delay period,
the condenser fan motor (air cooled machines only) and compressor start and the
temperature of the evaporator barrel drops. The water in the evaporator freezes to the inner
walls of the evaporator
barrel.
A belt driven gear reducer
continuously turns the
auger inside the
evaporator. As the auger
turns, it pushes the ice
upward and forces it out of
the top of the barrel,
through the delivery chute,
and into the storage bin.
As ice is pushed out
through to top of the
evaporator, make-up
water enters the bottom of
the evaporator.
Evaporator
Gear Reducer
Float
V-Belt
Auger Motor