Exam 27: Commercial Ice Machines

Ice-making machines are the same as ice-holding machines such as those seen on the outside of a convenience store or service station .

____________________-type devices are usually located in the spout.

Most package ice machines are designed to be located in ambient temperatures of ____.

Most ice makers use a hot gas harvest or defrost to melt an ice sheet off the evaporator.

Many filter manufacturers use ____ to inhibit calcium or lime scale buildup.

____ between the evaporator cells allow air entering from the edges of the ice to travel along the entire ice slab and relieve the suction force.

____ evaporators have ice cups designed to cause the ice to fall out of the cups during defrost.

Most ice flakers have a ____ that reduces the auger drive motor's speed from about 1725 rpm to 9 to 16 rpm .

For maximum efficiency, individual ice machine models have different programs called algorithms stored in their ____ .

Package ice machines store their own ice at ____ºF in a bin below the ice maker .

Making a(n) ____________________-shaped ice cube involves running water over an evaporator plate in which the copper evaporator tubing is soldered onto the plates at regular intervals .

____ are simply small computers that contain stored programs or algorithms.

Why is the gear motor assembly more prone to fail than any other part in the ice flaker ?

When using cleaning and sanitizing chemicals, it is unnecessary to wear protective clothing and eyewear .

____________________ sense the buildup of ice by infrared technology. This control allows the ice machine to shut down before the ice chokes the spout opening.