25-Ton Tube Ice Machine Project in Changzhou Enters Assembly Stage for Reactor Cooling

ICEMA is currently manufacturing a 25-ton/day tube ice machine system for a customer in Xinbei District, Changzhou, China .

The equipment will be installed on the customer’s new production line and will supply tube ice for reactor cooling during batch production .

Unlike common tube ice applications such as food service or commercial ice sales, this project is mainly focused on matching ice production with the customer’s actual production cycle.

The customer needs to add approximately 3–4 tons of tube ice every four hours . For this reason, the project is not limited to the selection of a 25-ton/day ice machine. The system also includes customized arrangements for equipment layout, electrical control, ice storage, and remote operation according to the actual site conditions.

25-Ton Daily Capacity Matches Batch Cooling Demand

The tube ice machine will mainly be used to provide ice for reactor cooling during production.

Based on the customer’s existing production volume and operating schedule, ice is not consumed continuously at a constant rate. Instead, the customer needs to use 3–4 tons of ice at intervals of approximately four hours .

The required machine capacity was therefore determined as 25 tons per 24 hours .

Pro hoc genere applicationis industrialis, productio glaciei diei est tantum una pars electionis apparatus. Totum systema etiam considerare debet quantitatem glaciei necessariam pro singulis partibus, tempus productionis disponibile inter partes, capacitatem depositi glaciei, et modum quo glacies effundetur et utetur.

Haec omnia facta simul determinant quomodo totum systema glaciarii configurandum sit.

diameter 34 mm et longitudo 7–8 cm pro processo refrigerationis reali

Dimensiones glaciei tubularis requiruntur pro hoc projecto:

· Diameter tubi: 34mm

· Longitudo tubi: 7–8 cm

Custos specifice elegit glaciam tubularem relativiter longam propter processum refrigerationis realem.

Glacies tubularis longitudinis 7–8 cm praebet meliorem resistentiam ad fusionem , allowing the ice to remain effective for a longer period during storage and after it is added to the reactor.

Rather than simply pursuing smaller ice pieces for faster heat exchange, this project places more emphasis on maintaining cooling performance during the actual process. The ice dimensions are therefore an important part of the equipment specification.

-10°C Cold Room Bridges Continuous Ice Production and Batch Ice Use

The operating cycle of the tube ice machine is different from the customer’s actual ice consumption pattern.

Under normal operation, the machine completes one ice discharge cycle approximately omnibus triginta minutis , which means ice is produced continuously in batches. However, the customer needs to use several tons of ice at specific production times.

To bridge this difference, the project includes a cold room measuring:

4 × 2.4 × 2.6 m, with a design temperature of -10°C.

Camera frigida praecipue ad temporarium glaciei tubularis depositum utitur. Hoc machinam glaciei permittit ut secundum normalem suum productionis cyclum operetur, dum cliens glaciem sufficientem ad refrigerationem reactoris programmatam accumulat. Specialis glaciei canalis in camera frigida installabitur et directe ad effluentem glaciei machinae tubularis coniungetur , ut glacies cum paucioribus intermedii manutentionis gradibus in spatium depositi ingrediatur.

Camera frigida non includit separatam unitatem compressoris, quia cliens iam habet in loco refrigerationis fontem disponibilem. Ergo, ambitus suppeditatus praecipue comprehendit tabulas camerae frigidae, aeris refrigeratorem, systema controlis et componentes depositi conexos, qui ad praesentem refrigerationis fontem clientis coniungentur. Huiusmodi dispositio in proiectis industrialibus communis est, ubi nova instrumenta cum praesenti infrastructura integranda sunt potius quam ut systema prorsus independentis suppeditentur.

Dispositio Bipartita Ad Structuram Fabricae Adaptata

Praeter exigentias de glacie facienda et servanda, dispositio fabricae etiam directe influent in conceptionem systematis.

Est una differentia altitudinis inter diversas regiones loci , dum camera electrica specialis in secundo aedificii piano sita est. Propter hoc, cliens postulavit configurationem divisi typi .

Unitas refrigerationis et componentes operationis locales in area apparatus collocabuntur, dum arca principalis controlis electrici separatim in camera electrica secundi aedificii piani ponetur.

Exigentiae technicae etiam specificant:

· Arca controlis ex accipitro inox 304;

· Gradus protectionis electricae ad minimum IP65;

· Porta protectiva extra schermum tactilis;

· Pulsatoris urgentis cum tegmine protectivo;

· Designum impervium ad cistulam controllem localem.

Haec requisita intendunt systema electricum ad aptandum ad veram dispositionem fabricae et ad ambientes operationis.

Coniunctio RS485 ad DCS pro Initio Remoto

Clemera iam habet systema controlis fabricae praesens; ideo machina glaciei tubularis 25 tonorum etiam communicare debet cum DCS clemerae.

Systema utitur Siemens PLC et includit RS485 communicationis ad coniunctionem cum DCS.

Requisitum principale clemerae est ut efficiatur initium remotum machinae glaciei tubularis .

Hoc permittit operatoribus ut systema glaciei incipiant ab exsistenti plataforma controlis secundum programmata productionis, non autem ut ad machinam singulis vicibus eant.

Un touchscreen est aussi fourni pour l’opération et le contrôle locaux. Le système électrique utilise des composants LS, tandis que les moteurs doivent satisfaire aux exigences d’efficacité énergétique de classe 1 selon la spécification du projet.

Système refroidi à l’eau avec frigorigène R404A

Le projet utilise un système de condensation refroidi à l’eau cum Frigorigène R404A .

Les principaux composants frigorifiques comprennent un compresseur Hanbell provenant de Taïwan, un évaporateur ICEMA, un condenseur, une tour de refroidissement, des pompes à eau, un séparateur d’huile, un séparateur gaz-liquide, un réservoir de stockage et d’autres composants frigorifiques. Pour un projet industriel de glace tubulaire d’une capacité de 25 tonnes par jour, la machine doit non seulement produire de la glace en continu, mais aussi fonctionner en synergie avec le système d’eau de refroidissement du site, le système électrique, la chambre froide et le système de contrôle de production.

Pour cette raison, la machine à glace tubulaire a été conçue comme une partie intégrante de la nouvelle chaîne de production du client, et non comme un équipement isolé.

Des broyeurs à glace à une nouvelle chaîne de production de glace tubulaire

Hoc est secunda cooperatio clientis cum ICEMA.

Anno 2025, cliens emit duos frangitores glaciei , quorum quaelibet capacitas elaborationis est fere 8–9 tonnae per horam . Apparatus bene functus est in operatione reali et praebuit fundamentum pro ulteriore cooperatione.

Cum aedificatione novae lineae productionis, cliens nunc emit systema glaciei tubularis ad 25 tonnas/diem ut praebet subministrationem glaciei per partus ad refrigerationem reactoris.

Comparato cum praecedenti emptione apparatus frangendi glaciei isolati, hoc opus amplectitur latiorem functionum amplitudinem, inter quas productio glaciei, depositio glaciei, controllo electrico, et integratio cum systematibus fabrilibus iam existentibus clientis .

Opus nunc in statu saldationis et compositionis evaporatoris

Nunc, principales componentes pro machina glaciei tubularis de 25 tonellis advenere.

Projectum nunc in statu est solderationis evaporatoris et aggregationis totius apparatus . Installatio systematis refrigerationis, aggregationis electricae, et integrationis aliorum componentium subsequetur.

Quia machina postea in loco clientis installabitur, projectum etiam requirit personalem installationis habere necessarias qualificatones pro operationibus ut solderatio et opus in altitudine . ICEMA systema secundum conditiones loci continuabit fabricare et parare ad subsequentia statua, inter quae installatio apparatus, connexio camerae frigidae, et integratio DCS.