Hi Dale. I'm probably not remembering the dimensions correctly. It's probably the same brand. I don't remember what the brand name was of the one I looked at. That rather complex process sounds like something that would have been patented.
Regards. Max. K 4 O D S. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale Leavens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 11:17 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] clear ice > Max, > > I have a Scotsman ice maker in my basement which hasn't been connected for > about 18 years left over from my clinic which works exactly as you > describe Max. There is an adjustment for thickness but mine makes cubes > about inch and a half square by from half inch to maybe an inch thick > according to how the adjustment is set. > > Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Skype DaleLeavens > Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Max Robinson > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 12:05 AM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] clear ice > > > I once got a tour of a restaurant's ice maker. There was a large, about 3 > by 3 feet, sheet of stainless steel. It was at about a 45 degree angle > inside the cabinet. It was the surface of the evaporator. water was > pumped > over it continuously. The water froze forming a sheet of ice on the > surface > of the plate. It gradually got thicker and thicker and when it was thick > enough a sensor triggered the following actions. The compressor stopped > and > a heater warmed the plate. The sheet of ice slid off onto a series of > wires running in the direction the ice sheet slid. These had some > electric > current flowing through them and quickly cut through the sheet cutting it > into long square rods of ice. These then fell onto a second set of wires > running in the other direction. This cut the rods into little cubes of > ice > which then fell into the holding box from which the restaurant workers > could > scoop out as much ice as they needed at the moment. Because the water > flowed continuously there was very little dissolved air which is mainly > what > makes ice cloudy. The cubes were about a half by a quarter by a quarter > inch. Technically not really cubes. > > Regards. > > Max. K 4 O D S. > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net > Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net > Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com > > To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "tunecollector" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 5:50 PM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] clear ice > > > Not that I can tell now but I wondered how restaurants and bars get > their > > ice so clear while the cubes out of my freezer are so cloudy. I had > > tried > > various experiments to obtain clear ice cubes but, alas, no luck. 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