Benefits and classification of a commercial ice machine...

A consumer device which produces ice is an ice machine and is also known as an ice maker. These machines can be different in appearance; it can be like a stand-alone device, a bulky machine or just a tray inside the freezer at your home. However, an ice maker used at places like hotels, restaurants, clubs, hospitals and schools is called a commercial ice machine.

There are many benefits of buying a commercial ice machine; let’s discuss the various benefits of a commercial ice machine.

•   A commercial Ice maker saves a lot of time, money and space. For a business or industry where ice is needed massively and buying that quantity of ice on a daily basis can be extremely costly, a commercial ice machine comes handy. One can produce exactly as much ice as they need and also they can be rest assured that ice will not be wasted in the form of stored ice which loses shape before use.

•  A recently produced ice is better than stored and shipped ice. With fresh ice cubes, customers will be extra satisfied with the service a restaurant or hotel is giving to them; after all a beverage without ice is not pleasant to offer.

•  Convenient, compact and customized; in a restaurant, customers ask or different forms of ice. Some customers want the classical ice-cubes, where as some wants differently shaped ices. If you are transporting ice from another place, this may not be a possibility to fulfill such demands. With your own Commercial ice machine, you can offer different shapes and sizes to the customer. Different kinds of beverages ask for different kinds of ice so as to give it a perfect taste, a commercial ice maker helps you achieve that taste.

There are many types of ice makers, commonly there are 4 types that we know of:

•     Portable ice machine
•       Freezer
•       Built in/free standing ice machine
•       Industrial ice machine

They are the smallest ice machines; it recycles the water to produce more quantity of ice. A built in/free standing ice machine is also known as the under counter ice machine. It is designed in a way that it will fit under a kitchen counter or a bar. An industrial/commercial ice machine is the most advanced form of ice makers. It produces high quality ice with moving water. Ice produced in these machines is virtually clear and soft; it is also able to produces ice in shapes of flakes, cubes, octagon, tube and crushed.