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Ice Flakers

Howe Corporation manufactures a line of flake ice machines ranging in size from 1,000 pounds per day up through 40,000 pounds per day. This line of ice machines was specifically designed for food cooling applications. Our flakers are available as a split system configuration, (ice flaker & matching condensing unit) as well as remote low sides, (to be connected to your refrigeration system).

All models can be designed to operate on R-404A or R-22, and remote low side (RL) models are also available for operating with AMMONIA or Secondary coolants like CO2, Glycol or Pekosal.

Remote low side 1000, 2000 & 3000 (RLE) are built with an attractive heavy duty enclosure for in store applications. (FREON MODELS ONLY)

The Howe ice flaker consists of a stationary vertical freezing drum. An electric water pump is used to re-circulate and distribute the water over the inside surface of the drum. An ice blade attached to a rotating shaft scores and wedges the ice off the drum without actually touching the drum itself. The ice drops into a storage bin below while excess water is re-circulated over the freezing drum. the ice is sub cooled so when harvested, the ice temperature is 22° F

FEATURE	BENEFIT
All welded one piece cylindrical stationary vertical evaporator	Requires no refrigeration seals. Permits the greatest amount of ice making surface.
Open style evaporator	Allows ice to be harvested by gravity, reducing stress on bearings and gearboxes to extend operating life.
Only one moving evaporator part	Simple design drastically reduces service costs and down time.
25 year evaporator warranty	Longest flake ice machine warranty in the industry.
Investment cast stainless steel ice harvesting blade	Holds precision tight tolerances and sharpness. Extremely long service life.
Oversized diameter shaft bearings	Results in trouble-free, long lasting operation.
High efficiency	Most energy efficient flaker in the industry. Converts 100% of water to super cold, dry, sub cooled flake ice.
Water squeegee	Wipes ice surface of water to assure that only dry ice is harvested.
Flexibility	Rapid Freeze Flakers are available in a variety of refrigerants, electrical options, condenser configurations, applications and the ability to make ice from freshwater or seawater.
Direct drive motor	Eliminates linkage problems in chain and belt drive systems.

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