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WATER CIRCUIT
Thewaterenterinthemachinethroughthewater
inlet fitting which incorporates a strainer and it is
located at the rear side of the cabinet and then it
goes to the water reservoir flowing through a
float valve.
NOTE.Thepresenceofthewaterinthefloat
reservoir is detected by a system of two
sensors which operates in conjunction with
the P.C. Board. The two sensors use the
waterasaconductortomaintainalowvoltage
current flow between them signalling in this
way to the P.C. Board the presence of the
waterinthereservoir.Incasethewaterused
is very soft (de-mineralized) or the float
reservoirgetsemptythecurrentflowbetween
the sensors become so weak or is no longer
maintained that, as consequence, the P.C.
Boardshutofftheflakeroperation(drivemotor
keepsonworkingby3'delaythenstops)with
the simultaneous glowing of the YELLOW
LED signalling “Shortage of water”.
Thefloatreservoiris positionedatthesideofthe
freezing cylinder at such an height to be able to
maintainaconstantwaterlevelaroundthefreezer
auger.
Infact,thewaterflowsfromthereservoirintothe
bottom inlet of the freezing cylinder to sorround
the stainless steel auger which is vertically fitted
in the center of the freezer.
Inthefreezertheincomingwatergetschilledinto
soft (slush) ice which is moved upward by the
rotating action of the auger. The stainless steel
auger that rotates counter-clockwise within the
freezer, is powered by a direct drive gear motor
andcarriestheiceupwardalongtherefrigerated
freezer inner walls and by doing so the ice gets
progressively thicker and harder.
Theice,beingcostantlyliftedup,meetthetoothed
point of the ice breaker which is fitted on the top
end of the auger, where it gets compacted,
cracked and forced to change from vertical into
PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION
ICE SPOUT
FLOAT TANK FLOAT VALVE
FREEZER
FREEZER WATER
FEED LINE
WATER INLET LINE
horizontal motion to be discharged out, through
the ice spout, into the storage bin.
By running the ice maker, i.e. by putting the unit
underpower,startstheautomaticandcontinuous
icemakingprocesswhichwouldnotstopuntilthe
ice storage bin gets filled-up to the level of the
control“eyes”locatedonthesidesoftheicespout.
As the ice level raises to interrupt the light beam
running between the two infrared Leds, the unit
stops after six seconds (compressor first and 3'
later the gear reducer), with the simulteneous
glowingoftheYELLOWLEDsignallingthe“Full
Bin” situation.
NOTE. The interruption of the light beam
betweenthetwolightsensorsisimmediately
signalled by the blinking of the BIN FULL
YELLOW LED located on the front of the
P.C. Board.
Afterabout10"ofsteadyinterruptionofthe
light beam the unit stops (drive motor keeps
on working by 3' delay then stops) and the
“Full Bin” YELLOW LED glows steady.
The ten seconds of delay prevent the unit
from stopping for any undue reason like the
momentarily interruption of the light beam
causedbytheflakesthatslidesalongthe ice
spout before dropping into the bin.
As some ice gets scooped out from the storage
bin, the light beam between the two sensors
resumes(fastblinkingof YELLOWLED)andten
seconds later the ice machine restarts the ice
making process - going always through the 3'
stand by - and the YELLOW LED goes off.
REFRIGERANT CIRCUIT
The hot gas refrigerant discharged out from the
compressorreachesthecondenserwhere,being
cooled down, condenses into liquid.
Flowing into the liquid line it passes through the
drier filter, then it goes all the way through the
capillarytubewhereitloosessomeofitspressure
sothatitspressureandtemperaturearelowered.
Next, the refrigerant enters into the evaporator
coil wrapped around the freezer inner tube.
The water being constantly fed at the interior of
the freezer inner tube, exchange heat with the
refrigerant circulating into the evaporator coil,
thiscausetherefrigeranttoboil-offandevapora-
te, thereby it changes from liquid into vapor.
The vapor refrigerant then passes through the
suctionaccumulatorandthroughthesuctionline
where the refrigerant exchanges heat with the
oneflowingintothecapillarytube(warmer)before
beingsuckedintothecompressortoberecirculated.
The refrigerant heat pressure is kept between
twopre-set values 17÷18 bar - 245÷260 psig by
thecondenser temperature sensorwhich has its
probe located within the condenser fins - in air
cooled versions.
This condenser temperature sensor, when
senses a rising of the condenser temperature
beyond the pre-fixed limit, changes its electrical
resistance and send a low voltage power flow to