Ice Block Making Machine

An icemaker, ice generator, or ice machine may refer to either a consumer device for making ice, found inside a home freezer; a stand-alone appliance for making ice, or an industrial machine for making ice on a large scale. The term "ice machine" usually refers to the stand-alone appliance.Block ice is an ice type created by immersing cans filled with fresh water in a brine tank. The temperature of the brine is -10°C, which causes the water to freeze into solid blocks with a temperature of -5°C. Block ice is mostly used for (sea)food cooling.Block ice was first manufactured commercially in 1869. It is made by filling metal cans with water and lowering them into a bath of brine (usually sodium or calcium chloride) refrigerated to well below the freezing point of water.