Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Ice Maker Service Warning #1

Never, ever use anything to pry ice off of the evaporator!

If your ice machine is having trouble harvesting and you must remove the ice to diagnose, use warm water.  In most cases you should simply shut the machine down and wait for the ice to melt off.

To properly diagnose a Manitowoc ice maker it is important to monitor each individual cycle.  Depending on the time the ice machine takes to freeze and whether or not the harvest cycle is initiated is very important.  But remember, never force the ice off ocf the evaporator or you may damage the freezing plates.  If the plates become scratched or damaged the ice maker may never harvest properly.

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Manitowoc Wins Overall Best In Class Award

Manitowoc Ice won the Overall Best In Class award from the Foodservice Equipment & Supplies Magazine.  The award was based on the ice makers ability to adapt to current industry environments and reliability.  This is the 11th year in a row that Manitowoc Ice has taken the Overall Best In Class award.

The Manitowoc I Series ice machine was released in 2011, rolling out updated S Series throughout the year.  In March of 2011, the first 300lb and 400lb cubers were coming into local distributors and now, almost every Manitowoc ice maker is updated to the I Series model.  Currently, only the largest 48" ice makers remain in the previous S Model and are expected to be updated sometime in the 1st quarter of 2012.

Manitowoc I Series ice machines boast a number of updates to improve efficiency and reliability.  The Manitowoc control board has been updated to add new features like logging error codes, running in fail safe mode, and remote diagnosing.  In addition, features like a new ice thickness probe, that utilize sonar technology instead of continuity, set the I Series apart from it's predecessors.

2012 promises to be another successful year for the Manitowoc company and for Manitowoc Ice brand ice makers.  Look to IceMakerPartsShop.com for Manitowoc parts and service technician handbooks to help in repairing your ice maker.