Mechanical Operation - Scotsman FDE474 User Manual

Mechanical Operation

General:
The FDE474 makes, stores and dispenses ice. It
also dispenses water. The ice making portion of
the machine produces flaked ice at about 32
The ice falls thru a chute into the dispensing bin.
Above the cylindrical bin is a dispense drive motor
and electric eyes. The drive motor is connected to
an ice vane in the bin. When the user pushes in
the glass filler lever, the dispense drive motor
rotates the vane and the ice. There is a slot in the
base of the bin, located just above the vend spout
and glass filler lever. When the ice moves over that
slot, some of the ice on the bottom of the bin falls
thru the slot, into the chute and fills the container.
ON/OFF Control:
Flaked ice is produced by the ice maker until ice
builds up between the electric eyes. When the
electric eyes can no longer "see" each other, they
send a signal to the control board to shut the
machine off. The refrigeration compressor stops
but the auger drive motor will continue to operate
for about 2 minutes to clear the evaporator of ice.
Water Control:
Because water is such an important requirement
for making ice, a water level sensor has been
placed in the reservoir. If the water supply to the
machine should fail, the water level sensor will
send a signal to the control board to shut down the
machine.
Refrigeration:
The refrigeration system uses a hermetic
compressor (specifically designed for R-134a),
forced draft air cooled condenser, capillary tube
and vertical flaked ice evaporator. Inside the
evaporator is a slowly rotating auger. The auger is
supported by bearings at each end, and there is a
face-type water seal above the bottom bearing.
The auger is driven by a 1/10 HP direct drive gear
reducer. The auger drive motor has a speed
operated switch on it that will keep the compressor
from operating if the auger motor is not turning at
full speed.
Water System
Water flows from the building supply to the
reservoir and to the electric solenoid valve. Water
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F. from the reservoir is used to make ice. Water the
flows thru the solenoid is dispensed.
The bin, sink and reservoir overflow all have
drains.
March 2000
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