Recom Ice Systems will be introducing its first flake ice machine at Seafood Processing Global (formerly Seafood Processing Europe) in Brussels in May this year.
The F50AS-5 flake ice machine will be certified to Pressure Equipment Directive (PED) 97/23/EC, a European directive on the safety of pressure vessels and pressure equipment.
Recom ice machines are made for commercial and industrial applications and have been designed to produce clean and fresh flake ice in a trouble free manner.
The flake ice produced by Recom machines is sub-cooled to -5°C/-6°C. Due to the high amount of energy accumulation, the company says that the ice will last much longer than some other types of ice used for preserving fish. In addition the shape of flake ice offers a large surface area whereby the product is cooled rapidly.
The ice can be adjusted in various ways. The thickness can be adjusted between 1.8mm and 2.2mm. The firmness of the ice can be adjusted by adding salt to the water. To facilitate this, a special salt mixing pump and reservoir are a standard part of the delivery.
However it is not necessary to add salt into the fresh water to produce ice - Recom says its machines are manufactured to produce ice without salt.
