CBFI designed, produced and installed a new automated edible ice plant with a capacity of 160 tons for European customers, and the first phase of the project is a 150-ton ice tube machine and automatic supporting equipment, including 4 sets of 30 ton ice tubes, a set of hoist equipment, an ice screening device, a drying system and two sets of automatic balers. The second phase of the project is two sets of 20-ton solid flat tube ice machines.
Customer background introduction
Since the European diet is mainly based on beef and mutton, plus bacon, butter, milk, etc., the calories are higher, and the water in the tap is direct drinking water, ice cubes have become the most important part of the daily eating habits of Europeans. Whether you drink or drink, you are accustomed to adding ice cubes to enhance the taste of the drink and increase the coolness.
The ice factory customer is located in a large European country, the strength is strong, and the ice factory is jointly opened with a friend from a neighboring country, his friend is an old customer of CBFI, and the ice making equipment used in the ice factory in his country comes from CBFI.
The two shareholders see the potential and development of the European edible ice market, and the ice they sell is mainly used in restaurants, bars, high-end clubs in their own country and neighboring countries, as well as Michelin restaurants in Italy, Germany and France.
Corporate goals and demands
The customer requires that the design of the entire new ice plant should meet the design standards of the European food ice plant, and the most important thing is the quality of the machinery and equipment, believing that the quality of the machine is the lifeline of the ice factory, and there are high requirements for the stability and automation of the ice machine.
CBFI Solutions
Pain point 1
The customer has a large demand for production capacity, and needs to place 6 ice machines and other related supporting equipment, but the space is limited.
CBFI Solutions
CBFI project team has rich experience in the design of edible ice plants, and has designed ice plants with an average tonnage of more than 100 tons for customers in Poland, Spain, South Korea, France and other countries, and is very familiar with the design standards of European ice plants. According to the actual situation of the customer's site and the size of the site, the machine room is designed on the second floor, and the unit shares the cooling tower, which greatly saves space. There is a certain distance between the ice machines to facilitate access to cleaning and maintenance. And after understanding the customer's repurchase intention, there is enough space to place the new equipment.
Pain point 2
The customer repeatedly asked about the quality of CBFI's equipment, and compared the ice tube ice machine equipment of the CBFI with the equipment of ABR and VOGT.
CBFI Solutions
CBFI tube ice machine started in 2010, with 8 years of R & D and production experience, its team has the ability of SE ice plant construction design, construction organization, production, training, after-sales one-stop service.
1. Has a number of national patent technologies: tubular transparent solid ice technology, flooded tube ice technology, uniform ice cutting technology, double knife rotation controllable flat cutting technology. The unique solid tube ice technology and flat tube ice technology are at the world's leading level.
2. Adopt 3D modeling assembly method, and strictly implement 6S quality management standards in production. The assembly process of all products is uniform, and the difference in performance and appearance is ≤5%.
3. Compact structure, the equipment occupies 15% of the cost compared with peer products; The energy consumption is about 70KW (under standard working conditions), which is lower than the energy consumption of peer equipment.
4. The evaporator adopts special alloy materials combined with unique heat treatment processing technology, so that the evaporator has the best thermal conductivity; Its large rounded corners are over-designed so that the equipment can be cleaned without dead ends.
CBFI solid cut flat tube ice machine has the following characteristics:
1. Patented cutting technology to ensure flat cutting, sawing rate of more than 95%.
2. Anti-rust, corrosion-resistant, durable cutting blade, using SUS440C (scalpel grade material)
3. Patented refrigeration technology to eliminate all problems caused by load changes and ensure the stable operation of the entire refrigeration system.
4. Exclusive ice water control system to ensure that the ice fixation rate is above 98%.
Pain point 3
The customer pointed out that the local labor cost was high, and the whole set of equipment could be automated to save operating costs.
CBFI Solutions
CBFI has a dedicated team of electrical engineers who are responsible for integrated automation control. When the ice in the ice storage bucket is full, a signal is released, the ice tube ice machine stops operating, the ice in the ice storage bucket is transported to the packaging line, and the baler automatically packs the finished ice cubes. The whole process does not require manual operation, which also ensures the cleanliness and hygiene of the ice.
Pain point 4
During market research, the customer found that the ice cubes of other manufacturers have adhesion, and the ice cubes stuck together have become a lump of ice, which greatly affects the appearance and quality of use. The tube ice is required to be dry and non-sticky.
CBFI Solutions
CBFI has designed a special ice drying room for customers to ensure that the ice cubes dry and do not stick. On the one hand, the ice cubes are separated by the shaking action of the vibrating conveyor; On the other hand, the water on the surface of the ice cube is quickly lyophilized by means of an air cooler above.
Pain point 5
The customer requested that the SGS organization enter the factory to inspect the equipment before shipment.
CBFI Solutions
"True gold is not afraid of fire refining"! CBFI gladly agreed to the customer's request, after the inspection by CBFI quality control department, the SGS organization came to the door to test again, the test result was that all ice machines and supporting equipment fully met the quality requirements, and finally successfully shipped and arrived at the customer's site.
SGS
SGS is short for Societe Generale de Surveillance S.A., which translates to "General Notary Firm".
Founded in 1878, it is the world's largest and oldest private third-party multinational company engaged in product quality control and technical appraisal. Headquartered in Geneva, it has more than 1,800 branches and specialized laboratories and more than 59,000 professional technicians around the world, carrying out product quality inspection, monitoring and assurance activities in 142 countries.
Enterprise effect feedback
Customer feedback is that the current equipment operation is very stable, the ice is smooth, the ice is of excellent quality, and a good reputation has been formed in the local edible ice market, especially in the case of global high temperature this year, the high temperature in Europe continues, and the sale of ice cubes is very tight. Due to the stable operation of the customer's ice plant equipment, the company has also successfully entered the edible ice market in neighboring countries.
The two sets of 20-ton solid flat tube ice machines repurchased by the customer have also been produced and will be shipped next week.
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