Movable Ice Plants for Multiple Projects

North Star has the answer for customers who need turn-key ice plants that are easy to install and can be moved from place to place – a popular North Star ice system installed in 40-foot cargo containers. These pre-assembled ice plants are easily transportable by truck or rail, making them particularly useful for operations in remote locations, or those that need to move ice making facilities from one project site to another.

Each ice plant combines a factory piped and wired North Star packaged ice making unit and an automatic ice rake installed in separate containers. When the containers are combined, the ice maker drops the ice directly into the storage bin with the rake. The rake levels the ice in the container as it is made, using all available storage volume, and discharges it automatically when it is needed.

North Star container ice plants are available in a number of configurations, and can also be configured for either screw conveyor or pneumatic delivery systems.

PRODUCT FEATURES

• Factory assembled modules with fully installed systems.
• Easily transportable.
• Simple installation - just stack, connect electrical and hoist cables, and power and water supply.
• Wide range of ice making capacities.
• Heavy duty equipment for industrial applications.
• Fully automatic ice making and delivery.
• Screw conveyor or pneumatic delivery systems.
• CE compliant.

CONFIGURATION OPTIONS

One Container System

For the greatest ice making capacity, our one-container ice plant combines a North Star Model 60 or Model 90 ice maker package with a North Star rectangular rake. The rake is fitted into a 40-foot high cube refrigerated container, which can store up to 22 tons (20 MT) of ice and distribute it automatically on demand. The ice maker packages are installed above the rake container on customer-supplied supports with an appropriate enclosure. The package units can produce 35 to 50 tons (31 to 45 MT) of ice per day depending on the model. Screw conveying systems can also be added to this configuration.

Two-Container System

Our simplest ice plant teams a Model 40 (or smaller) packaged North Star ice maker, with a capacity of 20 tons (18 MT) per day, and a North Star rectangular ice rake. The ice maker package and the rake are each housed in separate 40-foot high-cube containers. In the field, the ice maker container is mounted on top of the rake container. This system can be configured with a screw conveying system to a day tank or other use points.

Three-Container System

When pneumatic delivery of ice is required, North Star offers two options. The pneumatic system can be shipped loose for installation in the field, or it can be installed in a standard 40-foot refrigerated container that has two compartments – one refrigerated and one at ambient temperature. The feed screw and conveying valve are located in the refrigerated section, and the blower and air chiller in the ambient section. The ice rake and ice maker modules are field-mounted above this container.

STANDARD FEATURES

North Star container ice systems can be configured to meet your requirements. The most common components for each container are listed below. Please contact North Star for other options.

ICE MAKER CONTAINER

• New 40-foot high cube container with access door and floor, interior lighting, openings for ice drop, rake hoist cables and electrical cables.
• North Star flake ice maker (Model 40 or smaller. For larger ice makers refer to one container systems).
• Refrigeration package (all components factory piped, wired, insulated and painted)
• Ice rake hoist assembly
• Electrical control panel to automatically control the compressor, ice maker, ice rake and hoist, discharge screw, bin door, slide gate, external screw conveyor and/or pneumatic ice delivery system.

STORAGE CONTAINER

• New 40-foot high cube insulated container with refrigeration unit; interior lighting; insulated door and openings to receive ice rake hoist cables, and electrical cables; and ice discharge outlet with slide gate.
• Hot-dip galvanized steel frame and bin liners.
• North Star rectangular ice rake.
• Motorized bin door.
• Discharge screw conveyor.

PNEUMATIC DELIVERY CONTAINER

• New standard 40-foot insulated container with refrigeration unit, access door, and interior lighting. A partition wall divides the cool refrigerated side from the ambient side.
• Galvanized metering hopper with ice level control.
• Metering screw conveyor with lump breaker and drive assembly.
• Blower unit with motor.
• Air chiller with condensing unit.
• Conveying valve.
• Electrical control panels for external icing stations, line couplings, conveying lines, elbows, and diverter valves (all shipped loose for field installation).