Dry Versus Wet Ice Production

Modern Ice Equipment & Supply

Many factors go into the decisions behind building an ice plant as one design concept doesn’t fit every plant. This post will explore the difference between Vogt Tube Ice wet product and the Vogt Fragmented (Turbo) Ice dry product. The Modern Ice Engineering and Sales Team can help you with some of the key questions you may face in the decision making process.

Modern Ice offers ice makers which can produce dry or wet ice and equipment to condition wet ice into a drier product. Handling, storage, and packaging are all impacted by the wetness of the ice you produce. Here are some things to consider:

Fragmented Ice & Dried Tube Ice	Wet Tube Ice
Pros	Pros
Fragmented ice is ideal for on-demand type operation	Wet tube ice is ideal for smaller, manual operations with lower capital
Flows better through handling, packaging, and storage equipment reducing maintenance	Lower capital cost requiring no drying mechanism and lower operating cost (versus drying tube ice – not applicable to fragmented ice as it does not require drying)
Requires no ‘cure time’ in freezer and can go directly to distribution	Tube ice is available in three specific sizes and is more uniform in the bag
Less snow in bag creates a higher quality product for end users
Product remains loose in bag instead of freezing together
Fragmented ice requires less volume per pound reducing bag costs
Cons	Cons
Requires more upfront capital when utilizing tube ice makers as drying equipment would be required (not applicable to fragmented ice as it does not require drying)	Requires product to ‘cure’ in freezer before distribution
Fragmented ice makers utilize more electricity than tube ice makers	Wet product flows less freely through handling, packaging, and storage equipment causing increased maintenance

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