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October 2015 Vol. 198 │ No. 11 ISSN #0034-3137

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Mary Y. Cronley Editor/Publisher refrigerationmag@gmail.com (404) 819-5446 Joe Cronley Senior Staff Writer joe@cronley.com (404) 295-5712

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A NICE SERVICE TO OFFER YOUR COMMUNITY DURING HALLOWEEN

Special effects create a Halloween market. Create some guidelines for safe dry ice use.

IPIA 98TH ANNUAL CONVENTION AND TRADESHOW Schedule shows three day event packed with education and fun.

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Must Be Present To Win There’s still time to make plans to go to Las Vegas later this month for the IPIA convention. It’s an inexpensive ticket from most parts of the country, rooms are still available at the headquarters hotel, and the registration fee is within reach. What’s not to like? Let’s look at the business we’re in. If you’re lucky enough to have minimal direct competition, you may be located in a less populated area. Your strongest competition may be the ice machine at the marina or the campground, and that’s an easy competitor to beat. If you don’t know how to sell against it, who do you have to talk with about your business? Who is going to help you get that business back when accounts drop off one by one? Unless you’re lucky enough to be in a family business, you probably didn’t have a real mentor in the packaged ice industry. Most of you will know a lawyer or two – that’s maybe the best mentored business model there is. You go to work as a junior associate, work under a partner, then if you’re good enough and tough enough to gut out the years of 60 hour weeks, you can become a partner one day. You will have learned a lot on the way. There’s nothing like that for us. We speak to people every day who have grown their packaged ice businesses from a Manitowoc and a pickup truck to a full scale plant, six trucks and a 50 mile service radius. Who helped them along as they were coming up? Who helped them make the six or seven figure decisions about plant and equipment? Who helped them come up with a pricing plan for the local Kroger, Albertsons, Publix, King Sooper or whatever your local chain is? Configure your plant wrong, and you could be leaving pennies on the table for every package. Price your product wrong because you’re eager to get that 27 store contract, and you’ll leave a few more pennies out. After a few mistakes, if you’re out a dime a package, you’re looking at the difference between a comfortable business and a big revenue company where you’re working your own 60 or more hour week in order to make as much per hour as a fast food manager. It’s not worth the trouble or the risk. This industry has awesome suppliers – companies who can help you configure a plant, set up a packaging line, maybe even introduce you to financing sources. They probably can even help you get that account. What you really need, though, are others who are in the trenches like you. Your local competitor is absolutely not looking to help you. Why not go talk to successful people from across the state, or across the country? It’s a political season, and one of the topics on the table is the “gig economy” – not just Uber but the world of freelancers who pick up a contract here, a consult there, and they make it work for them. If you have gotten any graphic arts produced or you have a part time bookkeeper, you may have hired a freelancer. It’s great for a lot of people, but some are finding that they are stranded in front of their computers at home or at a coffee shop, and they’re not interacting with people. That’s one thing an office is good for – you find out what is going on, who’s working on a new deal, what hot, what’s not. The packaged ice industry can be a little like that. You’re not working in a group of people that can tell you who’s working on what, what the new trends are, what to look out for next. The IPIA is your hookup, your water cooler chat, your staff meeting. Nobody is trying to take your job, scam on your commission, or play office politics. It’s a group of peers, of colleagues, and they are interested in your success. So get on Expedia or Kayak or whatever you use, and call the Venetian. Bring the husband or wife, it’s all pre-bottom line dollars. Just get yourself to Las Vegas, it’s the best way to help your business.

Mary Yopp Cronley

Editor, Refrigeration Magazine

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A Nice Service To O ffer Your Community During

With Labor Day marking the end of the summer, the next series of holidays are ushered right in. Beginning with Halloween, your customer base and those special events you are so good at providing for don’t have to miss a beat with your services and products. How about a spooky house for Halloween? How about providing your neighborhood subdivisions with their own ‘graveyard’ ingredients? Your imagination can take it from here. RM thanks Dry Ice Info for allowing us to borrow a few tips from their website. Dry ice, when combined with hot tap water, can produce vigorous bubbling water and voluminous flowing fog. For example, with five pounds of dry ice in four to five gallons of hot water, the greatest amount of fog will be produced in the first five to 10 minutes. There will be far less fog for the next five to 10 minutes as the water cools down and the volume of dry ice diminishes. As the water cools, the fog becomes wispier. Dry ice makes fog because of its cold temperature. When immersed in hot water, it creates a cloud of true water vapor fog. When the water gets colder than 50°F, the dry ice stops making fog, but continues to sublimate and bubble. The fog will last longer on a damp day than on a dry day. HOW TO MAKE DRY ICE FOG For each 15-minute period put five to 10 pounds of dry ice into four to eight gallons of hot water. This will make lots of fog depending upon the temperature of the water and the size of the pieces of dry ice. Hotter water will make more fog. Very hot water will add its own rising steam to the vapor cloud. If there is no steam the fog will flow down hill and in the direction of any air movement. A small fan can help control the direction. Smaller pieces of dry ice with more surface area produce a greater volume of fog and cool the water down much faster. In both cases the result is more fog for a shorter amount of time. Keep the water hot with a hot plate, electric skillet, or some other heat source to produce fog for a longer time. Otherwise when the water gets too cold it must be replaced to continue the fog effects. If the container is completely filled with water the fog will flow over the sides the best. But the dry ice sublimation will vigorously bubble the water and splash it out. Even a ¾ filled container will splash some, so place the container where spilled water will not ruin anything. The water vapor fog will also dampen the area it flows across, so be careful because after some time floors do get slippery.

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WELCOME

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The upcoming November 19–21 IPIA meeting promises critical business information, industry updates, and some fun as well. See all the events here.

On behalf of the International Packaged Ice Association, Mary and I would like to welcome you to the 98th Convention and Trade Show at this wonderful venue. The Venetian Resort and Casino will be your home for the next few days. Do take advantage of all it has to offer, especially its location on the always-open Las Vegas Blvd Strip.

This event will be chock-full of interesting and informative speakers, presentations and focus sessions, the most up-to-date products from our loyal associates in the exhibit hall and the camaraderie of your ice industry team members and colleagues. Be sure to take in all that is offered. There is always a take-away nugget! Opening day, Thursday, gets going with Chris Dunn addressing the Food Safety Modernization Act and how it will affect our packaged ice industry followed by our Annual Business Meeting. Members please be sure to attend to hear not only the Committee Reports, Financials, but Chris Lamond’s Public Affairs presentation. Awards are presented as well for the Dr. Neil Mark of Excellence Perfect PIQCS Audit Scores. Then we will be treated to Keynote Speaker, Rocky Bleier, telling us about his experiences in Vietnam, his injuries and finally of achieving his dreams of excellence, with four Super Bowl wins to his credit. Opening day will also see the Grand Opening of the Exhibit Hall with the signature cocktail contest and carving workshop. Come and see what our wonderful suppliers have brought along this year. Stay for the terrific door prizes! Friday morning will come early, started by the Roger Breisch Fun-Run Walk. While the exhibit hall is open, ladies are invited to breakfast in the President’s suite with First Lady Mary. Later, climb aboard the buses to the Reddy Ice Plant tour (which includes lunch). Following the tour’s return to the hotel, there will be more top-notch focus sessions offered. This evening wraps up with the Chairman’s poolside “Smashing 70’s” party. Get ready to hustle to the YMCA in your plaid pants and flowered shirt! On Saturday, early birds can do the fun-run walk again before the final hours of the exhibit hall. Golfers have a late morning tee-off time for the annual Mel Eads Memorial Golf Tournament at the Paiute Club, Mel’s favourite Las Vegas golf destination. If you aren’t going golfing, there is a tour to the Hoover Dam, a fascinating and spectacular feat of engineering. Saturday wraps up with the final convention event- the reception and banquet, where the gavel will officially be passed to incoming president, Tommy Sedler of Home City Ice. I urge you to come, get involved, and have a great time with your packaged ice industry colleagues, all supporting the IPIA. Remember what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas, but I would truly want you to take away lots of information for your own operation and a sense of renewal for the coming year. Mary and I look forward to welcoming you to Las Vegas and the Venetian Resort and Casino. Travel safe and we’ll see you on the Strip! 2 8 REFRIGERATION Magazine │ October 2015

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Office Repurposing Trash happens. Especially around the office. Even managing the work environment goes through trending processes. Remember the big bulky metal file cabinets that each weighed a ton? If you were lucky enough to experience a purging of old office equipment in a move or a downsize the last 20 years, chances are you got rid of these and replaced them with lighter weight versions. If not, consider placing your office printer in a drawer as shown here. Repurposing can happen in any office with any item. It just takes a little down time to think about it. Maybe it's something we can do in the off season.

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There is nothing quite as vernacular as the classic ice house. Whether you are in a tiny store front in the heart of New York City, or on a seaside stretch with the Atlantic as the backdrop, our ice history is held in our buildings. Over the next several issues, RM will be posting and publishing random photos of our visual art in architecture. There is nothing more nostalgic than the feel of our history in the bones of our buildings.

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Clockwise from top left: Sister duo, Heart, performing at the House of Blues in Las Vegas last December; Big Rig Jig sculpture by artist Mike Ross; Antler arch.

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veryone across the globe seems to have an impression of Las Vegas, whether they’ve been there or not. You’ve heard it described as a joyful venue of food and entertainment, a risqué walk on the wild side, or maybe even a place where lot of things can happen and none of them are good. Like every city, there is plenty to find off the beaten path. The hotel concierge may not mention it (he or she may not know about it). You may need a taxi ride, but you’ll get a local flavor that the newness and neon of the strip can’t give you. 14 REFRIGERATION Magazine │ October 2015

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If you were alive and old enough to listen to the radio in the 70s and 80s, you should remember the sister duo Heart. They are conveniently playing a three night stand at House of Blues on the exact dates of the IPIA convention – the 19th through 21st. The $55 tickets are general admission, so get there early so you can get front row, unlike that time you saw them in high school. Like you’d admit that anyway. One of the hottest venues in the city is called Brooklyn Bowl. It’s not an outdoor amphitheater like the Hollywood Bowl. This one is an actual bowling alley. Well, half of it is bowling. The other is a 3,000 seat music venue. The only show confirmed at press time is Yellowcard and New Found Glory on Saturday, a multi-award-winning lineup that you won’t hear on your daughter’s favorite station. This venue may book the other nights, and they attract good talent. If you can wait until Tuesday, they have Public Image Ltd., John Lydon’s band. Formerly known as Johnny Rotten. That one. The only sign of country music at Las Vegas Country Saloon, on Fremont Street in Downtown Las Vegas, is on their sign. Actually, they changed it to LVCS. This place books hard rock, metal, electronic – it’s more anticountry. Their Halloween lineup includes Freakshow Wrestling Halloween Death Party. They haven’t posted their bookings for late November yet, but check their website. You can assume it’s not Celine Dion or Heart.

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Tex-Mex: You’re in the American southwest. Don’t look for lobster rolls or French continental. Phat Phrank’s earns 4 ½ stars on Yelp and is a heavy favorite of people who actually live in the city. Topping it off, it’s cheap. Spend $25 on a plate of fish tacos if you want, just know that it is absolutely unnecessary. You’ll probably meet better characters, too. It’s near the airport, so maybe save it for your trip to head home. Just remember they’re open 7 – 7, so don’t go for a late dinner. Barbecue: Billy’s BBQ offers a pretty standard fare for this kind of place – brisket, pulled pork, ribs, chicken. Again, locals seem to like it. What is attractive is that they offer sides that, outside the South, are called soul food: okra, turnip and collard greens. Probably good cornbread too, but that wasn’t mentioned. On the southwest side of the LV perimeter highway. Heads up: no alcohol. Asian Fusion: You’re in Las Vegas, and there’s probably an Asian fusion joint at every hotel. There may not be ethnic neighborhoods in Vegas, but not far from the strip you can find KoMex Fusion. Authentic kim chi burritos and under $10 teriyaki mean that unlike that place in your restaurant lobby, it’s cheap. Also no alcohol.

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It’s been to all the cool festivals: Coachella, Burning Man, and English artist Banksy’s UK based “Dismaland,” billed as the opposite of Disneyland. It’s a massive sculpture made out of two actual tanker trucks by American artist Mike Ross, and it’s going to be permanently installed on Fremont Street. It’s a big logistical deal, so they’re not sure they can get it done by the end of the year. If it’s not there, there are plenty of other installations.

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I am an ‘off-the-beaten-path’ kind of traveler. Besides, I don’t gamble, but I’m not going to miss the IPIA Convention in Vegas, so I looked around for some things that I may like to see while I’m off the convention floor.

Desert Denizens These folk art denizens can be found along Highway 488 watching tourists go from Baker, Nevada to Great Basin National Park. Check both sides of the road.

Permanent Wave Art Gallery Baker is site of a unique open air art gallery. Dubbed the "Permanent Wave" by its initial creator, according to a plaque mounted in the middle of town, "Doc" began by filling a rubber glove with plaster and capping a fence post with it. To this "Permanent Wave" has been added many other exhibits including: The Alien Ranger, The 1918 Essex with Power Steering, The Footfall player, Sunglass Stabile, A C-D Character, The Tired Eye, The Par 3, and many others. The majority of the displays are on State Road 488, enroute to the Lehman Caves (no known relation) in the Great Basin National Park. Also check out the car parts T-Rex on Mainstreet in Baker.

Scrap Metal Dinosaur and Machine Gunner Two metal sculptures: One of a man behind a machine gun, pointed at the other, which appears to be a small T-Rex dinosaur. On the right side of the main road driving into town going northwest.

Antler Art Massive ranch gate made of elk antlers. Hwy 50 between Ely and Baker. The entryway to "Horns-A-Plenty Antler Art," which makes light fixtures from antlers and old wagon wheels. There is more to Vegas than you would think, and I hope this gets you thinking about finding something unique to take home with you. It might save you some money.

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Ice Plant Feature

The Ice Man of Orlando and Jacksonville

Another WINNER in the industry David Bryant grew up in Plant City, Fla., racing Suzuki motocross and playing defensive end in football. RM asked Mr. Bryant if he ever got really hurt while motocrossing. “I got hurt so many times it would fill the pages of your magazine a few times,” he chuckled.

Top to Bottom: The Ice Man’s primary location in Jacksonville; Loading in at the cold room; Common area for machinery & primary Vogt Tube-Ice machines.

Obviously not averse to pain or risk, it stands to reason that going into the ice business would be a good fit for him. Before The Ice Man, Mr. Bryant started an air conditioning business, working for a local distributorship out of Tampa. Calling on restaurants in the equipment business, Mr. Bryant would be asked over and over again by his customer base, “Do you sell ice?” “It was obvious that nobody in Jacksonville was selling ice after 5:00 at night,” he said. After five years he moved to Gainesville, Fla., met his wife, and also his future business partner, Pete Wood. He and Pete started their ice business 27 years ago with a 1000 lb. Ice-O-Matic ice machine, selling to restaurants under the company name of Jax Ice.

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Three years into it, they changed the name to The Ice Man, “Because every time we walked into one of our establishments, they’d say, ‘the ice man is here!’, he said.” In the beginning, it was just David Bryant. He’d do everything – fill the machines, make deliveries, then rush back to the business to empty the machines so they’d not fill up and shut off. David Moncrief soon joined him in the business and helped him with bagging and deliveries. Then Mike Davis came on board, followed by Ray Chancey and Sherri Ash. These four employees have been with The Ice Man for 20 or more years. David's wife, Kathy, joined him about five years into the business and together along with Pete, they built the business to where it is today. “A lot of very long days and nights but very well worth it,” says David Bryant. The Ice Man officially started in 1989 and is a full service operator and supplier with several Vogt’s, three

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David Bryant was President of the SIE for two straight years and he currently sits on its board. He is also a member of the board of the IPIA and has been on a number of committees, including current Chairman of the Plant Operation Committee for the past two years. For more information, contact David Bryant at The Ice Man at 904-384-2013 or visit theicemanfl.com.

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Company Profile Hamer’s 60+ employees manufacture palletizing, filling, and bagging equipment in a 70,000-sq.-ft. plant in Plymouth, MN.

Offering automated industrial bagging solutions with no fuss

nnovation and complexity aren’t necessarily synonymous. That distinction is one that can be missed easily in terms of product development – especially when automation comes into play. Successful companies know how to make improvements without necessarily reinventing the wheel or adding layers of difficulty to something that isn’t broken. This has been a guiding principle of Plymouth, Minn.-based Hamer, LLC, a manufacturer of packaging equipment specializing in automated bagging systems, fillers, sealers, and robotic palletizers. While Hamer is in the business of automation, it does not sell products that are so complicated that it takes a mechanical engineer to operate them. “We call it ‘practical innovation,’ because what we try to do is not add a lot of complex, technological bells and whistles,” explains President Dan Brown. “Our equipment is manufactured and designed to be very simple to run, simple to operate, and simple to keep running.

So while we bring innovation – like in our filling equipment, where we’re adding speed and accuracy – we didn’t do that by adding a lot of complexity. We kept the application of the technology very simple,” he says.

80 Years of Innovation

This philosophy of simplicity, as well as listening to customers and providing them with technical solutions that their businesses require, is the reason Hamer has been in the business for eight decades and continues to grow. “That’s one of the drivers for our success,” says Brown. “The Hamer product is very robustly built, and it’s extremely simple to keep running – and that’s really key,” he notes. Brown points out that many of their customers don’t have complex preventive maintenance programs in place and rely on operations or maintenance staff to take care of the equipment. “It’s got to be simple, so they can keep it running,” he says.

Launched in 1927, Hamer got its start when the founder of the company’s namesake came up with a method to automate the closure of large bags of flour using a hog ring wire tie. Known as the Hamer ring bag closer, this became the company’s very first product and provided a durable, cost-effective bag closing system for the flour milling industry. Hamer remained fairly small for nearly 60 years following its launch, according to Brown, and it wasn’t until the early 1980s that the company began to experience significant growth as it entered the bagging automation market. Today, Hamer offers a wide variety of industrial packaging equipment to meet virtually any plant requirement – from standalone bag top closers to gross weigh bagging scales to manual bag palletizing conveyors. For fullyautomated bagging systems, the company produces some of the most advanced, robust, and productive turnkey systems in the industry. Hamer boasts thousands of installations running hundreds of different materials, giving it unparalleled field experience in the industry, which serves as the basis for all project and product design improvements.

“Fast manufacture, innovative value-added designs, and stringent quality assurance – that is the Hamer ethic.” -Dan Brown, president, Hamer, LLC Recently, Hamer was acquired from its holding company, Hanover Partners and Tuckerman Capital by Duravant, a Downers Grove, Ill.-based global engineered equipment manufacturer serving the food processing, packaging, and material handling sectors. The purchase expands Duravant’s packaging platform and strengthens October 2015 │ REFRIGERATION Magazine 23

its engineering, design, and service expertise in bag management and system solutions according to a company press release. “It’s a fairly new acquisition, but the opportunity with Duravant is that it has an opportunity to invest, to improve our products and our customer support processes beyond its current scope,”

“We really reduced the air consumption on that machine,” says Brown. “Compressed air and maintaining air systems in plants is expensive, and we went to more of an all-electronic design. It also improves the repeatability of the machine.”

is made to add a packaging machine, often our customers are under timeline requirements to fulfill a contract. And if specific dates are required, we’ll do our best to manage manufacturing to ensure we can meet those customer requirements as well,” he says.

With its net weigh scale, Hamer was able to improve the accuracy and speed of typical net weigh scale designs significantly, so that customers can use less expensive scale technology while maintaining rates of 20 bags per minute with repeatable, accurate weight measurements. “It adds a ton of value to the marketplace,” Brown notes.

All Hamer products are tested thoroughly as components, subassemblies, and finished machines. When a product leaves the plant, Hamer assures it has been documented and approved for quality testing.

Finally, in the area of palletizers, Hamer has turned to robotics solutions that offer exceptional quality but also are cost-effective and, of course, simple to operate.

Robotic palletizers ready for assembly (left) and in production (center).

Brown relates. “The good news I think is that Duravant is looking to really stimulate Hamer’s growth curve, and they are strong investing partners to help provide some more infrastructure for us to continue our growth and our customer service ethic,” he adds.

Three Categories in Grain

In the feed and grain industry, Hamer focuses on three primary product categories: bagging automation, bag filling using net weigh scale technology, and bag palletizing. The company prides itself on manufacturing equipment that is considered best in class for the industry and doesn’t dilute its focus on dozens of different product lines. Instead, Brown says the company applies its practical innovation in all areas to help grain professionals work smarter, not harder. Brown notes that one of the company’s most recent product launches – the Model 1200BH Bag Hanger – makes the machine nearly all electronic to improve performance while still making it easy to use. 24 REFRIGERATION Magazine │ October 2015

“The robotic palletizers bring a very industrial, high-quality, heavy-duty design, as well as keep it very simple to run,” Brown says. “We have a very simple operator interface we’ve developed that makes it easy to train operators. And the price points are good and make it a very competitive product,” he adds.

High Quality, Timely Delivery

According to Brown, Hamer’s lead times are designed to deliver a high-quality product quickly. In fact, many of the company’s machines can be delivered in just four to six weeks as a standard order fulfillment time. That’s no small feat for a company staffing 60 employees, but it’s a testament to its commitment to quality and service. “We work hard to maintain this availability regardless of order volume to meet our customers’ requirements for securing products as quickly as possible,” Brown says. “When a decision

“Fast manufacture, innovative valueadded designs, and stringent quality assurance – that is the Hamer ethic,” Brown says. Of course, if there are any problems or defects with the equipment, support is just a phone call away. Hamer Technical Support professionals have a unique combination of machine building and field service responsibilities. That means whenever a customer calls for technical support, he or she is connected immediately to an experienced technician who not only knows the company’s machine designs but also understands extensive real-world application in a manufacturing plant. While the company isn’t one to spend much time doing a lot of self-promoting, its business philosophy is simple: “Basically, our job is to take care of our customers. If the bagging plant is down and the customer needs a part, we need to be able to get him or her the equipment right away,” Brown says. To that end, he says that Hamer keeps nearly $2 million in parts inventory in stock for same-day/next-day delivery. “So really, it’s all about taking care of the customer. And I think that is what we are really known for. It is not just a customer service marketing handle – we truly walk the talk every day and do a good job of really taking care of people,” Brown concludes.

Event Calendar

IPIA 98th Convention and Trade Show November 19-21, 2015 The Venetian Resort Hotel and Casino Contact Jane McEwen at 800-742-0627.

MARCH 2016

NOVEMBER

Industry Convention Calendar | What’s coming up Western Ice Association 2016 Convention March 13-16, 2016 Las Vegas, Nevada Contact Jacquie Wells at jacquie@meetexpect.com

Southern Ice Exchange 126th Annual Convention March 30 – April 2, 2016 Westin Cape Coral Resort, Cape Coral, Fla., Contact Dawn Ladd at DawnLadd@verizon.net

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Ad index/Classified ads Ad Index American Ice Equipment Exchange, www.aieexchange.com... 25 & 27 Automatic Ice Systens, www.automaticice.com......................................7 Classified Ads...........................................................................................26-30 Farley's Frigeration, www.farleys-srp.com...................................................9 Ice Maid, www.icemaid.com....................................................................22 Ice Max, www.ice-max.com........................................................................2 Ice Systems & Supplies Inc. (ISSI), www.issionline.com................... 10 & 26 Keet Consulting Services, LLC (KCS), www.kcsgis.com...........................11 KEITH Manufacturing Co., www.keithwalkingfloor.com..........................12 Leer, Inc., www.leerinc.com.......................................................................31 Matthiesen, www.matthiesenequipment.com........................................21 Modern Ice, www.modernice.com...........................................................13 Polar Temp, www.polartemp.com............................................................32 Polar Temp Express, www.polartemp.com..........................................16-17 Sanchez Refrigeration Equipment Sales, Inc., www.sanchezref.com...19 Sisco, www.siscoproductsinc.com...............................................................5 Vogt Ice, www.vogtice.com......................................................................20

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING Rates are $1.00 per word, with a minimum charge. Any blind ads, with an assigned box number c/o publisher, add $10.00. Deadline for upcoming issue is the 1st of the previous month. For advertising and listing information, contact Mary at (404) 819-5446 or refrigerationmag@gmail.com

SOUTHEAST USED EQUIPMENT FOR SALE • Turbo Tig 33 Ice Maker, 98 model • Mycom N6WB Compressors w/125 HP motors skid mounted w/oil separators (used with Vogt P34AL ice makers) • Turbo CB38 Rake • Screw Conveyor Drive Packages for 9" and 12" conveyors (great condition) • Hammer RBC with conveyor • Stainless 9" and 12" screw conveyors • 21' Hytrol belt conveyor • Turbo CB87 with plastic chain and sprockets and stainless steel flights • Morris 18 ton Tube Cube Maker, R22, 2006 model complete with evap condensor 1" ice • Vogt 218, rebuilt in 2005, complete with cooling tower

"NEW" KAMCO PARTS Ice Systems & Supplies Rock Hill, SC Toll free (800) 662-1273 or (803) 324-8791

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SANCHEZ REFRIGERATION EQUIP sanchezref@bellsouth.net Cell: 954-648-2459 Office: 386-597-6381 (1) Turbo Model 240 Block Press in good working cond. No S/N # (2) Ammonia Accumulators 24’’ X 96’’ and 16’’ x 84’’ (1) New Oil Separator for P-118F (1) Used JMC Sealer 115/1/60 working condition (1) USED 30’ X 30’ X 16’ H Walk-in Freezer with 7X7 manual slider door and one standard pass door. Includes (1) 7.5 Kramer Condenser 230/3/60 with two evaporators w/ heaters (1) Set Heavy Duty Skates to move machinery (1) 120 HP rebuilt 460/3/60 electric motor (1) Used 310 Hamer good working order (1) Rebuilt Ammonia Alarm complete (1) Vogt P-118 F-22 (year 2007) with low hours hardy used 230/3/60 excellent condition

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SOUTHEAST (continued)

USED EQUIPMENT FOR SALE • V ogt P24AL’s 7/8 Ice Makers with Refrigeration • Vogt P24AL Mini Tube, Ice Maker W/Refrigeration • Vogt 118, 7/8, W/C • Vogt 18XT Mid Tube, 10 Ton Ice Maker • Vogt 4000 4000lb 7/8 A/C Ice Maker • Vogt 3000 7/8, W/C Ice Maker • C&R 2006 20 Ton Ice Maker • Morris 70 Ton Nugget Ice Maker • Morris 70 Ton Flake Ice Maker • Morris 18 Ton Ice Maker • Turbo Ice Makers (5-20 Tons Available) • Matthiesen VL510 Top Load Galv. Bagger

• M atthiesen Bagger Take-Off System • Matthiesen VLS, Bottom Load Bagger • Kamco 14 Ton Moving Floor Ice Bin • Kamco 20 Ton Moving Floor Bin • Clinebell A811 Auger Bin • Hog Ring Plier Staples (7 Casesowner will sell cheap) • 9 boxes of 18G Wire (owner will sell ½ Price) • 9x10 Screw Galv. Conveyor • 12x16 Galv. Screw Conveyor • RE-Built Hamer 125 Bag Closers with Stands • Hamer 125 Bag Closers with Stands • Hamer 14G Ring Closer, To Include Stand and Conveyor • Hamer 310 Form, Fill, & Seal

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Belt Conveyor, Hytrol 10’ Belt Conveyor, Hytrol 11’ Belt Conveyor, Hytrol 21’ JMC Baler #IB-1008 Magliner Ramp 28” x 13’ 4” Baltimore Aircoil CXV-184 Vilter VSM-601 Single Screw Compressor Type B Multi-SystemControl Panel Walk-In Freezer 12x20x8 7lb Wicketed “mis-print” Ice Bags 16lb Wicketed “misprint” Ice Bags 5lb Wicketed Ice Bags Turbo CB38 Ice Rake Bin Ice Merchandisers, All Types Leer BL-39 Ice Block Maker Infra-Pak Stretch Wrappers Turbo Ice Sizer

AND MUCH MORE!

If you have “discontinued” ice bags, or used equipment you would like to sell PLEASE CALL. SEE OUR USED EQUIPMENT WEB PAGE AT WWW.AIEEXCHANGE.COM. Call for surplus ice! Polar Temp Equipment Mike Landino - Toll free - 1-877-376-0367 E-mail (NEW ADDRESS): mlandino@polartemp.com Don’t forget to call if you have a quality piece of used equipment for sale.

ICE EQUIPMENT FOR SALE • 1-Morris 70 ton nugget ice maker NIM-200 HVS-70 ECR complete system • 1-Morris 70 ton nugget ice maker NIM-150HV-70 complete system • 1-Mathiesen 3’x5’ stainless snow reel • 1-Turbo Ice Sizer SN: 950930 • 1-UVS Snow Shaker Type C-5 • Matthiesen VLS bagger • Turbo block press • Various lengths of 12” stainless screw conveyors, troughs, drive motors and gear boxes (new and used).

CALL ME BEFORE YOU BUY NEW.

HARD TO FIND PARTS? Impossible to Get? CALL FRANK! If he doesn't have it and he can't get it, it can't be found! Compressors, Vilters, Eclips, MRI 90, York, Y & G Series HDI Compressors, Frick, York, Vilter ALSO large selection of Parts for Compressors, Block Plants.

We buy all types of used ice making & refrigeration equipment.

COMER REFRIGERATION

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Bo (757) 934-1294 brussell@holidayiceinc.com

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MIDWEST

SNO CAP SALES, INC.

St. Louis, MO | 636-225-6011

1-800-325-3667

www.automaticice.com info@automaticice.com

USED EQUIPMENT FOR SALE

Carving Blocks For Sale

Clinebell quality, boxed and palletized. We are centrally located and ship nationwide. The Choice is Crystal CLEAR.

•3 5 Ton Keith Walking Floor complete with associated AIS Screw Conveying and Control Systems, 2004, like new condition

Equipment For Sale

S60 Block Maker Glass Doors for Merchandisers

•1 2 Ton Kamco Bulk Surge Bin, 2005, very good condition •A IS Remanufactured Hamer 525 FFS Complete with 125 Closing Head

ICE FOR SALE

•A IS Remanufactured Hamer 310 FFS Complete with 125 Closing Head

A Family Owned Ice Company Tube Ice 7, 10, 20, 22 lb Bags Over a million bags in stock Shipped or Picked up

•U sed Hamer 310FFS complete with 125 closing head, 2010 used only two years • Matthiesen VLS Bottom Feed Volumetric Bagger, stainless steel

PIQCS Plus Accredited

•M atthiesen VL Top Feed Volumetric Bagger, galvanized •H amer Ring Bag Closer with Stand •U sed JMC Automatic Baler Model 800TG, 1994 •H amer 900-1C, single head Bale-A-Matic •H ytrol Model A Belt Conveyor 4' x 12"

Arctic Ice Inc Call Steve Camenzind

(314) 989-9090

• L eer BL-39 Block Maker, approximately 8 years old

FOR SALE

Model C-5 ICE Universal Vibrating Screen 3’x5’ Screen with 7/8” Screen Openings

• Frick screw (150 hp) with all control board starter etc • Micom Recip N6 with controls and 40 Hp • Ice crane for 24 block harvest

Call Jimmy: (920) 231-7784

• 12 cylinder Vilter recip no control or starter

FOR SALE

• Vertical screw (old) various block equipment

• Block crusher (300lb), ice blower

Small ice plant business in central Illinois. Good customer base with lots of growth potential. Owner wants to retire. Call Paul for more information.

(217) 374-6500 (office) or (217) 473-2615

NORTHEAST Balers • JMC 800 (2) Hamers • FP5T • FP7T (2) • Wire (each) Turbos • Turbo 18 Ton S.S. CAR36LR • Turbo 20 Ton S.S. CAR40LR • Turbo 18 Ton S.S. SBAR36LR • Turbo 24 Ton S.S. • Turbo 54 Ton S.S.

Contact Union Central Cold Storage Inc: farader@aol.com or (213) 489-4205

O’HARA ICE EQUIPMENT FOR SALE Turbo Rake Bins • Turbo CB30 • Turbo CB30 • Turbo CB49 Matthiesen Baggers • Bagger w/Conveyor VL2S • Including Hamer FP7T Miscellaneous • Vilter 250 HP Compressor 23,500 Hours • Vilter 350 Ton Condenser

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Email or call for prices. O’Hara Corporation, Casey O’Hara, Tel: (207) 594-4444 or Cell: (207) 542-1853 Email: cohara@oharacorporation.com

www.OHaraCorporation.com

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NORTHEAST (continued) VOGT ICE FOR SALE 5, 7, 16 & 40 lb. bags. Water is lab tested for purity. Delivery or pick-up. Six generations of quality.

Long Island Ice & Fuel Corp. Call (631) 727-3010

USED EQUIPMENT FOR SALE 1-800-543-1581

www.modernice.com Ice Makers • Vogt Ice Maker P418, 20 Ton • Vogt Ice Maker P118 (3)

Packaging (continued) • Hamer 525 with Closer • M atthiesen Heat Seal Bagger (Demo Unit) • Matthiesen Bulk Bagger

• V ogt Ice Maker P18XT (remanufactured) • Vogt Ice Maker M9000 • Vogt Ice Maker HE30 • Vogt Ice Maker HE40 (2)

• M atthiesen Magic Finger Bagger VL510 (used 3 weeks as loaner – Hamer 125 not included) • M atthiesen Automatic Take-Off Bagging System (includes Hamer 125) • Matthiesen Baler (3)

• V ogt Ice Maker CF40SCER 1986, 20 ton • V ogt Ice Maker CF144SC 1980, 60 ton

WANTED Leer all-in-one racks.

Contact Anderson Ice Co. at 570-752-3291

• M atthiesen Galvanized Heat Sealer (never used)

• V ogt Ice Maker CAR120 1980, 60 ton

• J MC Baler Model 1660295 (includes Hamer Ring Bag Closer)

• M orris Ice Maker TCIM, 125 HE, 40, A78 1996 - 40 ton

Handling

• I ce One Ice Maker – 5 ton (remanufactured) • Ice One Ice Maker • Manitowoc Ice Makers (3)

• M atthiesen Crusher 500 Galvanized (never used)

• K old Draft Ice Maker 361# (never used) • Galvanized Catwalk for Vogt P34

EQUIPMENT FOR SALE Suction Accumulator - Chil-Con Model # AA24084, 24” x 7’ high, with boil out coil – Like new condition - $6,000.00 Receiver 12’ x 30” with warming loop used with Vogt ice maker- Like new condition - $6,000.00 Toshiba 125 HP Motor, Premium Efficiency

Packaging • H amer Form, Fill & Seal 535 upgraded to 540 • Hamer Form, Fill & Seal 310 (3)

• 1 2 ft. Stainless Auger & Shroud Cover • 9 x 20 Incline Screw Conveyor Galvanized w/ shroud cover • Shaker • 1 6” Z elevators (never used – designed to fill top load bagger)

Merchandiser Parts for all brands at competitive prices.

(877) 984-5945

ICE FOR SALE Vogt Mini tube ice, 8, 20 & 40 lb. bags. All ice is screened, palletized & stretch wrapped.

Contact Kyle at Long Island Ice & Fuel Corp.

(631) 727-3010 or (516) 790-6842

We deliver or you pick up. Our water is treated with ozone for sterilization. No Chlorine Added!

Martin's Ice Company Phone (717) 733-7968 or fax (717) 733-1981 PA

ICE CARVING TOOLS

Plastic liners for clear block makers $1.18/ea Reusable drip pans – from $6.50/ea Over 500 items in stock for Ice Carvers

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SOUTHWEST

USED MERCHANDISERS WANTED ITC EQUIPMENT FOR SALE 1-800-599-4744 www.itcpack.com

ICE MAKERS

BELT CONVEYORS

• Vogt P34AL w/ high side refrigeration

• 6’ - 30’ • Space Saver incline conveyor

• Morris 20 ton Nugget Ice Maker, R22, 460V, w/ stand and cooling tower • Vogt P118 & 9000 • Vogt DX6

BLOCK MAKERS • B-56 w/4 HP condenser • Leer BL-39 w/ remote condenser

• (2) 10 ton Frick, LS, low side only

SNOW REEL/SHAKERS

RAKES

• SS Model 44 w/ 7’ SS stand • 3x8’ SS Snow Reel w/ 13’ stand • 3x5’ GV Snow Reel w/ 10’ stand

• LMR 2900 Northstar rake • LMR 4200 Northstar rake

REFRIGERATION

BAGGERS • Hamer 310 FFS (wire tie)

• 20 HP Krack Condenser • 6.5 HP Bohn w/ evap

BAG CLOSERS

BALERS

• Hamer 125 & RC • JMC Fuse Air IV • Matthiesen heat seal

• JMC w/ positive incline • Hamer 3 HD Bale-A-Matic

Contact: Ice King, Ryan Maasen at (480)

423-5464

WANTED Vogt 6000 and Vogt 9000 Call Charlie Bolton

(713) 643-0573 Houston, TX

FOR SALE (1) Vogt P118 Reconditioned. Runs on R404 Freon. (1) Mini Tube Vogt, air-cooled 404 Freon (1) Mid Tube Vogt, air-cooled 404 Freon (1) Rebuilt CB P118 Call Charlie Bolton (Houston, TX)

(713) 643-0573

WANTED

Planning to close? Or know somebody? MEXICAN COMPANY IS LOOKING FOR:

• Complete block ice plant or just the crane with runways “12 block crane or more” • Tube ice plant with P34AL from 1990-2000 • A Turbo Tigar 30-40 Tons Ammonia We disarm and handle all equipment.

Federico Johnston

hveracruz@gmail.com (011) 52-662-214-23-04

H LIS NG E AK PE S WE

(936) 598-2761

www.crrefrig.com WE BUY ALL TYPES ICE MAKING EQUIPMENT. REBUILT 5, 10, 20 AND 40 TON TUBULAR ICE MAKERS, NEW TUBULAR ICE MAKERS AND ICE BAGGING MACHINES

Great issues of RM still to come. Secure your advertising spot today! OCTOBER Pre-IPIA Issue – Convention Speakers and Topics

EQUIPMENT WANTED

ICE EQUIPMENT

VOGT´S P24´s and P34´s used in any conditions only MID or LARGE ice.

Ice RAKE 30 tons or less used

NOVEMBER Season Wrap Up – Trends and Topics From Across The Country

DECEMBER Fall Convention Updates; The Best of 2015 in Refrigeration

809-350-8297

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