To understand growing customer needs, Cold Jet – the worldwide leading manufacturer of high performance, reliable dry ice cleaning and production equipment – developed the new R1000H pellet-to-slice reformer. Built by combining technologies of the SL1000H slice maker and R3000 reformer, the R1000H pellet-to-slice reformer is equipped with numerous technological innovations and is designed to be an ideal solution for dry ice pellet businesses who want to diversify dry ice production capabilities by adding slice and mini-block dry ice to the product program.
The R1000H has the flexibility to reform from 3 to 16 mm (1/8” – 5/8”) dry ice pellets into high quality dry ice slices/mini blocks – ranging from 0.25 kg (0.55 lbs) up to 3.3 kg (7.28 lbs). The R1000H reformer can do up to 1,000 press cycles per hour and produce up to 1,000 kg (2,204 lbs) of dry ice per hour, depending on slice format and the pellet volume supply. The stainless steel machine has special features, such as an enclosed cabinet and insulated hopper, which ensure dry ice density and low sublimation rate.
“Our collaboration with leading industrial gas companies around the world has helped us to meet the customer’s need,” said Wim Eeckelaers, Senior Vice President, Global Dry Ice Manufacturing, Cold Jet. “We developed a reliable solution that will have a great impact on their business growth. This is a major advancement for the future of dry ice production.”
The R1000H utilizes the Beckhoff Industrial PC, which includes a 15” color touch panel optimized for easy and intelligent operation via multi-lingual context. Via the HMI screen, the user can adjust slice thickness from 16 mm up to 90 mm (5/8” up to 3 ½”). The R1000H reformer incorporates a unique Quick Change Press Head that enables the slice dimension to be changed in less than 15 minutes. Additionally, dual and triple slice press heads provide optimal production capacity at slice formats as low as example a 0.3 kg (0.66 lbs) slice.
“The R1000H is equipped with remarkable improvements,” said Bjarne Nielsen, Technical Director, Global Dry Ice Manufacturing, Cold Jet. “The critical compression process, the filling-shuttle and slice-eject functions are controlled by a new powerful hydraulic cylinder and two servomotors, which ensure precise and fast movements in the optimized ˂7 seconds slice cycle. The machine is driven by a powerful hydraulic system, which combines a frequency-controlled piston pump with a power regulator and cartridge valves for high flow on low pressure movements.”
With an exit slice conveyor, the R1000H can easily be integrated into current production environments, for example a one-line feed to packaging machinery. When business demands grow, it is possible to expand from low output with just one pelletizer to high volume production with multiple pelletizers feeding the reformer. By combining existing or new dry ice production equipment or a flow packer machine, it extends market opportunities in a variety of dry ice user application in many industries.
Reforming pellets into slices reduces dry ice consumable cost and is a simplified and safer process compared with traditional block cutting which in many regions is a manual operator process. The pellet-to-slice reforming process eliminates the hazards of cutting blocks and reduces CO2 waste significantly.
The following are key features and benefits of using the Cold Jet R1000H reformer:
- SureFlow Dosing and Reforming System accepts pellets ranging from diameter 3 mm to
16 mm (1/8” to 5/8”) - Vary slice thickness from 16 mm up to 90 mm (5/8” up to 3 ½”)
- Automatic slice thickness adjustment via HMI screen
- Single, dual and triple slice press head designs provide optimal capacity
- Quick Change Press Head adjusts slice dimensions in less than 15 minutes
- Recipe program enables user to set predefined slice formats
- Superior slice quality with less than 1% breakage
- Servo technology for fast and precise motion control (mold filling and slice ejecting)
- Cold Jet CONNECTTM for remote support and maintenance
- Custom-designed conveyors for slice production integration and automation
About Cold Jet:
Cold Jet® has two distinct lines of business centered around the use of dry ice. Primarily, we provide environmental cleaning, surface preparation and parts finishing systems to global manufacturing industries. These systems utilize particles of dry ice as a blasting medium. Secondarily, we produce systems for the production, metering and packaging of dry ice. These systems enable the consistent production of a controlled range of dry ice products for food transportation, cold chain management and dry ice cleaning. Customers are using our technology-based solutions to replace outdated processes that are inefficient and harmful to health and safety. Cold Jet is headquartered in Loveland, Ohio, with international operations in Europe, Asia, Canada and Mexico. For more information, visit www.coldjet.com or call 1-800-337-9423 or +1-513-831-3211 (International).
