A refrigerator appliance and ice maker apparatus are included herein. The ice maker apparatus may include a casing, an auger, a discrete flange, and an extruder die. The casing may define a chamber about a central axis. The casing may extend along the central axis between a top portion and a bottom portion. The casing may include a first material. The auger may be disposed within the chamber of the casing. The discrete flange may be selectively mounted on the casing. The discrete flange may include a second material that is unique from the first material. The extruder die may be attached to the discrete upper flange and positioned above the casing.

A refrigerator appliance and ice maker apparatus are included herein. The ice maker apparatus may include a casing, an auger, a discrete flange, and an extruder die. The casing may define a chamber about a central axis. The casing may extend along the central axis between a top portion and a bottom portion. The casing may include a first material. The auger may be disposed within the chamber of the casing. The discrete flange may be selectively mounted on the casing. The discrete flange may include a second material that is unique from the first material. The extruder die may be attached to the discrete upper flange and positioned above the casing.

A cooling system for a drum type ice-making machine is provided. The cooling system circulates refrigerant to cool a drum of the drum type ice-making machine. The system includes an expansion nozzle inserted into a refrigerant supply pipe, a preliminary cooling unit wound around an outer circumferential surface of a refrigerant recovering pipe, a temperature sensor for measuring a temperature of a drum, and, a controller for adjusting a start time point of the drum based on the temperature. Thus, the temperature of the refrigerant can be stably maintained to improve the ice making quality, the production cost of the system can be reduced, and the constant production amount of the ice can be maintained.

A cooling system for a drum type ice-making machine is provided. The cooling system circulates refrigerant to cool a drum of the drum type ice-making machine. The system includes an expansion nozzle inserted into a refrigerant supply pipe, a preliminary cooling unit wound around an outer circumferential surface of a refrigerant recovering pipe, a temperature sensor for measuring a temperature of a drum, and, a controller for adjusting a start time point of the drum based on the temperature. Thus, the temperature of the refrigerant can be stably maintained to improve the ice making quality, the production cost of the system can be reduced, and the constant production amount of the ice can be maintained.

A device for processing ice for ice beer comprising a body, a pair of installation tables, an ice-making unit having a cylindrical shape, and rotatable shafts being formed on the ice-making unit. The outer surface of the ice-making unit is maintained at a sub-freezing temperature. There is a driving unit configured to rotate the shafts, a storage unit positioned below the ice-making unit, and a storage space concavely formed in an upper surface of the storage unit. A supply unit installed on the body to store and drop beer. A pulverizing unit is plate shaped and an end thereof is adjacent to the ice-making unit. Beer is supplied from the supply unit to the storage space. The ice-making unit is rotated to contact the beer and form a beer ice layer thereon. The pulverizing unit separates the beer ice layer from the ice-making unit.

A device for processing ice for ice beer comprising a body, a pair of installation tables, an ice-making unit having a cylindrical shape, and rotatable shafts being formed on the ice-making unit. The outer surface of the ice-making unit is maintained at a sub-freezing temperature. There is a driving unit configured to rotate the shafts, a storage unit positioned below the ice-making unit, and a storage space concavely formed in an upper surface of the storage unit. A supply unit installed on the body to store and drop beer. A pulverizing unit is plate shaped and an end thereof is adjacent to the ice-making unit. Beer is supplied from the supply unit to the storage space. The ice-making unit is rotated to contact the beer and form a beer ice layer thereon. The pulverizing unit separates the beer ice layer from the ice-making unit.

A refrigerator appliance and ice maker apparatus are included herein. The ice maker apparatus may include a casing, an auger, a discrete flange, and an extruder die. The casing may define a chamber about a central axis. The casing may extend along the central axis between a top portion and a bottom portion. The casing may include a first material. The auger may be disposed within the chamber of the casing. The discrete flange may be selectively mounted on the casing. The discrete flange may include a second material that is unique from the first material. The extruder die may be attached to the discrete upper flange and positioned above the casing.

A refrigerator appliance and ice maker apparatus are included herein. The ice maker apparatus may include a casing, an auger, a discrete flange, and an extruder die. The casing may define a chamber about a central axis. The casing may extend along the central axis between a top portion and a bottom portion. The casing may include a first material. The auger may be disposed within the chamber of the casing. The discrete flange may be selectively mounted on the casing. The discrete flange may include a second material that is unique from the first material. The extruder die may be attached to the discrete upper flange and positioned above the casing.

Artificial snowmaking equipment, preferably indoor, comprises a refrigerating cylinder rotating about a longitudinal axis; movement means configured to rotate the refrigerating cylinder; a cooling unit configured to cool an outer side wall of the refrigerating cylinder to a freezing temperature; a water supply system configured to wet at least part of the outer side wall so as to create a layer of ice thereon; at least one scraper device configured to scrape at least part of the ice layer so as to obtain an artificial snow fall. In particular, the refrigerating cylinder internally has a gap extending along an inner surface thereof opposite the outer side wall. The gap is connected to the cooling unit so as to receive a flow of a refrigerating substance to be conveyed therein to cool the outer side wall of the refrigerating cylinder.

A snow-making apparatus has a housing, an evaporator roller rotatable in the housing, and a rotary distributor connected to the roller for circulating a coolant through the evaporator roller and thereby cooling the roller. Nozzles on the housing project a mixture of water and air at the evaporator roller such that the liquid freezes into a layer of ice crystals on the roller. A doctor blade smooths the layer of ice crystal on the rotating roller, and a scraper blade scrapes the ice crystals off the roller.