How exactly does an icemaker work?

Answer 1

Water in, Ice cubes out!

Answer 2

Water is connected to a solenoid, the solenoid is controlled by an electronic timer that is programmed with respect to fill time, and freeze time. The timer calls for the solenoid to turn on and let water through a line up to the freezer compartment, the timer turns off the water to insure the tray does not overfill. The timer then calls for the ejection of the ice cubes. Ejection is by the timer now sending power to an arm with metal "scoops" inside the tray where the water went. The arm moves the scoops and pushes the ice cubes into a holding tray. Then the process starts all over.

There is usually a mechanical "arm" that sticks out over where the ejected ice goes, as ice piles up, the arm is moved up until it breaks the electrical circuit to the timer and stops the process. You can usually put this arm all of the way up and keep the ice maker from functioning.

Answer 3

Here's how the home refrigerator ice machine works. There's a timer in the machine. It opens the valve to allow a certain amount of water to flow into the ice wells. After a prescribed amount of time, the gears in the machine push the ice out of the wells into the bin. The bar that goes down will stop if the bin is full and that will stop the mechanism from producing more ice; otherwise the machine will repeat the process until the bin is full.

Answer 4

water goes into tray at a pre determined rate. it freezes by control of a timer then it dumps into the ice storage bin

Answer 5

You push a button and it makes ice - pretty easy really doesn't take an Einstein

Answer 6

here you go