Renewal of ice production for quality improvement in pigment production

Two KTI ice plants, including ice storage and pneumatic ice conveying, were commissioned at a leading German chemical producer. The old existing plant was replaced. The quality of the final product was further improved by increased process stability. Back in 2013, KTI was able to help a large chemical producer with a temporary solution for the production and storage of ice. As the old plant failed, a remedy had to be found quickly. Due to the containerized design of KTI ice plants, KTI ice storage and other accessories, ice production could be set up immediately on site and the process could be supplied with flake ice. Our customer was so enthusiastic that already in the following year a new ice production was built at the site. Here, only KTI solutions were used, which are perfectly coordinated with each other and thus offer a high degree of process reliability. Redundancy was also taken into account in order to increase production capacities at short notice but also to bridge maintenance periods. The installed ice conveyor was equipped with air coolers and a weighing system. An “ice switch” was also installed. Our customer can thus choose between different lines for ice transport – depending on which reactor requires ice. With the integration into the central control system, full automation could be achieved.

Technical data + installation details

2x ice production, 2x ice storage

Flake ice plant, type: FLIP40

40 tons of flake ice production per day

Water pre-cooling

Refrigerant NH3, ammonia

Glycol cooling for ice storage and conveying air

Mobile ice storage, type MIS-23

Silicone free design

2x ice conveyance, ice distribution

Ice weighing over weigh belts

Pneumatic ice conveying

Conveying air cooling

Switch container with 5-way ice switch

Integration in central control system

More information about ice plants for pigment production

Learn how our ice plants for the chemical industry can be used for the production of pigments and dyes.