Vogt P18AL TUBE-ICE, Service Manual

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P18AL Service Manual
INTRODUCTION
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1. Introduction
TUBE ICE
®
, LLC
A Brief History Of Our Company Henry Vogt Machine Co. was founded as a small machine shop
in Louisville, Kentucky in 1880. In 1938, Vogt built the first Tube-Ice ® machine and revolutionized
the ice-making industry. Our first “sized-ice” machine quickly replaced the old can-ice plants,
which required much hard labor and large amounts of floor space for freezing, cutting, and crushing
ice by hand.
Today, TUBE ICE
®
, LLC carries on the tradition as one of the world’s leading producers of ice-
making equipment.
Vogt Energy-Saving Tube-Ice Machines Are Cost Effective Today, Vogt Tube-Ice ® machines
enjoy a well-earned reputation as the most energy efficient, dependable ice-making equipment in the
world.
Using as little as one-half to one-third the energy required by competitors’ icemakers, Tube-Ice
®
machines produce the same amount of ice--in restaurants, sports arenas, packing plants, and
wholesale operations around the globe--at great savings.
In addition, Tube-Ice
® machines are renowned for their long life, giving many customers more than
35 years of dependable service. Ask someone who owns one.
Preview All the skill in engineering and fabrication that we have learned in over a century of
experience is reflected in the P18AL model Tube-Ice ® machines. Since Vogt introduced Tube-Ice ®
machines in 1938, the process of making Tube-Ice ® ice has been widely recognized as the most
economical means of production. The machine’s economic and reliable operations have been
proven over and over again in a network of varied types of installations throughout the world.
Furnished with your machine is the “Certificate of Test”--the report of operating data that is a record
of the unit’s satisfactory operation on our factory test floor. It is evidence of our desire to deliver to
you “the finest ice-making unit ever made.”
This manual is designed to assist you in the installation, start-up, and maintenance of your unit.
Your Tube-Ice
® machine will give you a lifetime of service when you install it, maintain it, and
service it properly.
Please read your manual carefully before attempting installation, operation, or servicing of this
professionally designed piece of equipment.
If you have additional questions, please call your distributor. Also, feel free to phone the factory
direct at
(502) 635-3000 or 1-800-853-8648 .