Hoshizaki Cube Ice Maker IM-45WPE-F – Self-Contained, Water-cooled, 50 kg/24h, L Cube

The Hoshizaki IM-45WPE-F is a self-contained water-cooled cube ice maker producing up to 50 kg of cubes in 24 hours, with an 18 kg built-in storage bin. In the IM CUBE range it is the FlexiCUBE with drain pump and it makes the L cube (28 × 28 × 32 mm), the standard size with no suffix.

Versions and sizes

The same machine is listed as IM-45WPE (Cube), IM-45WPE-U (UltraCUBE) and IM-45WPE-E (EliteCUBE). Other cube sizes of the IM-45WPE: IM-45WPE-F-25, S cube, 47 kg a day. The air cooled version is the IM-45PE-F, at 47 kg a day and 0.11 m³ of water a day against 0.25 m³ for the IM-45WPE-F, rejecting 0.71 kW of heat against 0.44 kW.

Performance and connections

The IM-45WPE-F measures 503 × 456 × 840 mm (W × D × H) without legs (for legs add 90-125 mm) and weighs 46 kg net. Electrical consumption is 0.23 kW and heat rejection 0.44 kW at 32 °C ambient and 21 °C water, with 0.25 m³ of water used per 24 hours. The IM-45WPE-F runs on 90 g of R290, GWP 3. R290 is a natural refrigerant classified A3, higher flammability, so the charge belongs in the installation specification. The published supply for the IM-45WPE-F is single phase 220-240 V 50 Hz, with a voltage tolerance of ±6% and a 5 A circuit breaker. Functions listed by Hoshizaki: automated cleaning, internal drain pump.

Installing it on a vessel

Hoshizaki gives operating limits of ambient temperatures from 1 to 40 °C, water supply temperatures from 5 to 35 °C and water pressure from 0.7 to 8 bar, which is what the space and the vessel's fresh water system have to meet for the IM-45WPE-F. Its drain pump discharges up to 10 m horizontally and 1.5 m in height, so the IM-45WPE-F does not have to sit next to a deck drain. Being water-cooled, it takes cooling water as well as feed water, and releases far less heat into a small bar or pantry than an air-cooled machine. For water treatment Hoshizaki pairs it with the 4HC-H single water filter system and its 4HC replacement cartridges. For shipboard use the IM-45WPE-F is quoted against the vessel's own supply, water pressure and space. The figures here are Hoshizaki's published data for the standard unit, and anything that differs on board is agreed at quotation.

Send us the vessel type, the supply voltage and frequency and where the IM-45WPE-F will stand, and we will quote it with the matching water filter.