Ice Builders
High-capacity chilled water cooling for dairy farms where milk volume, surge load or compressor sizing make direct expansion impractical, storing cooling energy as ice overnight and releasing it on demand during the milking.
- Run smaller compressors on larger herds
- Shift cooling load to off-peak electricity
- Runs on solar: store energy as ice
- 304 stainless, fully insulated tank
How it works
How an ice builder works
Refrigeration compressors freeze a controlled layer of ice on the coils during low-tariff electricity hours or via solar. When the milking starts, chilled water drawn from the ice bank passes through a heat exchanger (plate cooler/evaporator) and brings milk down to storage temperature in a single pass.
Specification
Key features
- Stainless steel insulated ice bank tank
- Stratified ice-build with auto thickness monitoring
- Pairs with Liscarroll cooling systems for a complete cooling stack
- Manufactured to suit single-robot, multi-robot or conventional parlour installs
- Built and assembled in our Cork facility
Why it pays
Benefits
- Run smaller compressors on larger herds
- Shift cooling load to off-peak electricity
- Faster pull-down on the first milk through the line
- Reduced peak electrical demand at the parlour
150,000 kCal ice builder, Liscarroll Engineering
Dimensions
Ice builder specifications
Standard range. Milk-cooling figures are litres per day at 35°C and 19.5°C; dimensions in mm. Scroll horizontally to view the full table on smaller screens.
| Model | Thermal storage (kCal) | Compressor (kW) | Ice (kg) | Milk L/day @35°C | Milk L/day @19.5°C | Width | Length | Height H1 | Height H2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IB-70 | 70,000 | 81 | 875 | 2,258 | 4,516 | 1,120 | 2,500 | 1,305 | 1,955 |
| IB-100 | 100,000 | 116 | 1,250 | 3,226 | 6,452 | 1,120 | 3,000 | 1,555 | 2,205 |
| IB-125 | 128,000 | 149 | 1,600 | 4,129 | 8,258 | 1,600 | 2,500 | 1,555 | 2,205 |
| IB-150 | 160,000 | 186 | 2,000 | 5,161 | 10,323 | 1,600 | 3,000 | 1,555 | 2,205 |
| IB-200 | 210,000 | 244 | 2,625 | 6,774 | 13,548 | 2,080 | 3,000 | 1,555 | 2,205 |
| IB-250 | 260,000 | 302 | 3,250 | 8,387 | 16,774 | 2,560 | 3,000 | 1,555 | 2,205 |
| IB-300 | 300,000 | 349 | 3,750 | 9,677 | 19,355 | 2,560 | 3,670 | 1,555 | 2,205 |
| IB-400 | 400,000 | 465 | 5,000 | 12,903 | 25,806 | 2,560 | 4,630 | 1,555 | 2,205 |
Heights shown with standard condensing units. Bespoke design & sizing available to meet your needs.
Bespoke design & sizing available to meet your needs.
Outside the standard range? We engineer to your spec. Talk to us about your requirements.
Installed on-farm
Built in Cork, working on Irish farms
