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Assembly Instructions
1. Attach one end of the “pigtail” to the threaded end of the brass tting assembly and thread the other end onto the
cylinder control valve of the Liquid Carbon Dioxide (LCO2) cylinder with dip tube.
2. Place the bottom half of the dry ice maker
body on a at surface. NOTE: The neo-
prene strap with lanyard is attached to the
bottom half.
3. Place the entire brass tting assembly
into its holding bracket on the bottom half
of the dry ice maker body with the pres-
sure gauge extending upward and the t-
ting with pigtail pointing outward. Ensure
that tting with O-ring seal is seated prop-
erly in groove in the dry ice maker body.
4. Place the top half of the body onto the
bottom half, engaging and trapping the
brass tting with O-ring seal.
5. Hook the Neoprene strap onto the cleat:
Hold both the top and bottom halves of
the body together on a rm surface and
pull upward on the lanyard to stretch the
Neoprene strap up and over the top half
of the dry ice maker body and down the
opposite side to hook the Neoprene strap
onto the cleat on the bottom half. Be sure
the Neoprene strap is completely held by
and centered on the cleat.
6. Stretch the Neoprene strap into the mold-
ed-in slots across each side of the top half
of the dry ice maker body.
Operational Instructions
WARNING: Do not operate the FRIGIMAT® Cub – Dry Ice Maker unattended.
7. Open the cylinder valve very slightly to start the LCO2 ow.
8. Maintain the pressure at or below 1 psi (ONE psi) above the resting pressure on the outer scale of the gauge.
NOTE: It is normal to see some CO2vapors leaking from the seams and to hear the sound of the CO2 owing.
Since the body of the unit is transparent, the CO2ice formation and chamber capacity can be monitored. The dry
ice block is fully formed when the pressure reading on the gauge rises rapidly and the sound of the gas ow be-
comes louder. Close the cylinder valve. It takes approximately 4-5 minutes to make each ice block.
9. To remove the dry ice from the dry ice maker:
a. Release Neoprene strap from the cleat and allow it to retract.
b. Remove top half of the body to expose the dry ice block.
c. Remove brass tting with pigtail assembly.
d. Invert bottom half of the body to release the dry ice block.
NOTE: The weight of dry ice block will be approximately 250 to 300 gm.
10. If making a second block, allow time for frost or ice to dissipate from the brass tting and body of the FRIGIMAT®
Cub – Dry Ice Maker. NOTE: Frost build-up can prevent unit from closing.
NOTE: The “Pigtail” is the long metal tubing with ttings on either end.
