Manufacturing Cost Data on Artificial Ice

Manufacturing Cost Data on Artificial Ice by Herman Friedl delivers a compact, practical primer on early industrial ice-making that reshaped refrigeration and commercial cold storage. In this non-fiction technical guide, Friedl compares natural ice harvesting with artificial refrigeration, arguing that sanitary, mechanically produced ice is poised to replace lake-cut blocks. Drawing on contemporary engineering practice and patent-minded innovation, the book lays out an improved ice-making system: continuous air-supplied cans, brine-cooled air lines, steel-framed can assemblies, and a crane-handling method designed to halve labor costs and extend equipment life. Readers will find clear explanations of process flow—freezing, thawing, dumping and filling—alongside empirical manufacturing cost estimates aimed at entrepreneurs and plant designers. The text situates these methods in their historical moment, when cities and businesses weighed the economics and hygiene of natural versus artificial ice. Ideal for refrigeration engineers, industrial historians, cold-chain entrepreneurs, and anyone interested in the evolution of manufacturing technology, this audiobook combines technical detail with real-world cost analysis. Listen to gain practical insights into early ice-plant design and the economic arguments that helped modern refrigeration become mainstream.