According to the use of ice and the characteristics of the ice itself, ice is mainly divided into: tube ice, block ice, ice particles, ice (fresh water/sea water), plate ice (fresh water/sea water), transparent ice, ice water.

Ice machine according to the shape of the ice can be divided into: scale-shaped ice machine, snowflake ice machine, strip ice machine, plate ice machine, block ice machine (can be divided into small pieces of edible ice machine and industrial ice machine), ice granulator, particle ice machine, tube ice machine, bullet ice machine.