Ice Arena & Curling Rink Refrigeration Systems
Norlock designs, installs and services refrigeration systems for municipal arenas, community ice rinks and curling clubs. We support new ice plants and upgrades to existing facilities.
Arena refrigeration plant upgrades and equipment replacement. We assess compressors, chillers, condensers and brine or glycol pumps against the ice load, plant layout and service needs.
Arena refrigeration controls and automation. We review compressor sequencing, capacity control, ice-surface sensing, variable-frequency drives (VFDs), and brine or glycol flow. We can discuss direct digital controls (DDC) integration as part of a plant upgrade.
Ice rink heat recovery and heat pump retrofits. We assess whether recovered refrigeration heat can serve water preheating, space heating or underfloor frost protection. Where temperatures and heating loads suit, we can evaluate a heat pump retrofit.
Ice plant maintenance and troubleshooting. We provide planned maintenance and repairs, and review operating trends and utility use to identify upgrades. We also assess floating head-pressure control, variable-speed condenser fans and arena humidity control where appropriate.
Experience from Community Rinks to Olympic Facilities
Norlock’s refrigeration experience includes men’s and women’s hockey facilities for the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, the Bank of America Centre in Boise, an arena in Omaha and Ozaukee Ice Center near Milwaukee.
We bring that practical experience to plant layout, equipment selection, installation, commissioning and ongoing service. Early coordination with facility staff, architects and engineers helps address access, redundancy and future operating requirements.
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