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If you don't like to pay for service calls, the best thing you can do is clean your ice machine on a regular basis!

Manitowoc is not the first ice machine company to utilize antimicrobials. The desire to address the issue of slime in an ice machine has been highlighted by a variety of antimicrobial ice machine systems brought to the marketplace over the last few years. Read on for more information!

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Microbes, including bacteria and fungi, are found everywhere: on our hands, in the water we drink, and in the air we breathe. A microbe’s primary goal in life is to find a surface rich in nutrients and attach to it. Once attached, they set up shop on a surface and begin to grow and divide over a period of weeks and months. A by-product of this microbial growth on a surface is the production of exopolymers commonly referred to as “slime” throughout the industry. The exopolymer or “slime” serves to provide an ideal living environment for the microbes. A more technical term for “slime” is biofilm, commonly found in moist environments such as bathtubs and showers, as well as the inside of ice machines. The goal of antimicrobial technology such as AlphaSan and AgION is to keep the plastic surfaces of an ice machine cleaner by reducing ore delaying the formation of biofilm.

Sanitation is an important factor in the ice machine industry. What does this mean for you?

Check back soon for some information on the technological advances in Ice Machine sanitation!