Surely, if your business is fed with food or sale to the public of fresh food, you need an important amount of ice in flakes for the conservation of these, since it is the sector where this type of ice is most spent.
In today’s ITV Ice Makers article, we present this type of ice, which is not as well known as traditional ice cubes, so you can see what the uses of this type of ice are.
Most common uses of flake ice
The main advantages of flake ice are its durability and its ability to cover more surface with less quantity, important aspects in industrial processes.
One of the main uses of flake ice is that it is used in supermarkets or shopping centers, which offer all fresh produce in the fishmonger’s section and in expositions for the final consumer. With this type of ice, they get with small amounts to cover the entire product throughout the long day.
In addition, this type of ice is widely used for the transport of medicines, which need to have an optimal temperature.
Advantages of flake ice
- Allows greater heat exchange, unlike other types of ice
- Its storage and use is optimal, due to the volume of the scales.
- It has the ability to extract more heat from other ice products.
- Immediate use after ice production.
ITV ice machine to generate flake ice
In addition to having machines that generate traditional ice cubes and some specific of ITV, we also have a specific machine that generates ice in flakes, the SCALA machine.
This ice machine generates ice in flat flakes, very cold and dry. It is the most robust machine on the market and the one that generates the most ice. It is made of non-corrosive materials, lightweight and high strength, which ensures a long durability.
It is designed so that maintenance operations are as minor and as easy as possible, thus offering greater customer safety than the competition.
Trust ITV for the manufacture of ice
ITV is the leading company in the field of ice machine manufacturing. In addition to ice flakes, our machines generate different types of ice, especially cubes of various sizes and shapes, depending on the needs of each client. Whatever type of ice your business needs, contact us to give you all the information regarding your query.
More than 35 years of experience endorse us as referents in the ice industry, hospitality industry and the manufacture of ice machines.
Years of analysis to our clients, and with the help of the technological advances that we have, we have managed to satisfy the needs of all of our clients, always improving the initial product.
ITV is a family business, which maintains a clear philosophy: build a lasting relationship between clients and suppliers, understanding the needs they all have and looking for the best solutions for all.