Ice-O-Matic B25 User Manual

  PropertyofIce‐O‐Matic

  F00383Rev09/19

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ChemicalsforCleaningandSanitizinganIce‐O‐MaticCommercialIceMachine

Thecleaningandsanitizingofanycommercialicemachineareimportantproceduresalloperatorsneedtohavein

theirpreventivemaintenanceprotocol.Whilesimilar,thesetwoproceduresareuniquelydifferentand

accomplishdifferentthings.Cleaningorde‐liming,dissolvesthemineraldepositsontheevaporatorandremoves

scale,calciumandothermineralbuildup.Sanitizingdisinfectsthemachineandremovesmicrobialgrowth

includingmoldandslime.

Ineithercase,itisimportanttousesolutionsthatdonotharmtheicemachine.Neverusecleaningorsanitizing

solutionsthatcontainNitricAcid,SulfuricAcid,HydrochloricAcid,CarbolicAcid,AceticAcid,dilutedAceticAcidor

non‐food‐gradevinegar(concentrationofaceticacidgreaterthan6%anddoesnotcontainenzymescreatedin

processing)orbleach,chlorinedioxide,orsaltssuchaspotassiumchloride(potassiumsalts)orsodiumchloride.

Checkthelabelorthemanufacturer’sMaterialSafetyDataSheet(MSDS)tobesure.Thesechemicalscanattack

thesurfaceoftheevaporatoraswellasothermetalcomponentscausingcorrosionandflaking.ReverseOsmosis

(RO)watercanbeveryacidicandcanattacktheevaporatorandothermetalintheicemachine.BecausetheRO

processremovesallmineralsandmetalsfromthewateritcanpromotethefastergrowthofmicrobial,moldand

slime.IfROwaterisused,thenIce‐O‐MaticrecommendsthewaterpHisverifiedtobeaneutral7.0tominimize

thecorrosiveeffects.Incorrectcleaners,sanitizers,andROwaterthatdoesnothaveaneutralpHcouldvoidthe

machine’swarranty.

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Ice‐O‐MaticIceMachineSanitizing

Ice‐O‐Maticrecommendssanitizingordisinfecting

anicemakeraminimumofeverysixmonths,but

nomorethanoncepermonthtoavoidpotential

damagetothemachine.Frequencyofsanitizing

maydependonwhetherthemachineisinahigh

yeastenvironmentorifROwaterisbeingused.It

istheresponsibilityoftheoperatortodetermine

theoptimalfrequencyfortheirparticular

environment.

Ice‐O‐Maticrequiresa“nickel‐safe”sanitizersuch

asNu‐CalgonIMS‐III.Sanitizingisasimplematter

ofrunningtheapprovedsanitizerthroughtheice

machineandwipingdownsurfaceswiththe

sanitizer.Inaddition,forCIMmodelsrevision4

andhigher,KAY‐5®Sanitizermayalsobeused.

Ifbeingdoneatthesametimeasthecleaning

process,sanitizingmustbedoneafterthe

cleaningprocess.Chemicalsusedforsanitizing

mustbethoroughlypurgedandrinsedafteruse.

FollowtheprocessasprescribedintheInstallation

andServiceManuals.

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Note:thisprocessrequirestheiceberemoved

fromthebin.

Ice‐O‐MaticIceMachineCleaning

Cleaningorde‐liminganicemachinereferstotheprocess

ofremovingmineralbuildupandscalefromtheevaporator

andothercomponents.Ice‐O‐Maticrecommendscleaning

theicemachineevery6months,butnomorethanonce

permonthtoavoidpotentialdamagetothemachine.

Frequencyofcleaningmaydependonwaterqualityand

filtrationsystemused.Itistheresponsibilityofthe

operatortodeterminetheoptimalfrequencyfortheir

particularenvironment.Cleaningwillnotremove

microbial,mold,orslime.Themachineshouldalwaysbe

sanitizedaftercleaning,andchemicalsusedforcleaning

mustbethoroughlypurgedandrinsedpriortosanitizing.

Ice‐O‐Maticrequiresa“nickel‐safe”cleanersuchasNu‐

CalgonNickel‐SafeIceMachineCleaner.Typicallythe

chemicalcompositionisasfollows:

 Water53%to82%

 PhosphoricAcid15%to40%

 CitricAcid3%to7%

Inaddition,forCIMmodelsrevision4andhigher,KAY®

Delimermayalsobeused.Atdilution,thechemical

compositioniscitricacid5‐10%.

Ice‐O‐Maticrecommendscleaningbedonebyatrained

technicianandthattheyfollowdetailedstepsas

prescribedintheInstallationandServiceManuals.

Ice-O-Matic B25

Product's Documents

Cleaning Sanitizing Guidelines F00383 CLEANING AND SANITIZING AN ICE O MATIC COMMERCIAL ICE MACHINE Rev 09 19.

Specifications

Ice-O-Matic B25 Questions and Answers