Ice machines can develop lime and scale deposits after periods of continual use. These deposits can form faster if the source of water to the ice machine provides hard water. However, deposits can form even with soft water. Whenever deposit build ups are noticed, the ice machine should be cleaned.

A.Gur Technologies' Nickel Safe Ice Maker Cleaning Solution is a phosphoric/citric food grade, making it safer to use than Hydrochloric Acid & Muriatic Acid. It is formulated to remove sludge and scale sedimentations from devices with tin or nickel-plated evaporators such as dishwashers, ice-making machines, coffee urns, aluminum equipment, hot water kettles, vending equipment, etc.

A.Gur Technologies provides two liquid-based ice machine cleaners: Nickel-safe Ice Machine Cleaner and Liquid Ice Machine Cleaner. Both are designed for removing lime scale deposits from vending equipment, coffee urns and ice machines, alongside other water using items that become scaled up, such as portable water heaters and humidifiers.

The main issues faced with ice-making machines are water related, the most common of which is limescale. During an ice maker's cycle, water is frozen into ice and during this, some of the minerals naturally occurring in the water are left behind in the recirculating ice water. This is because water tries to freeze the minerals in their pure state. As the machine's cycles continue, the concentration of these mineral increases and they eventually a precipitate is formed as limescale.

The formation of the limescale produces a physical obstacle causing blocked blocked distribution holes and therefore limited water flow, ultimately causing the ice maker to jam. Ice productivity is reduced, eventually causing the machine to stop working altogether.

This process can affect ice machines that make ice cubes and flakes. Contrary to the popular belief that ice flake machines avoid this problem, they can also have scale build ups. This results in a jammed auger and finally a broken drive mechanism or belt.

After the scaling has occurred, it needs to be cleaned with an acid to dissolve the scale. While the acid must be strong enough o the scale can be dissolved, it also needs to be equipment and food-grade safe.

Once the machine is scaled up, it must be cleaned, requiring the use of an acid so that the scale can be dissolved. Obviously, the acid must be effective in order to dissolve the scale but it must also be food grade and equipment-safe.