The advantage of potassium acetate in de-icing operations

Many industrial operations need freeze prevention agents but cannot tolerate chlorides reducing the life of their capital assets or any deicers that will adversely impact the local environment. Nachurs-Alpine Solutions offers the environmentally benign chemistry of potassium acetate 50 per cent that fits the needs of these industrial customers across North America. The chemistry is almost identical to liquid fertilizers that are used widely throughout the continent. The product works to temperatures that are well below zero degrees Fahrenheit / -20 degrees Celsius. Our products are produced in our Belle Plaine, Sask. manufacturing facility under the trade names of Alpine Ice Melt (clear) and Alpine RF-11 (tinted blue).

Some of the relevant product applications where customers have used the product to improve product handling, to reduce unfavourable environmental impacts, are:

• Through an application arm for the liquid product to apply a fine mist on top of the covers of outbound potash railcars to prevent the formation and accumulation of snow and ice during transit.

• On conveyor belts moving ore, coal, and other aggregates. • As a replacement for glycerinbased products to eliminate negative environmental impacts.

• Spraying the sides and bottoms of hopper railcars and large dump trucks that hold industrial aggregates to prevent the freeze bond while not corroding the vehicle body.

• Spraying a light mist on top of the vehicle after loading to prevent ice caps on top of the vehicle.

• Applied as a dust suppressant.

• Applied as a light mist (like the product application on airport runways) on paved walking and working surfaces in many industrial facilities specifically to prevent slips, trips, and falls in the workplace to meet safety objectives and reduce insurance claims.

• Many industrial facilities also use the product on internal roadways to prevent snow and ice accumulation, particularly where the local environment or costly infrastructure would be compromised by the use of chlorides for this purpose.

Please call us 1-800-622-4877 ext. 300, or contact us at nasi_cs@nasindustrial.com so that we may have the opportunity to discuss how our products can help you operate more smoothly, safely, and sustainably. s

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