Our products are for application in airports and on roads. They can be used as such, in a pure form, for deicing and anit-icing purposes. They can also be combined to have a bigger impact as the weather conditions gets rougher. What is Anti-icing?
Anti-icing is a snow and ice control measure to prevent a strong bond between frozen precipitation or frost and a pavement surface by timely application of a chemical freezing point depressant. Proactive approach.
What is Deicing?
De-icing is a measure where a deicer is applied to the top of an accumulation of snow, ice or frost that is already bonded or formed to the pavement surface. Reactive approach.
Why anti-icing over deicing?
- Most liquid deicers usually stay where you put them
- Typically less chemical is used
- Can be applied before the storm or early in the storm
- Service levels are raised
- Maintenance costs are lower
- Reduced environmental impact
Anti-icing chemicals lower the freeze point temperature of water, depending on the percentage of chemical in solution.
Key to succesfull snow and ice control
- Both anti-icing and deicing are needed for effective winter storm management.
- You need a tool box approach for choosing the deicer and method of application.
- Snow and ice control is an art combined with science.
- Purchase price of material is not the only cost consideration.
- Long lasting effect
- Snow more easily removed
- Lower chemical usage
- Plowing required
- Lower equipment maintenance costs