Ice Melting Solutions
Ice Melting Solutions
Ice melting solutions from Desert Mountain Corporation help combat icy road conditions that pose a significant threat to motorists and pedestrians. These winter conditions raise safety concerns as they can lead to an increase in accidents and injuries. Efficient ice melting is crucial to maintaining community safety during winter months when the risk of slippery surfaces is at its peak on roads, parking lots, and sidewalks.
Ice Melting Solutions from
Desert Mountain
In colder climates, ice melting solutions are important for safe travel on roads and streets, in parking lots, and on public and private sidewalks. Granular and liquid ice melting solutions from Desert Mountain Corporation are used by government entities like state level departments of transportation (DOT’s), tribal, county and city public works and roads and streets departments.
Many other institutions and companies in areas that receive rain that freezes and snow like schools, homeowner’s associations, hospitals, medical facilities, mines, shopping centers, malls, and more depend on affordable, efficient ice melting solutions.
Successful Ice Melting Solutions
and Planning
Desert Mountain Corporation has been in business since 1990, providing ice melting solutions in the Western United States. We offer both granular and liquid products so snow fighting teams can determine the most successful plan for keeping their roads safe.
By leveraging historical data and analyzing weather patterns to forecast potential ice formation, successful public works teams can take proactive measures. Applying liquid solutions like magnesium chloride and distributing Ice Slicer help keep roads safe and clear. A solid plan can reduce the impact of icy conditions.
Granular Ice Melting
Our granular delicing and anti-icing product of choice is Ice Slicer. It is the preferred product of over 30 state Departments of Transportation and hundreds of county and city governments to help keep winter roads safe.
All natural homogenous (not blended) Ice Slicer has no added dyes and contains naturally occurring minerals. It provides fast and long ice melting, easier snow removal, and safer roads.
Cost Benefits of Ice Slicer
Desert Mountain Corporation recommends granular Ice Slicer not only because it works better and faster than white road salt, but it is more cost effective. Ice Slicer costs 29% less per lane mile than white salt. Some of the cost benefits include:
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Fewer treatment cycles
When you’re using a product that is more efficient, it doesn’t take as much to achieve the same results. That frees up plows to move on to other streets faster.
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Cover more lane miles with less product
Due to the gradation and natural trace minerals of Ice Slicer, it takes less product to treat the same number of lane miles.
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Reduce snowplow fuel usage
Less treatment cycles = less fuel used. This is an important advantage when fuel prices are high. If you’re using less fuel, that frees up room in the budget.
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Reduce vehicle wear and tear costs
Less treatment cycles = less wear and tear on plows. An advantage when departments are needing to stretch the lifetime of a plow.
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No need to purchase and clean up
costly road aggregatesUtilizing Ice Slicer has allowed many DOT’s and other roads departments to eliminate purchasing sand for road traction. And it also eliminates the tedious after storm clean up.
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Reduce environmental cleanup costs
Clean up costs after a storm isn’t just sweeping the streets. It can involve replanting roadside vegetation if you’re using white salt. Ice Slicer applied in the correct amounts has been found to actually help put important minerals back in the soil. There are no added dyes or harsh chemicals to run off or clean up.
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Fewer accidents and road closures that
drain the local economyIf the roads are not kept clear, it can cause a drain on the local economy due to more accidents that tie up emergency services. The road closures that can result from inadequate ice melting solutions can cause supply chain issues. Ice Slicer’s naturally coarse grains reduce crashes by restoring road traction faster than other deicers.
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Reduce infrastructure repairs from corrosion
According to a recent study, salt corrosion costs the United States $16-19 billion per year. By using a deicer that is less corrosive than white salt on bridges, rails, signs, and other infrastructure, roads departments can cut costs and stay under budget. According to UDOT, “Ice Slicer tested 38% less corrosive than white salt.” It is categorized by the State of Utah as high performing in corrosion prevention.
Ask Us About Ice Melting Solutions
Contact Desert Mountain Corporation for Ice Melting Solutions like Ice Slicer and magnesium chloride. We work with government and private entities, the military, mining, oil and gas, hospitals, schools, and many more to ensure that roads are safe in the best and worst winter conditions.
Questions?
Email us at [email protected] or call (877) 718-3878.
Environmental Impact
There can be an environmental impact of using plain white road salt for ice melting. To achieve sufficient chemical reaction to melt the snow and ice, road crews must use so much product that they are cleaning it out of gutters and ditches between storms – especially if they are overusing sand as well.
Using Ice Slicer typically requires 40-100% less salt than white salt. And this much overuse can have negative effects on ecosystems, including soil and water contamination. The sedimentation runoff from plain white road salt can negatively impact aquatic life.
These are a few of the reasons for eco-friendly alternatives –
like 100% natural, dye-free Ice Slicer.
And utilizing Ice Slicer will mean fewer particles that will contribute to air quality issues and PM10 and PM2.5 standards. When roads are sanded, they have to been swept and cleaned up following storms or traffic will be creating a winter “brown cloud”.
Better Performance
Utilizing Ice Slicer as the ice melting solution for public works departments gives them solid performance advantages over white salt.
- Powerful Complex Chlorides
Ice Slicer's naturally occurring complex chlorides work faster and last longer than other deicers at all temperatures, reducing the number of treatment cycles per storm. - Solar Powered
Color matters. Ice Slicer’s darker color helps granules absorb solar energy and brine faster. The unique color also allows snow fighters and the public recognize treated roads. - Brines up to 5x Faster
Salt must turn to brine before it melts ice & snow. Independent lab testing shows Ice Slicer brines up to 5 times faster than white salt. After 90 minutes, Ice Slicer still produces nearly double the brine. - Natural Gradation
Ice Slicer's unique gradation creates immediate and lasting traction without the need for aggregates. - Mined Salt
Nature gave Ice Slicer the highest concentrate of complex chlorides which break down snow and ice more efficiently than evaporated white salt. - Colder Working Temperature
Ice Slicer keeps melting ice and snow 14° F lower than traditional white salt (Eutectic temperature study).
Ice Slicer is the perfect ice melting solution as it not only addresses the safety concerns of icy roads but also minimizes environmental impact.
Liquid Ice Melting Solutions
Used as anti-icers before storms, our liquid deicing and anti-icing products will help prevent snow and ice from bonding to the road surface. This makes it easier for the snow plows to stay ahead of the accumulating snowfall.
Desert Mountain Corporation offers MeltDown Liquid, Apex, SOS Liquid Stockpile Treatment and AMP Deicing Liquid. They can be used separately or together depending on the temperatures and conditions.
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