Food Services

The effective alternative to ion exchange water softening

People in the food services sector appreciate the problems associated with hard water limescale. Until recently, the options were to use ion exchange softening – perhaps polyphosphate, with all the secondary problems and issues of both, or use one of the inefficient electronic or magnetic systems that simply don’t work very well, and in independently conducted evaluations rarely achieve even 50% efficiency.

Scale Stop is an innovation using a proven process known as Template Assisted Crystallisation (TAC) In simple terms this causes the scale forming crystals to stick to each other at a microscopic leveland not to metal surfaces. This process adds nothing to the water and takes nothing away. The calcium and magnesium removed by ion exchange softening are desirable minerals for quality water.

Practical and operational advantages

Scale Stop is the proven alternative protection system for coffee machines, ice machines, steamers, combi ovens and all other food services equipment. Scale Stop is available in both Point Of Entry (POE) and Point Of Use (POU) systems with a full range of 24/7/365 continuous flow ratings from 1 litre/minute for hot drink vending machines.

POU systems are available as 4 and 8 litres/minute TAC QT Everpure compatible or NSS-110B and 120B conventional cartridge filter housings from 10 up to 22 litres/minute flow rate. These units have a minimum one year life between changes. All of these systems use replaceable industry standard size cartridges.

POE systems have a longer effective life… 3 years on 32 litres/minute CTUs and above, providing long lasting effective prevention for the whole outlet – including boilers and water heaters, eliminating the need for numerous POU filters.

Scale Stop is established in the coffee sector and is standard protection with Concordia. Scale Stop has independent third party performance verifications under the German DVGW – W512 test protocol and achieved a 99.6% efficiency rating in scale prevention.

POE systems such as the TurboTAC combine a carbon pre filter which removes sediment and chemicals – especially chlorine, for better tasing and crystal clear water as well as scale protection for every machine and appliance on site. This means no changing of cartridges in customer facing areas and many fewer service calls.

Scale Protection as good as it gets!

Maintaining the system

When you install a Scale Stop system you protect ALL your kitchen and heating equipment, including coffee machines, ice machines, steamers, post mix, water chillers, RO systems etc. You also protect boilers, instant water heaters, immersion heaters and hot water cylinders. With Scale Stop you can protect all of this equipment and eliminate the need for additional POU protection.

Global Approval

Scale Stop has Global approval with Marriott Hotels and McDonald’s Restaurants and provides protection on Concordia Coffee machines, Groen steam & combi ovens and Manitowoc ice machines. Also Noritz boilers (branded Baxi and Andrews water heaters in the UK) and with other hotels, restaurants, coffee chains, food services equipment and water heating manufacturers. All the commercial testing and approval is reinforced by independent third party verifications using the Internationally recognised German DVGW-W512 testing protocol for hard scale prevention. Under this test protocol, Scale Stop achieved a repeatable 99.6% efficiency rating.

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