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Reduced Scale Formation in Coffee Brewers with the NEW SF18-S ScaleGard® System

Save energy, lower your maintenance costs, and help maintain the steady performance of coffee brewers.

The detrimental effects of lime scale formation in coffee brewers are minimized with a steady, measured, and controlled addition to the inlet brewing water of high-temperature scale inhibitor from the SF18-S ScaleGard system. The performance of temperature and level sensors, spray heads, and heating coils are all affected by hard scale formation. Energy efficiency is reduced significantly (up to or more than 25%) with a few thousandths of inches of scale, spray-head water delivery and thus coffee quality becomes uneven, and temperature and level sensors, (hence cycle times and volumes) may move out of control. Two maintenance calls per year can cost up to $1000 or more, not to mention equipment replacement costs for irreversibly scaled equipment.
without scale inhibitor Photos, courtesy of BUNN® Corporation, Springfield IL, show a laboratory coffee hot-water reservoir after 7,000 brews (3,500 gallons or 13,4247 liters) without and with the continued application of scale inhibitor from the SF18-S ScaleGard system. The feed was well water with measured hardness of 28-30 grains. with scale inhibitor

®BUNN is a registered trademark of Bunn-O-Matic Corporation, Springfield, Illinois
440HT ScaleGard

The SF18-S ScaleGard is supplied as a stand-alone system. It is also an integral part of the SF165 ScaleGard HT system.
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  • 3M Water Filtration and OCS pricing may be obtained by contacting your local distributor or calling CUNO Customer Service at (203)-237-5541.