Due to its specific properties and large surface for rapid cooling, flake ice can be used in different areas of food production or laboratories and could be applied directly to the products to be cooled. In this particularly hygienic and economical method almost the total amount of used water is converted into ice. Manitowoc offers a variety of different ice flakers. Beside mountable devices with reservoir, there are modular ice machines with separate magazine and split units with external condenser.