How we ended up with the simplifier-method?

Finnish ICEGUARD has launched the third iteration of its Precision Ice Levelling Robot. As of now over 90 percent of ice rinks in Denmark and more than seven ice rinks out of ten in Sweden are maintained with an ICEGUARD robot.

A Short history of lasers in ice treatment.
In 2001 we did the first laser experiment in a resurfacing machine. In 2003, serial production of the laser installed in resurfacing machines began. With it, we learned to understand that right place for the laser is a separate machine, the like of which did not exist yet.

You will understand the matter if and when you really understand how the resurfacing machine really works. Freezing water is like metal welding. A clean, unbroken surface before applying new water is a must for achieving good quality of new ice.

The resurfacing machine requires absolutely straight ice to function perfectly. Its cutting blade cannot be reduced with the help of laser control, but it must be able to cut the entire rink area evenly, the old ice is removed. The ice surfacing machine copies all the height variations on the edge of the rink and moves them to the middle rink.

Following that realization we come to year 2005 when ICEGUARD started developing a separate laser-controlled ice leveling robot, which is the right place for the laser. We have now come to the third generation of these robots and pleased to present the latest ice leveling robot developed by ICEGUARD - LENA.