“I tell my peers to do it, freeze your blades; everything stays super sharp and lasts a lot longer, decreasing maintenance in general,” -Kyle Kyser, Production Superintendent for Isabella Corporation

Mt. Pleasant, Michigan – With 18 years of experience as a production superintendent for Isabella Corporation, Kyle Kyser knows the ins and outs of the sand, gravel and resurfacing business.

He doesn’t hesitate to tell others to treat their machinery and equipment cryogenically, after quadrupling the life of cutting edges and blades of all kind with treatment from ICE Cryogenic.

“There’s less time working on them, more time using them,” Kyser said of the loader cutting blades and even chainsaw and lawnmower blades that have out-performed untreated blades by four times.

“Before we’d get half of a summer out of a cutting edge, and now it’s pretty much two summers,” Kyser said.

That extra life equals higher output, better time management and improved safety, huge benefits for a company that provides thousands of tons of sand, gravel and other rocks for county road resurfacing and other projects.

It also means cost savings.

“Even with the cost of treatment, we’re saving $3,000 to $4,000 per blade,” Kyser said. “I tell my peers to do it, freeze your blades; everything stays super sharp and lasts a lot longer, decreasing maintenance in general.”