Snow Dragon® snowmelters are  an economically viable solution to expensive and environmentally disruptive snow hauling, providing a cost effective alternative for snow contractors, facilities managers, municipalities and airport operations alike. 

For security conscious users, eliminating a convoy of trucks on and off a protected site allows for less outside intrusion.  In the post 9/11 world, the Snow Dragon® eliminates the security risks associated with hauling snow from Airports, as well as environmentally contaminated snow concerns, as it is retained and melted onsite.  The Snow Dragon® is portable so it can go to the snow – this means piles can be conveniently setup in various melting sites, instead of having to move the snow great distances to one designated snow haul area, to be handled yet again before it is finally taken away.  For many users sound and noise is critical for residential and shopping areas.  As a result, all Snow Dragon® melters are designed for quite operation.  Our solution is a simple one:  Melt It!  Don’t Move It!

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Why Choose Snow Dragon?
The Snow Dragon® is revolutionizing snow removal with a patented snow melting process based on fire tube boiler technology.  This is a dramatic break from the industry tradition of heating water in a melting tank by firing a submerged burner which releases hot air and gas bubbles (a slow and inefficient process as most of the heat is lost when the bubbles reach the surface).   Add some snow and you have a giant slush machine, rather than a melter, as the water barely gets to 40F.   By using a patented designed heat exchanger in conjunction with 9,000,000 BTU/hr burners, the Snow Dragon® gets hot fast and maintains a melting tank water temperature almost twice that of traditional snowmelters, even in the coldest weather.

In 2004, Snow Management Group, the largest snow contracting firm in North America, (owned and operated by John Allin, the snow industry’s foremost expert on snow removal), teamed up with ParkOhio (www.pkoh.com) (NASDAQ – PKOH), the world leader in oven and heat exchanger technology, and took snowmelting in a new direction.  Going in, they knew this new beast would have to be technologically advanced and highly efficient in order for it to melt snow better, faster and more affordable than ever before.  From this partnership evolved Snow Dragon®, LLC, a manufacturer that has raised the bar in snowmelter fabrication and operation, setting a new standard for the industry by doing what they set out to do: design, engineer and build the best snowmelters in the world. 

How Snow Dragon® Snowmelters Work.

Within 15 minutes from a cold startup, the water temperature in the melting hopper rises to over 100F, heated by firing 9,000,000 BTU/hr burners into specially designed heat exchanger burner tubes, where heat is transferred to the water.  Snow and ice are then dumped into the melting hopper where warm water is sprayed over the snow to promote further melting. 

As the water level rises, standpipes within the unit skim out particles while screens filter out dirt and debris, ensuring that storm water relocation systems don’t get clogged.  Water leaving the Snow Dragon® is cleaner than the snow being dumped in.  

How Snow Dragon® Snowmelters Save You $$$.
While trucking, hauling, and dumping snow have been the typical procedure for snow removal, many factors including security issues, environmental restrictions, increasing trucking costs, safety issues with piling snow, and the increasing cost of fuel are making this option less practical. 

Take for instance a football field covered with 6” of snow.  This would cost about $5,000 to remove with a traditional snow haul.  But, melt it away with a Snow Dragon® Snowmelter and you realize a savings of over 55%, which translates into over $2,800 you just kept in your pocket.  With a Snow Dragon® Snowmelter, all your tenant and customer parking spaces, as well as airport runways and parking lots, will be clear and available for less than half the cost of a typical snow haul.

NEW Product Line added.
Snow Dragon® is pleased to introduce the newest member of its product line...
The Snow Dragon® Snow Feeder.

	The Snow Dragon® Snow Feeder works in tandem with, and tows,  the Snow Dragon® SND900 snowmelter taking "tow and go" to the next level.  Learn more about the Snow Dragon® Snow Feeder by clicking here..
Snow Feeder SNF-075

Look for Yourself.
We're not Blowing Hot Air when we say we melt snow faster than anyone else!  But that's exactly what other snowmelter manufacturers do; they fire burners that release hot gas and air bubbles underwater that instantly shoot to the surface of the melting tank, releasing and wasting most of the heat that's supposed to be warming the water.  Add some snow to this and you have a giant slush machine as the water temperature is usually below 40F.

Snow Dragon's® patented process is based on efficient fire tube boiler technology.  9,000,000 BTU/hr burners fire into specially designed burner tubes where the heat is transferred to the water, not released into thin air.  10 - 15 minutes later the water temperature is above 100F.  You can continually melt snow for hours and the water will maintain a temperature of about 70F or more.  That's almost twice as hot as the other guys!

So give up the haul and melt the snow, don’t move it!  At Snow Dragon®, not only do We Know Snow®, with our patented process we know how to melt it away faster than anyone else!  For more information on how Snow Dragon® is changing your snow removal forever, please contact Snow Dragon Sales at SNDsales@snowdragonmelters.com, or your local distributor.