Effects of Broken Gaskets in Freezers
10 April 2018
A broken freezer gasket is allowing warm air into a hard-working freezer. The compressor unit responds to the leak by working harder. It’s going to wear out soon unless the broken seal is replaced. Continuously operating compressors, pools of water, spoiled food, and increasing operational costs, all of these problems can be explained by calling out a service engineer, someone who’ll likely go straight to that broken gasket. Coping with Counterintuitive Effects If warm air is getting inside the freezer, why is the refrigeration unit gaining a layer of ice? Speaking plainly, the equipment is doing too much. It’s running […]
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Why is it Important to Maintain PVC Strip Doors?
28 March 2018
For a safe and segregated work environment, it’s important to have a series of PVC strip doors that perform exactly as intended. In specially controlled coolrooms and freezers, that degree of performance proficiency assumes a critically important role, for the cold zones in here cannot be impacted by an exterior heat source. In light of this very real process-endangering threat, flexible plastic screen maintenance is a high-priority service. Damaged PVC Strip Doors Corrupt Coolrooms Picture a high-traffic area, a shielded threshold that uses one of these economic barriers. Manually operated pallet stackers push past the suspended plastic strips all day […]
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The Importance of Temperature Consistency in Freezers and Coolrooms for Sterile Environments
15 March 2018
Temperature consistency is a factor that safely preserves the contents of a sterile environment. Think about a laboratory, a clinical domain. There are tissue samples stored in here, plus shelves of bacterial cultures. Every variable is controlled in here. Thanks to that carefully regulated laboratory setting, the biological samples behave in a predictable manner. Now, however, the lab freezer is breaking down. Temperature consistency has gone out the window. Introducing Experimental Bias The experiment is a bust. Those monitored results are meaningless because the intended thermal envelope became biased. That lab freezer or cooling chamber, designed to absolutely maintain a […]
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Common Causes of Freezer Dripping and Not Reaching the Right Temperature
28 February 2018
A kitchen staff member has just reported a dripping freezer. The unit in question is creating a small pool on the floor. There’s no way that freezer is reaching the right temperature. Alarm bells go off in the kitchen manager’s head. If the equipment isn’t keeping its contents frozen, a dangerous hygiene jeopardizing incident could be brewing. Quick, time is of the essence, what’s causing the warming effect? A Damaged Thermostat Check the obvious causal factors before calling out an engineer. But be quick about it, this issue can’t be allowed to continue. Is the thermostat set at the right […]
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How FLX Self Regulating Heater Cable Works
14 February 2018
Cables carry electricity. If they’re not conducting power, they’re supporting a load or retaining something. Just to mix things up a little, FLX self-regulating heater cables shy away from both of these applications. As the title implies, this type of stranded wiring is designed to emit thermal energy, which makes the product an ideal match for the coolroom industry. That being said, how do these self-regulating strands work? An introduction to Basic Electrical Principles What if we designed a circuit that was built to make heat? Well, it turns out this electrical part has been around for a long time. […]
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Benefits of Blast Freezers
25 January 2018
An arctic chill sends the mercury level on a wall-mounted thermostat plummeting. The perishable contents inside the insulated storage unit freeze. This is a blast freezer, an environment that’s ruled by frigid power. In here, banks of fans force icy air across the food. Flash frozen in an instant, the cooling system does consume more energy than a conventional freezer, so what benefits offset this extra power expenditure? Supports Cellular Preservation Imagine a plate full of raspberries. Cooled inside a regular freezer, the water stored inside this succulent fruit expands. It turns to ice. The cell membranes of each juicy […]
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Is There A Required Thickness in Commercial Coolroom and Freezer Glass Doors?
11 January 2018
Glass isn’t good at conducting heat. Take a look at a glass-lined thermos. It keeps its contents thermally stable for hours at a time. Glass windows do the same for the home, especially when they’re made from Low-E glass. How do coolrooms use this talent for minimizing energy losses? Well, transparent glass panels do materially maintain that cooling effect, but wouldn’t this insulation factor increase if the glass was thicker? The Effects of Thicker Coolroom Glass The contents of a cooler are shown off by glass doors. Thin or thick, the glass remains transparent. If a busy shopper wanders the […]
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The Importance of Compliance in Health Standards in Coolroom and Freezer Construction
06 December 2017
At C & M Coolroom Services we believe that your freezers and coolrooms need not only be professionally constructed, but completely safe and risk-averse. While most people take large walk-in freezers for granted, we understand that these are expensive projects that require several layers of planning followed by several more layers of safety checks and health standard testing. Today, we are going to talk a little bit about Coolroom and Freezer construction as well as why it is absolutely imperative that your project meets the health and safety standards that are expected of you. Health Standards for Coolroom and Freezer […]
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Freezer Door Seals: Why are they Important for Energy Efficiency?
04 December 2017
A fully sealed freezer equals an energy efficient appliance, especially when that appliance assumes gigantic proportions. Furthermore, this threshold gasket stops the refrigeration unit from aging then failing in a wheeze of worn components. It’s strange how this often ignored enclosure cushioning can make such a big difference, but it really does. Regarded as an important part of the freezer system, door seals are built to conserve energy. Rising Above Conventional Reasoning What knee-jerk line of reasoning spins the wheels of the average mind here? There’s the notion that a substandard gasket will warp or wear. That damage will then […]
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How Freezer and Coolroom Audit Can Help Control Harmful Microorganisms
08 November 2017
A professionally conducted energy audit determines whether your commercial freezer really is as indestructible as it looks. Tasked with analyzing the energy envelope inside these insulated enclosures, the tests track waste energy, monitor losses over time, and even identify the reasons for the thermal shortfall. Furthermore, a properly identified energy consumption profile helps govern certain system management factors. For example, harmful organisms can’t exist when freezer and coolroom audits rule supreme. Reviewing Coolroom Energy Audits If it helps, picture a traditionally maintained walk-in unit as a two-dimensional auditing system. A couple of thermometers take care of this job. The appliance […]
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Coolrooms and Freezers for Seafood Processing Plants
01 November 2017
The briny air pinches the nostrils of the seafood processing personnel as they shuffle in for their next shift. Nearby, the hum of the coolrooms and freezers are maintaining a strictly mandated chill. Happily, safe seafood storage guidelines are properly cooling the large warehouse. All while those frigid temperatures are maintained, the marine product rolls through the seafood processing plant. Down there, among the machinery, are those fish being filleted at a table? What’s Being Prepared Down There? That’s a ten out of ten for visual acuity, for those are filleted fish. In point of fact, a seafood processing factory […]
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Quality Frozen Meats Come from Quality Freezer and Coolroom Performance
20 October 2017
A work-frazzled kitchen chef works his magic. The ingredients of his creation centre on a juicy cut of prime rib roast. Surely the meal is destined to satisfy a hungry customer before he happily orders dessert, right? There’s a factor we’re forgetting, a point in the cooking process that comes between meat delivery day and the frying pan. Coolroom performance, a quality freezer arrangement, directly influences frozen meat freshness. Coolroom Storage Conditions: The Freshness Question Everyone knows that meat is preserved when it’s properly stored at a low temperature. The chilly environment stops cellular degradation, forces microbial organisms into a […]
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