Controlled Environment For Laboratories: Why Is This A Necessity?
06 October 2015
Thousands of customers consider cooling solutions everyday. They entertain catering-centric thoughts, wondering how effectively a commodity can be cooled or frozen so that it’s extra-fresh when it reaches the kitchen. What some patrons in the cooling industry tend to overlook is that there are other industries, applications where food storage protocols bow to the need for a controlled environment. More than a fast freezing agent, better than a uniformly cooled catering chamber, these high-end solutions deliver sealed controlled environment products, mechanisms that can generate nth degree temperature mastery. But why do we need this painstaking environmental dominance? To unravel the […]
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What Are The Different Types of Air Blast Freezers?
23 September 2015
Blast freezing may employ dynamic phraseology to describe a fast chilling process, but the dramatic terminology actually outlines a necessary process with valid scientific actions. The Anatomy of A Blast Freeze Operation We illustrate the necessity of this rapid cooling mechanism by delving deep into the structure of organic matter. Fish and soft vegetable produce can easily be frozen, but ice crystals will inevitably form within the cellular walls of these goods when cooling proceeds at its native pace. These crystals rupture cell walls as the crystals expand, causing the fine tissue of meat and vegetables to degenerate into a […]
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Things To Look For In Walk-In Freezer Panels
10 September 2015
Walk-in coolers / freezers afford larger storage capacity and shorter shipment intervals. They are installed outdoors and in residences as well as for commercial uses. Walk-in coolers and cold storage units are predominantly constructed using modular insulated cooler panels. All wall, floor, and door cooler panels must be interchangeable for fast and easy installation. Basic Walk-In Panel Specifications Walk-in freezer panels are metal pans constructed with an inner and outer metal skin and (typ. 4 in.) insulation core. The panels have cam-action locking devices and airtight gaskets to prevent air permeation between panels. • The freezer panels’ interior / exterior […]
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Freezer and Coolroom Parts: The Right Parts Available
18 August 2015
Cooling technology represents a mature and well-established storage format, one that can safely contain perishable items for extended periods. Engineering rules in this frosty industry are set by health and safety, crucial factors that can only be guaranteed by adopting a high quality parts selection model. In effect, you’re making a pledge to the business venture, a promise to support the equipment by providing the right parts. Of course, in more practical terms, you’re also making a commitment to spend large sums of cash and to reserve precious kitchen space, so parts quality is paramount in upholding this endeavor. Select […]
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Common Products That Are Kept In Coolrooms to Retain Freshness
06 August 2015
A coolroom is an invaluable resource. The optimal temperature within the room hovers between +0°C and +4°C, thus keeping perishable items safely stored and water chilly but fluid. This is the sweet spot for keeping wine and beverages cold but still ice-free. These bottled alcoholic beverages and their non-alcoholic relatives make for a straightforward example of a product that can be seen every day within coolroom enclosures. But, not content to settle on bottled liquids, we want to pose other questions, inquiries that will clarify what other exotic products can be legally stored in coolrooms. Without further ado, let’s explore […]
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What Are The Basic Components Of A Freezer?
21 July 2015
A handful of mechanisms can be quoted by historians as major life-changers, the devices that granted us dominion over a higher quality of life. A machine that can turn water into ice and change a swelteringly hot room into an icy chamber definitely makes it onto this list. A freezer achieves this modern magic by taking advantage of the laws of thermodynamics. On looking behind the metaphorical curtains, the magic is really more of a scientific principle, one known as heat transferal through the compression and expansion of chemical gases. The components in this cooling and heating cycle harness some […]
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What Are The Basic Components of A Coolroom?
14 July 2015
A coolroom is classed as an enclosed construct, a room that maintains a climate controlled environment. The temperature encountered in this space is set above freezing point and below 4°C, thus ice does not form. Capable of keeping shelved food or pharmaceuticals stably stockpiled for extended periods of time, these enclosures are found in hotels, restaurants, markets, and medical laboratories. They play a prominent role in everything from the storage of consumer products, including beverages and groceries, and extend their functionality to the containment of medical-grade drugs. Undoubtedly classed as an essential storage space within any commercial venture, coolrooms are […]
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Your Basic Guide to Coolroom and Freezer Maintenance
18 June 2015
As owners of large equipment, we’ve all been guilty at some point of exiling maintenance procedures to the shadows while the spotlight of attention is kept on installation procedures and repairs. Well, at least in the case of walk-in coolrooms, this indolent attitude can’t be afforded when perishable contents are at risk. Hygiene is the number one factor to consider here, with breakdowns and excessive energy expenditure trailing in slightly behind this environmental issue. In other words, you want to keep the machinery fully functional, saving cash on utility bills and avoiding expensive breakdown due to a faulty condenser unit, […]
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Basic Tips to Help you Determine the Type of Coolroom you Need for your Business
03 June 2015
Apart from the industrial-grade appliances that populate your kitchen, you know, the ones that cook huge quantities of food for your hungry guests, a walk-in coolroom or freezer is the biggest investment you’ll make. As such, you need to make your buying decision based on certain factors. These include but are not limited to what’s being stored in the room and whether a combination workflow is to be put in place by the kitchen manager. We’ll come back to this latter factor further on in our discussion. Learn what features and factors determine the type of cooling space you’ll adopt. […]
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How Does Wrong Insulation Affect Coolrooms and Freezers?
20 May 2015
A number of environmental factors are known to affect large-scale insulation strategies. So, how does wrong insulation affect coolrooms and freezers? There’s that single glaring consideration, the image of lost energy due to thermal leakage. The wrong type of panel has been installed, and it’s either too thin or built from substandard materials that aren’t designed to maintain the climate set by a cooling thermostat. This lack of protection causes a subsequent rise in your electrical bill to offset the losses, leading to an inefficient setup. An energy audit will illustrate this activity along an axis of time, showing transient […]
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How to Determine the Right Coolroom and Freezer Temperature for your Products
06 May 2015
Temperature is a considerable factor when selecting a coolroom or freezer. While a coolroom is intended to keep its contents cool (like a home fridge), a freezer must actually freeze the contents and maintain a temperature below zero. Coolrooms and freezers must be constructed in accordance with Health Department standards. Freezers require more wall insulation and different floor construction than coolrooms. High thermal and insulation panels control temperature and humidity. Sandwich-type panels made of continuous lamination that bonds sturdy aluminium or colorbond to both sides of a polystyrene core is a preferred construciton. This type of panel is strong, durable, […]
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Main difference Between Coolrooms and Freezers
30 April 2015
We’ve covered a few of the obvious differences between coolrooms and freezers. The two labels actually clue us in to those surface features, but now it’s time to get down to details. It’s no longer enough to point at one and think ‘cool,’ then gesture at the opposing model while thinking ‘freeze.’ So, without further ado, let’s tag these two cold storage forms with some hard numbers. A coolroom floats ambient temperatures above freezing point, sending the mercury level of the storage thermostat down to between +2°C and +4°C. We’d define this storage space as cool or cold and use […]
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