Cooling solution for freezer room
January 1st 2008 When Scottish frozen food
distributor JB Foods set out
last year to equip its new
distribution depot at
Loanhead, Midlothian, it
turned to one of Alfa
Laval's business partners,
Carlisle Refrigeration, to
design, specify and install
the equipment needed to
maintain the freezer store
and loading bay areas at
the correct temperatures.
Carlisle Refrigeration's
contracts manager,
Campbell Wark, explains
"We opted for Alfa Laval's
AirMax units because of
their innovative fin design
which combines maximum
external surface area with a
very high heat transfer
factor and rapid coil water
drainage to keep defrost
times to a minimum."
Maintained by three
Airmax direct expansion
unit coolers at a constant -
25°C, the freezer room at
JB Foods has Storax
motorised, rolling racking to
When Scottish frozen food
distributor JB Foods set out
last year to equip its new
distribution depot at
Loanhead, Midlothian, it
turned to one of Alfa
Laval's business partners,
Carlisle Refrigeration, to
design, specify and install
the equipment needed to
maintain the freezer store
and loading bay areas at
the correct temperatures.
Carlisle Refrigeration's
contracts manager,
Campbell Wark, explains
"We opted for Alfa Laval's
AirMax units because of
their innovative fin design
which combines maximum
external surface area with a
very high heat transfer
factor and rapid coil water
drainage to keep defrost
times to a minimum."
Maintained by three
Airmax direct expansion
unit coolers at a constant -
25°C, the freezer room at
JB Foods has Storax
motorised, rolling racking to
maximise storage space. In
the loading bay, another
Airmax unit cooler keeps the
temperature at a steady 2°C.
The three Airmax units
serving the freezer room
have two off 560mm
diameter fans and provide
80kW cooling capacity. The
single unit in the loading
bay area also has two fans,
this time with a diameter of
500mm, and provides 23kW
cooling capacity.
Units feature low fan
power consumption, low
noise levels and are of
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