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■ Cold Storage
Refrigerated transport
- juiced up
Schoeller Arca has introduced a ‘bag-in-a-box’ container for
transporting refrigerated goods that was originally
designed for frozen fruit juices.
costly to purchase and maintain. Metal is containers and reefer vessels.
heavy, hard to handle and can have sharp ComboLife 270 utilises Schoeller Arca
edges that injure employees and damage Systems’ renowned bag-in-box technology,
goods. Recent years have seen the plastic where an inner liner bag is fitted into the
packaging industry offer realistic, cost container and filled with the product. It is
Transit containers used for refrigerated effective alternatives. disposable, cutting maintenance requirements
transport must protect the product from Plastic packaging leader Schoeller Arca and reducing costs. The bag also incorporates
damage while remaining cost effective. Systems produces a range of plastic an integral aseptic filling and discharge valve,
They must be strong, durable and capable containers designed for specific uses. When it so fluids can easily be transferred to and from
of withstanding rough handling. User comes to cold storage and transport, its the container. It also allows ComboLife 270
friendliness and efficiency are also ComboLife 270 IBC or Reefer (as refrigerated to connect to a production line, so the whole
important qualities, as they can improve shipping containers are known) is a highly process can be fully automated for optimum
productivity when loading, unloading, suitable option. Originally developed for the efficiency.
filling or discharging. refrigerated transport of frozen fruit juices, it Schoeller Arca Systems offers a very broad
Common packaging products used for boasts excellent stacking capabilities and is range of plastic materials handling products,
refrigerated transport included stainless steel collapsible. including foldable large containers,
drums and intermediate bulk containers Its dimensions are 1235 x 1135 x 1063mm intermediate bulk containers, big boxes,
(IBCs). But metal containers are susceptible when erect, its height being just 480mm when pallets, crates and trays for beverages,
to rust and corrosion, which can cause folded. This means it optimises space on returnable plastic containers and UN certified
contamination. IBCs need to be sanitised return journeys and is suitable for refrigerated pails. ComboLife 270 is part of the popular
regularly but this can often be difficult, time transport in containers, trucks, ships and by Combo range, specially designed for aseptic
consuming and expensive with the metal rail. A 1220 x 1120 x 1030mm version is filling, discharging and transportation.
variety. Containers of this sort can also be available, which fits perfectly into sea www.schoellerarcasystems.com
Cold cure
Seymour Manufacturing says its Cold Stop
customers experience consistent chill storage
temperatures and reduced energy consumption.
User experience with Seymour The evidence is that ‘prior-to-Cold-Stop’
Manufacturing’s Cold Stop has proved that temperature settings provided a degree of
chill stores and freezers maintain more latitude – possibly 3ºC or 4ºC below that
consistent temperatures and consume less necessary.
energy than when plastic strip doors were SMI recommends that the 20 minute
being used. Its customers are therefore rule is observed and the evaporator settings the summer months, are no longer heard;
being encouraged to adjust settings to take adjusted to make further energy savings. • Personnel standing directly outside a
advantage of reduced energy requirements. Other strong indicators of energy saving are: freezer fitted with Cold Stop will feel only
It has been reported by several big users that • The cold room or freezer feels a lot colder ambient air;
where Cold Stop curtains have been fitted and inside; • The outside surface of a Cold Stop curtain
temperature controls left at their old settings, • The evaporator is noticeably working less; will be the same as the ambient and yet the
product removed to the retail floor for display • Warning sirens indicating that the inside will hold the cold room temperature.
remains within temperature for a longer period. temperature is unacceptably high, especially in www.seymour-mi.com
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