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Is It Time To Upgrade Your Commercial Refrigerator

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  Whether you are a restaurant owner, café manager or a head chef – if you are in the charge of buying the equipment required to run your business, you will perhaps be well aware of how much of an investment a commercial refrigerator or freezer room can be. Here at Africhill, we understand the value of refrigeration, be it for the healthcare sector, hospitality or food retail. Below, we have listed a few tell-tale signs that your commercial refrigeration system may require a complete upgrade. Continuous ice build-up: Frost or ice build-up can happen for several reasons, and not all of which essentially entail that you’ve to replace your whole refrigeration unit. Sometimes, ice build-up can occur due to a defective door seal, which can be spotted if you do routine upkeep. However, if you do have your refrigeration system serviced regularly, and still discover that ice build-up is happening, the odds are that the refrigerator is defective & is not cooling the way it should. ...

Why Life Without Refrigeration Seems Impractical

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  Is it possible to imagine a world without refrigeration? It would be very tough to live in a world without refrigeration. When it comes to preserving products, one thing that comes to your mind is a cold room or refrigerating chamber. A cold room is a stockroom in which an exact temperature is generated artificially. Cold rooms are generally engineered for storing items in a setting below the outside temperature. Fun Facts About Cold Rooms or Refrigerated Chambers: Cold rooms have been a vital part of the marine industry since the late 9 th century. These rooms are used in warmer latitudes, where the commercialization of products & the time factor play critical roles for the development of particular industries that need pretty strict quality constraints. Also, cold rooms are employed for engineering products, for example, to store chemicals at a perfect temperature for processing or to delay chemical reactions (for instance, in polymers or in processes catalyzed by t...

Everything You Need To Know About Cold Storage

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New technologies have made it feasible to obtain fresh, unpreserved food from one part of the world to the other without putting the integrity of the foods at risk. Cold storage is the storage of any temperature-controlled stuff that refrain that stuff from perishing or not adhering to regulations that apply to that substance. Cold storage may appear in a wide range of places: A manufacturer may have a private cold storage room to store products prior to they make its way to end-users. End-users may have the cold storage room to warehouse temperature-controlled products after they have received them but before they have a requirement to use them. Generally, cold storage is outsourced to a 3PL (third-party logistics provider), where products stay until they’re prepared to be dispatched to an end-user. Some instances of products that may need cold storage or at least a temperature-controlled warehousing solution: Flowers and plants Perishable nutrient products Biopharmaceutical p...

What Are The Pros Of Having Cold Room Shelving Units In Your Cold Room

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Cold room shelving consists of custom-designed shelving units that are appropriate for keeping items in rooms that reach exceedingly low temperatures. Used in a wide range of industries, predominantly supermarket retail outlets, cold room shelving offers different advantages that not just assist retailers but also aid consumers in the long run. Listed below are different reasons why cold room shelving is in high demand in certain industries and why its uses are to be regularly included in the storage of food ingredients and/or stock: Steer clear of cross-contamination: The most important highlight of cold room shelving is its leveling system. Having different shelves available is helpful for various reasons in regards of keep food items stored. First of all, there’s always the concern for cross-contamination which happens when bacteria from some food items accidentally cross onto other foods. By using cold room shelving, you can keep your food ingredients separated. For instance, you ...

How Do You Find the Right Commercial Refrigeration Room?

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A walk-in cold storage room is more valuable equipment in the food service industry. You just think about the product you keep in your refrigeration room and you’ll know why this system is valuable. This is why; you want to ensure that you choose the right refrigeration system for your business. You should consider investing in a system that should work for your space. Purchasing inappropriate unit can cause you waste money. So, what’s the right way to find the proper cold storage room for your business? Please check out this post and know how to make a right purchase: You should know the room size where you’ll have to refrigerate. If you are unaware of the length, width, and height of your cooler and freezer, you should understand this measurement right now. Once you know the room size, you have to estimate the temperature you have to maintain in the room. This decision is based on product and health regulations. You’ll have to factor in other considerations like relative humidity an...

Why Consider Having A Cold Room

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A cold room is the biggest kind of refrigeration unit accessible, which can have used inside any kitchen setting or even in outer areas. As the name shows, a 'Cool Room' is a room that has a lower temperature than a typical room; nonetheless, this does not imply that it is practically identical to a room in which the windows remain open during a chilly night. Rather it is a unit intended to control its inside temperature with top-quality insulation to forestall unwanted changes in the room temperature. Cold rooms have regular use by organizations commonly inside the friendliness and food industry. Big family units do use such to store large quantities of food, which would not be conceivable when utilizing a standard ice chest. If you, or your business, need to guarantee a large quantity of things remain chilled, at that point such a room could be actually what you are searching for. The reasons for purchasing a cold room There are various advantages to ha...

Handy Freezer Room Maintenance Tips For Optimal Performance

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Being necessary kitchen equipment for those who’re into the food or catering business, freezer rooms are an important investment for every aspiring food entrepreneur. It’s one of the important equipments for large sized bakeries and organizations dealing with food stuff. Therefore, your freezer room needs proper maintenance like other appliances in your business. To make sure your freezer room runs efficient for years to come, here are a few maintenance tips you’d like to follow: Check the owner’s manual for your specific unit: There’re many different kinds of freezer rooms, and they can have slightly different care instructions & placement of parts, so ensure that you’re recognizable with how your’s work. All cleaning and maintenance must be carried out by a qualified technician. Air blow the condenser coils: When dust piles on the coils, the condenser need to work a lot harder to sustain the right temperature and that may have the consequence of hefty electr...