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Fig. 2. Frigoscandia FLoFREEZE A freezer provides true fluidisation and IQF freezing on all from basic vegetables to delicate and
hard to handle products like pasta, herbes and sweet juicy tropical fruit.
while the other chambers continue to operate. help processors lower freezer temperatures without
Due to higher purchase and utility costs, freezers with incurring higher utility costs.
sequential defrost are not for everyone. The constant A conventional pump refrigeration system sends
cycling up and down of temperatures to defrost the a mixture of liquid and gas back to the engine
chambers and the increased use of waste water to clean room, resulting in a pressure drop that can create
the chambers results in relatively high utility costs. a temperature increase of three to four degrees
However, this technology does provide a critical Fahrenheit.
advantage to producers of products such as pizza and On the other hand, JBT FoodTech’s low
potatoes who want to be able to run 20 hours a day for as volume refrigeration system (LVS), featured with
many as six days without stopping the line for cleaning GYRoCOMPACT and ADVANTEC impingement freezers,
or a producer of fully cooked products with high returns pure gas back to the engine room, creating a
dehydration and high thru put who wants to run up to 20 pressure drop that is close to zero-and a lower freezer
hours a day before cleaning. temperature for the same utility cost as a traditional
In addition to extending run times, reducing the system.
effects of frost on the evaporator also enables producers The GYRoCOMPACT spiral steamer steams products
to run their freezers at a lower temperature than they ranging from diced vegetables and pasta to bone-in
could previously without suffering excess frost build-up. whole poultry – plain, marinated, glazed, battered or
Since quicker freezing of the product reduces how much breaded – as well as performing all types of in-pack
the product is dehydrated by the freezing process, the pasteurization. The FLoFREEZE A freezer provides true
end result is a juicier, better-tasting final product. fluidisation. p
Beyond the anti-frost measures JBT FoodTech has
developed, the company offers another advantage to For more information, visit www.jbtfoodtech.com
Fig. 3.
Frigoscandia
GYRoCOMPACT
Self-stacking
spiral steamer
uses the features
of self-stacking
technology to a
well contained
product zone
for very even
steam cooking
environment.
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