COLD STORES
Blue Cube portable cold stores fulfi lls order for nine blast freezers from Rick Bestwick Cold storage specialist chooses high performance BFT28 62kW models
for energy saving, cost and effi ciency benefi ts. R
ick Bestwick, part of the Magnavale Group, has recently installed three blast freezers from Blue Cube Portable Cold Stores at its Warrington and Scunthorpe facilities. Representing an order of nine blast freezers in total, the contract packer and cold storage specialist chose the high performance 28-pallet 62kW and 115kW units for their energy saving, cost and effi ciency benefi ts. Rick Bestwick off ers some 1.5 million sq ft of warehouse space and approximately 200,000 pallet spaces across all temperature regimes. It provides a complete range of supply chain solutions and added value services including frozen, chilled and ambient storage, blast freezing, microwaving, order picking and despatch, rapid air tempering, repacking, labelling and date coding.
Blue Cube, one of the UK’s leading providers of rental temperature controlled storage solutions for the food and logistics industries, has
supplied fi ve 28-pallet blast freezers off ering 39.49m² of usable space to Rick Bestwick’s Chesterfi eld site and another four units across the Liverpool, Scunthorpe and Warrington facilities where they are attached to the cold store areas. Jonathan Gagg, engineering and procurement director at Magnavale Group, said: “It became obvious that we needed to increase our blast freezing capacity to meet the demands of our expanding customer base. We reviewed the blast freezer market and Blue Cube’s systems off ered the highest energy effi ciencies and best value proposition for us and our customers. We also liked the more personal service approach we receive from them”.
He added: “Blast freezing is a key part of our service and helps ensure that our customers’ products maintain the highest quality and the longest shelf life possible. It also increases production effi ciency and minimises waste.
“The service from Blue Cube has been very good and we’re pleased to be able to off er additional capacity to our customers in these areas from now on.”
Rick Bestwick has four sites located in
Chesterfi eld, Scunthorpe, Liverpool and Warrington and off ers one of the largest blast freezing capacities in the UK. The company has been using blast freezers since 2000, and provides the service under BRC Accreditation against the Global Standard for Storage and Distribution.
Blue Cube’s blast freezers are available in cross
or end fl ow designs and in 7, 19 and 28 pallet capacities. The systems off er blast freeze, chill and temper functionality and can be ground- based or elevated.
The latest generation screw compressors ensure greater effi ciencies at lower temperatures. Additionally, LED lighting provides up to 300 lux of light, meeting the standard required for loading and unloading. Each blast freezer is fi tted with impact bars, lockable doors and locking door bars whilst emergency lighting, externally mounted audible and visible man trap and temperature alarms provide all the necessary safety features.
48 May 2018
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