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CRYOLINE® SC Super Contact Freezer
The BOC CRYOLINE® SC cryogenic freezer has been designed specifically to handle delicate, sticky and hard-to-handle products in an efficient and hygienic way.
Features
The freezer uses a disposable plastic film which travels through a conventional freezing tunnel in contact with cold plates. The cold is generated by the vaporisation of liquid nitrogen at -196ºC, giving rapid and effective freezing to the contact surface of the product.
The result is that the product is free from belt marks and wrinkles and can be easily handled in further processing.
Due to the nature of the belt, soft, wet or sticky products can be readily handled without product deformation or sticking: even liquids can be frozen with ease.
As the belt is disposable, the freezer can be quickly and efficiently cleaned at the end of production, ready for the next day's use, and product changes do not require expensive delays.
The CRYOLINE® SC cryogenic freezer comes in two standard widths of 750mm and 1250mm with the basic model having a usable length of 6 metres.
It is also modular, with the possibility of adding 3-metre tunnel sections to boost capacity where required.
Each freezer is based on the shell of the highly successful CRYOLINE® XL, which offers great accessibility combined with tried-and-tested reliability. The required freezer size depends on the throughput of products, their temperature and bulk density.
There is also a super-contact mini-freezer available which is sold under the name CRYOLINE® SM.
The method of feeding the product into the freezer also has to be taken into account.
The CRYOLINE® SC is a contact freezer which removes the heat from the product by contact with the cold plates. The gas generated by the vaporisation of the liquid nitrogen is then exhausted to the atmosphere. As the temperature of the exhaust is controlled, the amount of cold extracted from the nitrogen can be optimised according to production demands. High-speed fans circulate the cold gas atmosphere inside the tunnel and help to freeze the upper surface of the product.
Benefits
- handles soft, sticky or marinated products with ease, reducing handling and spoilage
- leaves no belt marks due to the plastic film belt
- does not deform products, giving better appearance and quality
- easy to clean: all parts are accessible, reducing cleaning time and improving hygiene
- the gas control system makes optimum use of the liquid nitrogen, ensuring high efficiency
- high capacity in a small space, making optimum use of the available space
- low capital investment required
- easy to operate, very low possibility of operator error
- water efficiency, due to the single-use film, different products can be processed without cleaning steps
Specialist expertise
The Super Contact Freezer can be viewed and tested at the Food Technology Centre at Thame in Oxfordshire.
We offer a 'try before buy' trial which can be arranged, at no obligation, to test and simulate production processes to a high level of accuracy, ensuring the best fit of application technology to your needs.
For more information about CRYOLINE® SC super contact freezer email us
