How to Choose Walk in Cold Rooms

Walk in cold rooms are ideal solution to keep bulks of products fresh that require maximum storage capabilities. ONLYKEM walk in cold rooms are widely used for multiple cold storage applications in the Pharmaceutical, Cosmetic, Food & Beverages, Dairy & other industries for all kinds of products intended for storage at low temperatures.

3 Comprehensive Factors Should be Considered to Choose Walk in Cold Rooms

First, 6 factors should be considered when selecting or using walk in cold rooms.

1. Frozen foods need be kept with different temperature in walk in cold room based on its temperature requirements. Some foods need -25 degree, some foods need -18 degree.
2. If possible, please do not put too hot foods into walk in cold rooms directly, it is better to wait it cool down at room temperature, then move into cold room. But frozen foods need be move into cold room as soon as possible.
3. In order to avoid some food’s special smell effect other food, please store them in different room or use good seal box, then put food into cold room.
4. The refrigerated foods should be placed on the shelf, and the foods should be stacked to allow the cold air to pass. In particular, leave some space near the evaporator and do not stack foods.
5. Do not open the cold storage door frequently, and avoid opening the door for a long time when entering and leaving the food. After closing the door, be sure to check if the door is closed.
6. The cold storage should be cleaned every day to avoid accumulation of dirt and bacteria.

Second, maintenance recommendations of walk in cold room

1. Check the daily inspection time, and record the change of the storage temperature twice a day in order to find abnormalities and timely repair.
2. The engineering department regularly cleans the dust on the condenser to maintain the heat dissipation effect.
3. Regular defrost. When defrosting, you need to unplug the power to melt the cream naturally. Or defrosting with water, heating, etc. it is strictly forbidden to hit hard with hard objects.
4. Refrigerant leakage should be checked regularly, especially the pipeline connection with oil traces. Where there is oil, it is required to check with soapy liquid.
5. Master the use and maintenance procedures of refrigerators, and guide employees to use refrigerators correctly.
6. Regularly clean the foods in the cold storage, check the inside and outside of the cold storage every day to ensure the normal operation.

Third, price composition factor.

1. The dimension of walk in cold rooms

The size of the cold room is a very important factor affecting the price. For example, the same fruit and vegetable fresh-keeping cold storage, the cost of 50 cubic meters and 3000 cubic meters is not the same.

2. The usage of walk in cold room

The price of the cold room is related to the its use, broadly speaking, it related to the storage items. The same size of cold room, the price of storing fruit is different from that of storing medicine.

3. Temperature and cooling time

What kind of cold rooms do you want to build? Is the low temperature cold room or the high temperature cold room? Blast freezer or normal freezer? The requirements of cold room temperature and cooling time are also important factors affecting the construction price. Blast freezer is a cold room that requires stricter requirements in the cooling time, four hours or eight hours of cooling time, the cost is also different.

4. Refrigeration system

Different compressor, different brand, different machine type will have different cost. Generally large supermarkets require many different refrigeration facilities, such as display refrigerator, walk in cold room, chiller and freezer etc. This kind of project mainly chose rack unit. If only need walk in cold room, normal condensing unit  a good choice. Especially, we developed a new type of smart unit this year. High quality, easy installation and maintenance. If you are interested in more details, please do not hesitate, contact us directly.