Plate Freezers
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FRESH PRODUCE CHILLING & FREEZING Plate Freezers Milmeq pioneered the introduction of large scale plate freezing technology to the meat industry in the 1990s, and today we produce the world’s largest horizontal plate freezers. MILMEQ® Plate Freezers feature refrigerant-filled plates which make direct contact with product to provide a rapid, energy efficient freeze. More than 180 plate freezers have been installed in Australia to date, and we now have the capability to export these to all markets. Plate freezers are suitable for freezing a range of products, including red meat, pork, poultry and liquid cream, where there is: öö High volume throughput öö Uniformity of carton size Advantages delivered by Milmeq plate freezers include: öö Fast freezing – the typical 48 hour freezing cycle of air blast freezers is reduced to 24 hours in plate freezers – improving the refrigeration index, and reducing stock inventory and time to market öö Energy efficient – typically 25-30% electrical energy saving over blast freezing öö Product output with uniformly flat surfaces to improve product presentation and deliver space efficiencies in palletising, container loading and distribution – delivering a freight saving of 15% in 20 foot containers öö Hands-free operation with integrated materials handling system providing automated loading and unloading öö Reliable and low maintenance ENERGY EFFICIENCY Figure 1: Freezing energy comparison between air blast freezing and plate freezing Figure 2: Cooling rate comparison between a plate freezer and air blast tunnel Electrical energy used over freeze cycle Electrical energy per 1000 cartons frozen kWh per tonne frozen (7 day production) Energy saving: 24% kWh per tonne frozen (5 day production) Energy saving: 30% Freezing Energy Comparison Tunnel Plate Tunnel Plate Refrigeration Index (RI): 1.02 0.22 Process Hygien

Each plate freezer installation is custom designed to meet the client's processing requirements. Consideration is given at the design stage to allow flexibility for future additions, extensions and upgrades as product throughput requirements grow. Plate freezers are available in automatic, semi-automatic or manual configurations. They can be supplied with range of refrigerants including ammonia (NH3) and carbon dioxide (CO2). Capacity options typically range from 500 to 3,000 standard meat cartons, or 10 to 80 tonnes of product. In conjunction with DSI Plate Freezers of Denmark we are also...