How to Choose Walk-in Cold Rooms?

Walk-in cold rooms are an ideal solution to keep bulks of products fresh that require maximum storage capabilities. Kendall 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. Apart from being a specialist in building and installing refrigerators, we also construct cold rooms systems of various sizes; including those suitable for warehouses and industrial purposes. As long it concerns the designing, building, installation, maintenance, and supply of accessories of refrigerators and cold rooms, we have got you covered. Quick Link to the Cold Room Supplier. 

Medicine Cold Storage

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.

Frozen foods need to be kept at different temperatures in walk-in cold rooms based on their temperature requirements. Some foods need -25 degrees, some foods need -18 degrees.

If possible, please do not put too hot foods into walk-in cold rooms directly, it is better to wait for it to cool down at room temperature, then move into the cold room. But frozen foods need move into the cold room as soon as possible.

In order to avoid some food’s special smell affecting other food, please store them in a different room or use a good seal box, then put food into a cold room. You can find the high-quality cold room, click here. 

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.

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.

The cold storage should be cleaned every day to avoid the accumulation of dirt and bacteria.

Cold Storage for Vegetables and Fruits

Second, maintenance recommendations of walk-in cold room

Check the daily inspection time, and record the change of the storage temperature twice a day in order to find abnormalities and timely repair.

The engineering department regularly cleans the dust on the condenser to maintain the heat dissipation effect.

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.

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.

Master the use and maintenance procedures of refrigerators, and guide employees to use refrigerators correctly.

Regularly clean the foods in the cold storage, check the inside and outside of the cold storage every day to ensure the normal operation.

 Food Cold Storage

The third, the price composition factor.

The dimension of walk in cold rooms

The cold room size 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 are not the same.

The usage of walk in cold room

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

Temperature and cooling time

What kind of cold rooms do you want to build? Is it 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. A 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.

Refrigeration system

Different compressors, different brands, different machine types will have different costs. Generally, large supermarkets require many different refrigeration facilities, such as a display refrigerator, walk-in cold room, chiller, freezer, etc. 

Here at Kendall Solutions our expert knowledge is based on over 20 years of experience working within various kinds of cold storage designing, constructing, installing, and maintenance. You can be sure the cold storage solution we provide will be sure to fit the bill. High quality, easy installation, and maintenance. If you are interested in more details, please do not hesitate, to contact us directly.