Blast Freezer Rooms: Fast Freezing Without Damaging Your Product
A blast freezer room quickly lowers a product’s core temperature and helps preserve its freshness. Rapid freezing keeps ice crystals small, so the product suffers less damage and retains its flavor. Frigo System designs, produces, installs and services blast freezer rooms to suit your needs.
Applications
- Meat and poultry
- Fish and seafood
- Ready meals
- Ice cream
- Vegetable products
Shock Freezing Unit Options
| Freezone (AF) | Freezone Mini (AFM) | |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Industrial blast freezing facilities | Small-capacity businesses |
| Compressors | Dual-stage semi-hermetic and screw | Hermetic and semi-hermetic, suitable for shock freezing |
| Advantage | High capacity | Lower investment cost and energy use |
What a Well-Built Blast Freezer Room Needs
- Air guidance: The evaporator blows air into a deflector, not directly onto the product, helping preserve freshness.
- Evaporators: Ceiling-hung and floor-mounted options are available.
- Panels: 200 mm panels are recommended for blast freezers at +35 °C outside temperature.
- Doors: Sliding doors for frozen storage and blast freezers have a 120 mm leaf and a heated frame.
- Correct calculation: The cooling load must be calculated for every stage until the core temperature is reached, and the room should not be loaded beyond its design capacity.
Reference Project: Sri Lanka
At our cold storage plant in Sri Lanka, the blast freezing room can freeze 3 tonnes of product to -20 °C in as little as 5 hours. The project used camlock sandwich panels, 3 sliding doors, 4 split cooling units and a remote monitoring system.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between a blast freezer and a freezer room?
A blast freezer freezes products rapidly. A freezer room stores products that are already frozen, so products move there after blast freezing.
Do you offer solutions for small businesses?
Yes, the Freezone Mini series is an economic solution for small-capacity businesses.
What temperature does a blast freezer room run at?
Blast freezers operate at -35 to -40 °C. The right temperature depends on the product and project.
See also our camlock sandwich panels, sliding cold room doors and floor heating for cold storage.
