refrigeration systems

Carrier Transicold Donates Refrigeration Units to Michigan Food Bank Due to COVID-19 Demands

May 4, 2020

Carrier Transicold is providing a Model 35X direct-drive refrigeration unit to Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan. The unit will be used to support the School Food Mobile program, which delivers food and milk to school-aged children who are not receiving meals at school due to coronavirus-related closures. Separately, Carrier Transicold is donating a Supra 950 truck refrigeration unit for a new 28-foot box truck that will support Gleaners’ expanded emergency response efforts, including 66 new drive-up food distribution sites, modeled after Gleaners’ School Food Mobile program.

Ben E. Keith breaks ground on new distribution center

Construction of the 261,000-square-foot distribution center will begin immediately, with an estimated completion date of November 2021.

November 8, 2019

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Ben E. Keith Co., Fort Worth, Texas, broke ground on a new foodservice distribution center in Albuquerque, N.M.

CAS DataLoggers slaughterhouse temp controls

Transit loggers monitor meat cold storage, shipments for slaughterhouses

For long hauls, the temperature logger could store up to 100 days of data at 15-minute sample intervals.

October 24, 2019

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The slaughterhouse placed CAS Dataloggers' Cydiance Lorca Temperature logger/transmitter for each shipment inside the transport vehicle.

Refrigeration plant optimization—freeze for less with no CAPEX

Since plants are designed to meet load on the hottest and most humid days, they have significant spare capacity most of the year.

Anatoli Naoumov

September 13, 2019

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Refrigeration plants are typically one of the biggest electricity consumers at food manufacturing plants.

Italy-based Rivacold to open first U.S. facility

The company manufactures refrigeration systems for the dairy and food retail industries.

August 5, 2019

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Rivacold announced plans to open a $5 million manufacturing facility in Buford, Ga., the company’s first U.S. location.

How to stop refrigerant leaks before they start

Dramatic price increases along with a heightened concern for the environment continues to motivate change in operations strategies.

Jason Ayres

May 28, 2019

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The goal of today’s refrigerant leak detection programs is to find small leaks before they become big problems.

Refrigeration system charged with environmentally safe propane

November 20, 2018

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Hussmann, St. Louis, Mo., unveiled a new refrigeration system that is charged with environmentally safe propane (R290).

Danfoss acquires AAIM Controls

With the acquisition, Danfoss moves to become a systems provider within industrial refrigeration.

November 19, 2018

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Danfoss, Baltimore, Md., acquired AAIM Controls Inc., a Waynesboro, Pa.-based supplier of custom-designed regulation and control automation solutions.