Andrew Delday-Roberts, UK sales manager-hire at ICS Cool Energy, said: “Providing modular and containerised freestanding units or a cooling system turning existing space into a temperature-controlled room, are the two most efficient ways to ensure the desired, precise-temperature environment in various process and manufacturing applications. Whether it is cold climate vehicle testing or ensuring all-year-long hot temperature storage in food manufacturing, the two projects in England were made possible thanks to engineering expertise and a set of solutions that help manufacturers to ensure highest quality of their products.”
The automotive-parts tests facility in the North of England carries out tests to ensure they can withstand extreme changes in temperature and meet the industry and legal requirements.
The manufacturer asked ICS Cool Energy to deliver a solution capable of creating an indoor environment with precise temperature set-points reaching as low as -30°C. The local ICS Cool Energy engineering team proposed a hire of a VLT 60 cold unit capable of delivering temperatures between -10°C and -40°C and comes in a 10-foot ISO container facilitating the delivery and installation on site.
This allowed the customer to create a cold testing chamber enabling repeatable tests in a controlled environment and confirming that the vehicle parts live up to the expectations and safety standards.
Additionally, the beverage manufacturer asked ICS Cool Energy for a plus-ambient storage solution needed to maintain their ingredients in a constantly liquified state. To avoid the product becoming solidified and unusable for the production process, the storage had to maintain a constant +40°C temperature all year round.
ICS Cool Energy customised a 20-foot refrigerated container unit as part of their Cold Store hire solutions. Originally designed for global – often in high ambient temperatures – marine transport of temperature sensitive perishables, the ICS Cold Store solution provides stable storage temperatures.
The portable Cold Store containers are designed to be put on and off ships and give the customer the flexibility to move it around with the lift and shift if required. If needed, they can store temperature sensitive perishables and pharmaceuticals at temperature set-points between -70° Celsius to + 40° Celsius.
Delday-Roberts added: “We can help manufacturers deal with sudden emergencies like equipment breakdown and planned or longer term needs for additional cooling. We can also turn existing spaces into cold stores and work with any businesses to deal with short-term peaks in demand or long-term requirements.”