Cold Link Africa January / February 2020 | Page 15

PROJECT
The conveyor belt that the pies come out off after freezing.
critical deadline was met. All plant on
site is inspected monthly by the original
suppliers with Service Level Agreements
in place. In terms of refrigeration the
requirement for maintenance is actually
very low with inspection of gas levels,
pipes line, expansion valves and cleaning
the cooling tower being carried out
monthly. Touch wood, the spiral freezer
cooling plant has had less than two hours
downtime in more than 12 months since
commissioning. CLA
INCORPORATING COLD CHAIN
Final plant assembly.
Owner  Pie City
Architect / Designer In House, Pie City
Project manager Marc king and Ben Posthumus
Mechanical Contractor design
Spiral freezer Dale Automation
Cooling for spiral Lutz Refrigeration
General holding refrigeration Graham Berman
Insulated panels Insulated Structures
Compressors GEA and Bitzer
Spiral Coil Heating Centre
Condenser Evapco 
Control systems
Solenoid and expansion
valves
Spiral System Carel 
 Product suppliers
GT Consulting Engineers 
The fans that blow the air to freeze the pies. The cold store
runs at -34°C.
COLD LINK AFRICA •
Carel EEVs, Danfoss Solenoids
Dale Automation
All pieces in place on delivery day.
January/February 2020
  Contractors
HVAC
Consulting engineer
LIST OF PROFESSIONALS
Stainless steel evaporator in spiral freezer.
From left: Ben Posthumus and Marc King, who run the
production facility.
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