EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS
INCORPORATING COLD CHAIN
The choice of venue for the BSA 2019 regional
conference proved to be ideal.
distributor agreement in July 2018
with Eurocool and Metraclark. The
nine branches of Eurocool in South
Africa have been added to other
Bitzer distributors of long-standing:
Afcon Industrial in Durban, and AC&R
Components in Cape Town and
Bloemfontein. The 12 branches of
Metraclark in Mozambique, Namibia,
Zimbabwe, Botswana, Tanzania, and
Ghana join the network of distributors
outside the borders of South Africa.
In an overview of the Bitzer Group
and product line, Bernard Blaeser
(Bitzer SA managing director) stated
that the screw compressor was the
fastest-growing product in the line of
compressors, heat exchangers, and
condensing units manufactured in the
network of 16 production plants across
the globe.
With 3 500 employees in 52 operations
across 64 locations, Bitzer views the sharing
of knowledge of utmost importance. The
Schaufler training academy in Germany
and the Bitzer Refrigerant Report, now in
edition 20, bear testimony to the group’s
commitment to training. In 2017, more
than 4 200 people attended over 200
Bitzer training courses.
USER-FRIENDLY
SELECTION PROGRAMS
Bernhard Blaeser (Bitzer) demonstrates the SPO app to
authenticate genuine Bitzer spare parts and content of
package.
For each product line, Bitzer has
a user-friendly online selection program.
Torsten Steinborn demonstrated the
selection of the Ecostar condensing units.
With a single click, the estimator can view
the impact of change in refrigerant or
different ambient conditions on coefficient
of performance (COP). Once selected, the
program will also provide an exploded view
of the compressor spare parts, which can
easily be emailed to contractors or users.
The international focus on low global
warming refrigeration necessitated
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the formulation of a wide range of
refrigerants, each requiring design
changes to compressors, heat transfer
equipment, pressure vessels, and
specific oils to match the properties and
thermodynamic performance of each
new refrigerant.
UPDATE OF REFRIGERANT TRENDS
Tobias Fuhrer, who travelled from Bitzer
Germany to attend the Bitzer SA (BSA)
conference, gave an update on the
emergency trends in refrigerants and the
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