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performance over a five-year cycle. A Carel 10147 and gives the plant owner peace
Plantvisor Pro 2 monitors all air temperatures of mind that the plant is safe and performs
in both the new and old temperature of efficiently. Well maintained plants are
controlled rooms. essential for low power usage and add to
Each of the eight dispatch and
the bottom line of operators.
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receiving doors have vertical, automated
roll up doors, an insulated docking seal
and dock levellers.
Cape Town based contractors,
MRE, started with the extensions to the
refrigeration plant in May 2016 and
completed commissioning in November.
Like the other branches in the national
network of MRE in Durban, Gauteng and
Port Elizabeth, service technicians from
the Cape Town branch visit the Philippi
DC weekly to monitor performance and
do regular maintenance tasks, such as
draining oil and attending to the slightest
leak of ammonia.
Regular plant checks by trained
technicians are a requirement of SANS
1. Plant additions include a liquid
receiver to provide extra liquid
storage capacity.
2. The entrance to the low temperature
store has a vertical CFW air curtain
with horizontal air flow.
3. The entrance to the low
temperature store is protected with
goal posts, bollards, an air curtain
and high speed vertical door.
4. Two Mycom Screw Packages (light
coloured) were added to the plant
room.
5. The new perishables receiving/
dispatch has two roof heights
(12m and 5.5m) and has a fixed
rack against the rear wall of the
higher section.
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