Bottling Plant Calls for a Cool Breeze
from Andrews Chiller Hire
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nable to maintain a
site managers soon realised that additional
The customer commented that the
constant cool temperature
temporary cooling was required. With
patience of Andrews Sykes engineers
within a number of
the existing temporary chiller solution
overseeing the project was greatly
bottling areas due to lack
performing so well the company turned
appreciated as gaining access to the site
of ventilation during planned staged
once again to Andrews Chiller Hire for the
was both limited and time consuming.
replacement of its air conditioning system,
additional equipment hire. It was decided
a well-known drinks company called on
that duplicating the original hire package
Andrews Sykes Hire Limited
the vast experience of Andrews Chiller
would be the best option, comprising
Chiller Division
Hire. It was required to provide that all
another 100kW chiller plus a 30kW and a
Unit 54 Gravelly Industrial Park
essential temporary solution for cooling
50kW air handler unit.
Tyburn Road
Birmingham B24 8TQ
the air within the customers Gloucester
production facility, preventing downtime
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product.
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Part of the problem was caused by minimal
ideally situated to respond promptly
air movement which left the whole
with the best optimal chiller solution
bottling area exposed to temperatures in
when either planned or emergency air
excess of 30°C. Initially Andrews Chillers
temperature control is required.
had supplied a 100kW chiller along with
two air-handling units for localised cooling
At the bottling plant, the second chiller
of a bottling area during this planned air-
was located adjacent to the first and as
con upgrade.
close as possible to the outside wall of
the building. During installation each
However, as more bottling areas were
air handler was manually skated into
having their air-con disabled at a time
place around conveyor belts within the
Britain began to bask in exceptionally
production area to prevent any disruption
constant, higher summer temperatures,
to the workflow.
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