PECM Issue 28 2017 | Page 89

Critical Dairy Process Temperatures Restored by Andrews Chiller Hire With a team of experienced engineer working out of more than 25 depots strategically placed around the UK Andrews Chiller Hire can respond very quickly. major UK producer of yogurt and milk-based drinks turned to Andrews Chiller Hire to help maintain correct temperature in their packaging, storage and distribution areas when ambient temperature started to fl uctuate. Changes in temperature happen for a variety of reasons, a signifi cant increase in productivity, change in environmental conditions or an in-plant system becomes unreliable. Whatever the situation, failure to maintain a constant 5oC would prove a fi nancial disaster – for safety reasons A product would be destroyed and with no customer deliveries, reputations are at stake. With a team of experienced engineer working out of more than 25 depots strategically placed around the UK Andrews Chiller Hire can respond very quickly. The Company has established a reputation for delivering solutions to chilling problems in under a targeted 4hr period. It is this rapid response that continually saves customers’ reputations along with many millions of pound in lost revenue. For the yogurt and milk based drinks company a 100kW chiller and a 150kW air handling unit (AHU) was despatched to site from the Andrews Heathrow depot and installed with 24in ducting feeding into the building. On one occasion this Chiller/ AHU set-up was 106 PECM Issue 18 used to recirculate chilled air from the packaging area to boost existing cooling and assist with temperature reduction. On another emergency situation the identical arrangement was deployed to prevent temperature in the storage and distribution areas from exceeding safe limits. In many installations carried out by Andrews Chiller Hire it is the air handlers that act as the recirculating systems, drawing air from a room, routing to the chiller and returning the air at a much lower temperature. The skills of Andrews’ engineering teams come in to play in calculating and matching chiller power rating with properly sized air handling units to deliver and achieve the constant, required low temperature. Andrews Sykes Hire Limited Chiller Division Unit 54 Gravelly Industrial Park Tyburn Road Birmingham B24 8TQ Tel: +44 (0)1902 328725 E: [email protected] www.andrews-sykes.com Issue 28 PECM 89