Dehumidifiers to Prevent Icing in Food

The food industry has various climatic challenges that it has to face day by day. One of the challenges is to prevent the icing on the food. While turning water in ice is the very essence of lyophilization tunnels and cold stores icing on the surface of the food is a major problem. Ice, hoarfrost, and fog formation are very common in the cooled production infrastructure. This can cause various technical malfunctions and accidents. In some cases, it might even result in the loss of production. The only way to prevent such incidents is to install dehumidifiers of proper capability. 

It is nearly impossible to avoid the precipitation of moisture on walls, floor, ceiling, etc. with deep freezer sections. Even the use of well-equipped airlocks also seems to fail to prevent the flow of humid air to the dry air zones.

The effect of precipitation and icing can be many and varied:

  • The ice formed on the floor of loading zones and entrance areas can cause serious slip hazards and accidents such as skidding forklifts.
  • The view to the room behind is compromised due to the mist formation in the transparent strip curtains.
  • The working people can get seriously injured due to the icicles or ice chunk falling from the ceiling.
  • The bar code in the products can get damaged due to ice formation.
  • A huge amount of energy needs to be spent just to clean and defrost the production machines. It can cause delays in production and cause huge losses to investors. 

What is the solution?

The only way to prevent icing is to take precautionary steps. We should be more proactive rather than being reactive. Because the reactive measures such as defrosting and cleaning can be really very expensive for the owners. It is best to stop the icing and frost formation by installing a dehumidifier. It helps to ensure the level of humidity in a place. Our industrial dryers are the best in providing humidity control. The system can be easily installed without any kind of difficulty. It helps to lessen the production loss by eliminating the requirement of defrosting. It helps to prevent accidents due to slippery conditions. it helps to keep the products protected. Our dehumidifiers are suited to operate in every kind of climatic condition. We have models specially designed to keep the air dry in cold stores and lyophilization tunnels. These models can operate smoothly even in very cold conditions.

Ambale Dehumidifier units are supplied in Fiji, Tauranga, Hamilton, Bay of Plenty Region, Auckland, Wellington, Northland, and various parts of NZ and Fiji. Please send us an email with your query to info@ambale.co.nz or call us on +64 22 061 7007 and talk to our engineer.