subject: Refrigerated Storage Containers [print this page] Refrigerated storage containers can be used to store a wide variety of products and materials.
Refrigerated storage containers range from fairly small portable bars to large walk-in catering freezers.
These refrigeration containers are designed to be used continuously to keep products cool and sometimes this is absolutely essential for health and safety reasons.
The following are some of the types of products which require refrigeration equipment:
To temporarily store products whilst the normal cold storage equipment is being cleaned
To transport goods between one place and another
To keep goods cool for an event
Often businesses rent cold storage units on either a long-term or short-term basis.
The benefits of renting refrigeration storage containers
The benefits of renting refrigeration storage containers are as follows:
By outsourcing your cold storage, you may lose control of your production process. Renting refrigeration equipment means you stay in control
Hiring equipment such as a blast freezer or cold store means you can have the equipment as and when you need it but there's no expensive outlay associated with buying equipment outright
Moving premises doesn't cause any issues you can just take your refrigeration equipment with you
Rented freezers can often be stored outside your premises and they're weatherproof. This means that they don't take up precious and costly space in your business premises
Refrigeration equipment what's available?
The following are the types of equipment that are available:
Standard cold storage
Mini mobile cold storage units, which store up to two pallets
Cold store containers in the following sizes 10ft (4 pallets), 20ft (9 pallets) and 40ft (19 pallets)
Large mobile cold stores these are extra wide portable cold stores and are available from 3 pallets to 58 pallets wide
Cold storage for specific industries
Pharmaceutical
Meat
Mobile bars
Blast freezers
Blast freezing units are available in numerous sizes with the following capacities: 10kW, 60kW and 106kw.
