Your commercial compressor is the heart of your refrigeration or cooling system.
While every component of the system has an important role to play, the compressor alone is responsible for ensuring the refrigerant gas is at the appropriate pressure. This is what enables the gas to traverse the system correctly and prepares it for use by the other components.
A meat processing plant may see thousands of pounds of product pass through its halls every day. Hundreds of employees are responsible for inspecting, cutting, re-inspecting, packaging, and then inspecting meat again.
When it comes to meeting strict refrigeration needs, dairy and food processing facilities know a thing or two.
Fresh milk is both incredibly common in the American diet and one of the most perishable products around. To stay safe, milk must be received at 45°F or lower and chilled to 41°F or lower. Every hour of every day, many thousands of gallons of milk depend on the work of industrial refrigeration compressors.
Carrier commercial compressors are among the most trusted in the United States. Founded in Farmington, Connecticut in 1915, Carrier arose from Willis Carrier’s development of the first modern air conditioning system out of a Brooklyn-based printing plant in 1902.
That innovation changed American culture, setting the stage for large, air conditioned movie theaters and other fun escapes from the grueling heat of summer. To this day, the American South and Southwest wouldn’t be the same without Carrier.
With about 218 billion pounds of milk produced every year, America’s dairy farms need plenty of refrigeration power. Milk should be received at 45°F or less and immediately cooled to 41°F. Milk has some of the most stringent refrigeration requirements of any agricultural product out there.
Food processing plants are among America’s biggest consumers of refrigeration power.
When you walk into the local grocery store and enjoy the blast of cool, conditioned air, you know you’re stepping into an environment with plenty of refrigeration equipment at work. In a food processing plant, it may be necessary to have double or triple the number of refrigeration compressors.
With an astounding $119 billion in annual revenue, Kroger is the biggest supermarket chain in the world and the third-largest retail company of all. Its closest U.S. competitor is Albertsons, with nearly $60 billion in revenue.
Among businesses that rely on commercial refrigeration, few have needs as intensive as meatpacking plants.
Refrigeration must begin the instant that animal processing starts. Freezer storage must be maintained at below zero temperatures to meet all needs. Cooling, cutting, and processing call for extreme cooling at consistent levels. Bacteria can develop and spread if refrigeration lapses.
Grocery stores are unique among common neighborhood businesses for their high refrigeration needs.
Not only do grocery stores dedicate more square footage to refrigeration than the average business, but they also utilize a wider variety of refrigeration systems. For example, smaller commercial compressor units are often chained together to provide support for cooled cases and displays.
You might not think of them as farm equipment, but commercial compressors are among the most important machines on virtually any farm. Powering some of the most demanding refrigeration systems around, they are indispensable to both dairy and meat farms. The bigger the farm, the more refrigeration capacity is needed.
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