What are the benefits of using plate freezers for freezing fresh produce and meat?

Rapid freezing technology has become an indispensable component of the food processing and preservation industry. Whether it's produce or meat, rapid freezing not only helps preserve the original quality of the food but also improves freezing efficiency, reduces energy consumption, and lowers costs. By using a plate freezer, you can not only improve freezing results but also enhance the overall efficiency of your production line.

Today, we will explore the many benefits of plate freezers for freezing fresh produce and meat and introduce the horizontal and vertical plate freezers available on our website to help you manage your cold chain.

What is a plate freezer?

Plate freezers use a tray-type or block-type freezing method, providing high-capacity freezing in a small footprint. This technology is well-established and widely used in the food industry, particularly for freezing seafood, meat, and produce. Compared to traditional air flow freezing, plate freezers offer more efficient and uniform freezing, helping to preserve the flavor, nutritional value, and texture of food.

A plate freezer operates by circulating a refrigerant through a series of parallel evaporator plates, achieving rapid freezing. A hydraulic system automatically controls the evaporator plate's rise and fall, ensuring full contact between the food and the plate, improving freezing efficiency.

Horizontal and Vertical Plate Freezers

On our sure-tj website, you can find a variety of plate freezers, including two main types:

Vertical Plate Freezers: These machines are suitable for rapid freezing of products such as fish, shrimp, and meat. After rapid freezing, the product forms blocks, making them easy to package and transport (block size can be customized). The freezing plates of vertical plate freezers are equipped with electric heating, allowing for quick removal of the blocks after rapid freezing.

Horizontal Plate Freezers: These machines are suitable for block- or boxed food. They utilize double-contact freezing technology, enabling rapid freezing of large quantities of food in a short period of time.

Horizontal Plate Freezers primarily come in two designs:

Hydraulic Horizontal Plate Freezers: These utilize a hydraulic system to automatically control the rise and fall of the evaporator plate, ensuring even pressure distribution on the product, making them suitable for rapid freezing of large quantities of food. Their design ensures full contact between the food and the plate, improving freezing efficiency.

Shelf Plate Freezers: This type of horizontal plate freezer utilizes multiple, horizontally arranged evaporator plates for efficient and uniform quick freezing. This ensures uniform contact between the plates during freezing and is widely suitable for seafood, meat, and other foods that require tray packaging.

Advantages of Using a Plate Freezer

Using a plate freezer offers many significant advantages in food processing lines:

Energy Efficiency and Sustainability: Plate freezing technology effectively reduces energy consumption and helps lower operating costs.

Maintaining Food Freshness and Quality: The plate freezer's rapid, double-contact freezing technology better preserves food's freshness, taste, and nutrients, preventing flavor and nutrient loss during the freezing process.

Improving Freezing Efficiency: Compared to blast freezers, plate freezers offer faster freezing speeds, significantly reducing freezing times. Plate freezers are particularly effective for quickly freezing seafood, meat, and produce, effectively preserving food freshness.

Durability and Easy Maintenance: Our plate freezers are constructed of high-quality materials to withstand harsh environments and provide long-term durability. The ergonomic design makes cleaning and maintenance easier, minimizing downtime.

Flexible Food Applications: Whether it's shrimp, fish fillets, meat blocks, or cut produce, plate freezers provide efficient freezing solutions. They're also suitable for freezing ready-to-eat meals, pet food, and more.

How to Choose the Right Plate Freezer?

When choosing a plate freezer, consider the following:

Freezing Capacity: Select a machine that meets your freezing capacity and freezing time requirements.

Machine Dimensions: Choose an evaporator with the optimal width and length to suit your production needs.

Energy Savings: Ensure the machine features low power consumption and high energy efficiency to help reduce operating costs.

Easy Cleaning and Maintenance: The machine should be designed for easy cleaning and maintenance, extending its service life.

Customization: Customization is available.

Sure International's Plate Freezing Solutions

As a plate freezing equipment manufacturer, Sure International has extensive technical expertise and industry experience in plate freezers. Our plate freezers utilize efficient horizontal contact freezing technology, ensuring even cooling during the freezing process and quickly and effectively preserving food freshness. Our equipment is suitable for freezing a wide range of foods, including whole fish, fish fillets, shrimp, meat and meat products, poultry, and more.

Contact Us Now

If you need more information about the technical specifications of our plate freezers or are looking for refrigeration equipment that suits your business needs, please contact sure-tj. We are dedicated to providing professional consulting and high-quality products to help you improve the efficiency and effectiveness of your cold chain management.