Frigel Advanced Process Cooling Enhances Productivity

Frigel Firenze S.p.A., global leader in advanced process cooling technology, is transforming the packaging industry with its innovative process cooling technology.

The Italy-based company, which has been providing high-performing applications around the world for more than 50 years now, hopes to use technology to improve not just efficiency and performance but also overall cost management for manufacturers.

Frigel is currently concentrating on two divisions: its plastic conversion line and beverage and beverage-related plastic packaging. While it remains committed to innovating on cooling equipment for its core business, the company is keen to make a mark in the fast-growing beverage plastic packaging segment.

“Green” cooling system for efficiency and savings

The company’s EcoDry cooling system aims to replace a traditional cooling tower that consumes more water and energy. Ideal for processes that require water at environmental temperature, Frigel’s patented system uses an adiabatic chamber where air is dehumidified at certain seasons of the year and hours of the day in hot and humid climates to make it a little bit colder. However most of the time it works dry, with consumption of water equal to zero.

The intelligent process cooling approach can cover all cooling demands in the beverage and beverage packaging industry as well as in other industries. The EcoDry and Microgel, which the company demonstrated at ProPak Asia 2018 in Thailand, delivers consistent temperature, f ow rate and pressure to cut, for example for preform raising the cycle time by up to 20%. The precise water temperature and flow enable non-stop use to ensure processing lines run consistently at the highest throughput. This results in less downtime and up to 20% to 30% greater productivity in many beverage processes, in particular those that require high delta in temperature.