Description

The FT34MkII Contact Plate Freezer uses the familiar Armfield vacuum-formed ABS base onto which is mounted a refrigeration unit employing an environmentally friendly refrigerant R404A. One 180mm x 250mm, fixed plate and one height-adjustable freezing plate are positioned adjacent to the refrigeration unit.

Ahand-operatedleverraisesandlowerstheadjustable freezing plate into close contact with the product to befrozen,whichisplacedonthefixedplate.

Bagged, wrapped and boxed products may be quick frozen.Fivetemperatureprobesareprovidedtomonitor the product throughout the freezingprocess.

All controls and instrumentation are housed in the base unit.

Outputs to connect the plate freezer to a PC via the Armfield Data Logging Accessory (FT34-DTA-ALITE) are also provided.

Demonstrationcapabilities

Foodpreservation

Effectoffreezingonfood

Fastfreezingvslowfreezing

Tasteandtextureassessments

Freezingrates

Linkswithbiology(foodstructure)

Effectoftemperatureonbacteria

Links withphysics(refrigeration)

Temperaturesensing

Qualityassurance/qualitycontrol(QA/QC)