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Refrigeration is a process of removal of heat from the region of higher heat concentration to the region of lower concentration. Refrigerator is electromechanical equipment wherein temperature can be set to desired needs to preserve food items and medicines. Though the point of application and the material preserved are different and of different sizes, the principle and technology behind the manufacturing of refrigeration systems are same. All refrigeration system works by transferring heat from designated area to somewhere else like atmosphere. With the growing demand for perishable goods in the market, it is a need of the hour to preserve them with increased shelf life. Refrigeration is not only the required in food space but has also found its application through pharmacies, blood banks, pharmaceutical industries, ice cream industry, etc. And also the need for Frozen foods has made the refrigeration systems mandatory throughout the complete chain. With developing cold storage and preservation in cold infrastructure, let us know their point of application. 1. Retail It is a common sight in recent days that open display freezer and chillers are placed in supermarkets. These stores host a variety of products almost all the home needs including the perishables to maintain longer shelf life of products like fruits and vegetables, milk and its products, ice creams, frozen foods, etc. The supermarkets are continuously adapting refrigeration to provide better shopping feel and additional products to its customers. 2. Hotels and restaurants They ever growing segment of food business is hotels and restaurants. With the intention of avoiding losses and food wastage restaurant adopt refrigeration equipment to preserve the mixes, blends and ingredients required to prepare food. Growing number of outlets and increasing atmospheric temperature prompts the need for cool drinks and cool mix or juices. This has proven to be a better method to avoid food wastage. 3. Hospitals The refrigeration system finds its application in hospitals to preserve vials and vital organs. They are also helpful in transportation of organs for transplant. There used in blood banks to preserve blood for future uses to the patients in need. They also used to preserve dead bodies so that the contamination can be minimised with the environment. They also used to store in the blood samples taken for testing from the patients. 4. Pharmaceutical Industries Medicines sometimes need to be preserved in cold atmosphere to avoid contamination and damages. Refrigerators are used in pharmaceutical industries through the entire chain from manufacturing units to the pharmacies. Medicines are stored in refrigerators so that the microorganisms growth is inhibited and to make medicine safe for the use on patients. 5. Food Industry Food industry is a growing sector which through innovation and technology has enabled longer shelf life of perishable products. This has given rise to the growth and frozen foods segment in retail sector. Frozen foods require refrigeration through the entire chain from factory to the end use. Frozen foods use chillers and freezes. This has enabled longer shelf life of products in the food space and retail sector. 6. Dairy industry Milk and its by-products mandatorily need cold storage facility for increased shelf life and to maintain its quality. Milk products such as curd, yoghurt, butter, ice-cream requires cold storage for its preservation. The growing need for refrigeration has enabled wide range of products to be stored for longer shelf life and provide better service to its users. Refrigeration has commercially grown into wide range of industries and we are able to see a very sophisticated infrastructure of cold atmosphere being built in the society and we are well aware of its uses. SM Fabrication is the ISO 9001:2015 awarded company and specialized in Kitchen Equipment, Display Equipments, Bakery Equipments and Commercial Refrigerator suppliers in Bangalore.
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