Keeping storage areas cool is important for businesses who store certain food, beverage, and pharmaceutical items. These perishables require consistent, cool temperatures in order to prevent them from spoiling, losing freshness, and becoming riddled with bacteria. By investing in chiller blinds from PVC Strip, your business can acquire the desirable temperatures needed for storing perishable items. This blog will give you an insight into how they work, as well as inform you about what kinds of chiller blinds we have to offer.
What Are Chiller Blinds?
Chiller blinds are flexible, often transparent or semi-transparent curtains installed in front of refrigeration units. They serve as a barrier to retain cold air within the unit while allowing easy access. They are typically made from materials like PVC, making them durable, versatile, and suitable for various storage environments.
How Our Chiller Blinds Work
The primary function of chiller blinds is to minimise the exchange of air between the refrigerated and ambient environments. This helps in maintaining a consistent temperature inside the storage unit. By reducing the amount of warm air entering and cold air escaping, chiller blinds effectively keep the storage area cool, ensuring that products remain fresh for a longer period of time.
Types of Chiller Blinds
There are two types of chiller blinds that we can provide:
Top-fix chiller blinds use 100mm wide x 1mm thick PVC strips to create a lightweight, transparent, and easily accessible barrier for your refrigeration units. These blinds are mounted at the top of the units, attached to their upper frame. The top fix PVC chiller blinds offered by us here at PVC Strip are available online in various sizes or made to measure for non-standard applications.
Dual-fix chiller blinds use the same measurements of PVC strip to create a barrier with the same properties as top-fix blinds. Dual-fix blinds, however, can be fixed at both the top and the bottom of refrigeration units, offering extra stability and reducing the movement of the strips. Our dual fix PVC chiller blinds are available online in various sizes or made to measure for non-standard applications.
Benefits of Using Chiller Blinds
Using PVC strip chiller blinds can give your business a range of benefits, such as:
- Temperature control: maintaining consistent temperatures within storage areas
- Energy efficiency: Reducing energy consumption by preventing cold air loss. Chiller blinds can reduce energy bills by up to 40%.
- Cost-effectiveness: lowering electricity bills and reducing maintenance costs.
- Hygiene: limiting dust and contaminants from entering the chillers.
- Versatility: effective for both large and small refrigeration units.
- Easy to install: constructed with simple mounting designs.
What Can Chiller Blinds be Used For?
PVC strip chiller blinds can be used in a variety of commercial and industrial settings for several purposes. Here are some of the ways in which chiller blinds can be used.
Preserving Fresh Produce
Fresh produce, like fruits and vegetables, is highly perishable and requires specific conditions to stay fresh. Chiller blinds can help in maintaining humidity, regulating temperature, and extending the shelf life of your business’s produce.
Keeping Dairy Products Fresh
Dairy products such as milk, cheese, and yogurt need to be stored at precise temperatures to prevent them from spoiling. PVC strip chiller blinds can assist in maintaining a stable, cold environment and preventing contamination from occurring, and like other produce, the freshness of dairy can also be preserved.
Extending the Life of Meat Products
Meat products are particularly sensitive to temperature changes. Chiller blinds play a crucial role in keeping meat at safe, low temperatures. The low temperatures maintained by chiller blinds also create an environment that dissuades bacterial growth, allowing meat to remain edible for longer.
Storing Beverages
Beverages, especially those that are perishable, benefit greatly from our chiller blinds. Beyond perishable beverages, however, other drinks may simply be preferred chilled, so not only do chiller blinds prevent drinks from spoiling, but they can also help keep them refreshing.
Storage of Pharmaceutical Items
Pharmaceutical products often require strict temperature control and storage requirements. Luckily, our chiller blinds can help meet these requirements by maintaining medications and vaccines at the required temperatures, as well as limiting their exposure to dust and airborne particles.
Energy Efficiency and Cost Savings
Chiller cabinet blinds can contribute significantly to energy efficiency and cost savings. Firstly, chiller blinds minimise cold air loss, leading to lower energy consumption from your fridges, translating into cost savings. Secondly, the lower energy consumption of your refrigerators can give them a longer lifespan, as a lower energy consumption will usually result in less electrical strain.
By purchasing from PVC Strip UK, you are choosing an effective and essential solution for keeping storage areas fresh and cool. From preserving fresh produce to maintaining the integrity of pharmaceuticals, our versatile blinds offer numerous benefits, including energy efficiency and cost savings. By understanding their importance and proper use, businesses can enhance their storage conditions significantly. If you have any questions about our chiller blinds or other made-to-measure PVC strip curtains, then please contact us, and a member of our team will be in touch.