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Should water tanks be a compulsory feature at all cold stores and warehouses? – Lutz Refrigeration responds

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Rain water storage systems to supply evaporative cooling towers here in South Africa We are proud to say that Lutz Refrigeration in collaboration with Barpro will be pioneering the use of rain water harvesting to supply the fridge plant at Southern Cold Storage’s new freezer rental storage facilities in Germiston Johannesburg. The multiplex system will be cooling the 20 000m³ freezer room down to -25°C.  Opting for evaporative cooling with Freon is very much against the grain, but by doing this we managed to keep the capital costs in a standard Freon league while competing neck and neck with Ammonia plants on energy efficiency. Initially we will be installing 20m³ of water storage facilities which will offer two days of standby water capacity and will require a 20mm rainfall to be topped up.  Judging from historical rain falls and a bit of field testing we will probably increase that to around 40m³ once the system is up and running. The freezer store rooms are scheduled for commissioning during November this year, we will follow up with photos and feedback once the system is up and running. For more information contact Kevin Walter by email: kevinw@lutzrefrigeration.co.za

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Barpro Storage heading on 20 years!

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Over the past few months we have been highlighting some special dates and events for the company starting with the history and where it all began. Today we are a team of 25 including fully trained and experienced technicians, a design & manufacturing team, sales & office support and we have branches in both Cape Town and Johannesburg with a fully operational workshop producing the highest quality spares. We have also extended our product range by supplying Ice Melt and Febset; and are the exclusive distributors in Africa for Delf Coldwear. Working as a team, Barpro Storage boasts over 100 years combined experience – in just the technical and marketing departments; and we are delighted to place this experience and expertise at our customers’ disposal.  

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Barpro Basics – Regular maintenance saves money

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Recently Ceres Fruit Growers had their Storax mobiles inspected. The repair costs were higher than expected and prompted a rethink by the maintenance department. Deon Schickerling and David van Huffel started checking the mobiles on a regular basis using the Storax manual and making sure that the forklift drivers were following procedures. In a follow up inspection they found that repair costs fell by 80% illustrating how looking after your mobiles pays hands down, both in terms of repairs and lower down time. Barpro would like to congratulate both Deon and David on their success and to encourage other users to implement the same changes.

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