Contact Plate Freezer & Hardener
CONTACT - instant crust freezing for superior product quality
Fastest Freezing
Fastest and most efficient freezing processes
No Belt Marking
Eliminates belt marks, maintains shape and appearance
Premium Product
Minimises drip loss and maximises yield
Harden or Freeze
Adaptable to cool, crust freeze or fully freeze
Contact Crust Freezer
Contact Crust Hardener
Crust freezer freezing scallops for Seafood processor
Fast Freezing
Starfrost’s Contact freezer utilises highly effective plate freezing technology that maximises product quality and reduces freezing time. The Contact features a reusable thin polyethylene film conveyor belt, this passes over a refrigerated plate that provides one of the fastest and most efficient freezing processes available.
Adaptable
The Contact Hardener surface freezes the underside of high value products, minimising drip loss and maximising yield. Ideal for crust freezing raw meats and poultry, as well as wet or delicate seafood products such as fish fillets, scallops, octopus and squid.
The Contact Freezer features an overhead freezing system for the total full freezing of a wide variety of products that might be delicate or require no belt marking, the freezing method maintains product shape and appearance and improves overall quality.
View of production line featuring Contact cooler at UK bakery
Superior Product Quality
The Contact Hardener surface freezes the underside of high value products, minimising drip loss and maximising yield. Ideal for crust freezing raw meats and poultry, as well as wet or delicate seafood products such as fish fillets, scallops, octopus and squid.
No Belt Marking
The Contact Freezer option features an overhead freezing system for the total full freezing of a wide variety of products that might be delicate or require no belt marking, the freezing method maintains product shape and appearance and improves overall quality.
Contact Crust Freezer shown processing cooked rice
Contact crust freezing poultry portions
Features
- Enclosure design allows easy access for maintenance and service requirements
- Large freezing capacities relative to freezer footprint size
- High efficiency axial fans with anodised motors
- Evaporator tube and fin design for extended run periods
- Standardised components made of stainless steel ensure easy and rapid site assembly
- External installation available to maximise factory space
Benefits
Superior quality
Improves product yield, presentation and dehydration
Hygienic
Reusable film conveyor provides the optimal hygiene
Rapid Freezing
Refrigerated plate technology produces fast, efficient freezing
Adaptable
for freezing or hardening, solid and liquid products
Efficient
Reusable belt system with extended operation time between defrosts
Premium product
No belt marking or sticking for high value products
Contact crust freezer - various food applications
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