"We all know that ice is one of a cold storage facility's greatest enemies. Not only does it collect around our doorways, walls, ceilings, racks and products, it attaches to our air evaporators and condensers and makes them run inefficiently. I spent two full weeks of unproductive time chipping ice off my coils. But that was all before HCR."
~DAVE
When warm, moist air is allowed to infiltrate a cold room, it immediately travels to the coldest part of the room, which is typically the refrigeration system's evaporator coils. Ice builds up on the coils, causing the refrigeration system to work harder to cool the air. Defrost cycles increase, and energy costs rise. Ice forms on your walls, racks, and products, and makes doorways wet and slippery.
HCR eliminates ice by preventing the invading air infiltration that naturally occurs between rooms of varying temperatures by maintaining a consistent, effective air barrier. Between rooms with very large temperature differences, multiple HCR Air Doors may be used in one doorway to create an air vestibule. Within this "air vestibule" the air is conditioned and treated to a non-frost, non-fog state to act as a virtual insulation between the two differing temperature zones.
