According to Jim Still, the company's founder and president, the Jet-Ready pre-cooler designed and manufactured by Global Cooling Inc. is "very suitable for pre-cooling and re-cooling grapes."
"Small diameter and fairly expensive fresh produce, especially grapes," he explained. "If the cold chain is interrupted or delayed, they will deteriorate quickly. Sometimes, the retail price of grapes can rise from $1 per pound within a week. US$2 per pound. Postharvest processing of grapes in a way that guarantees an extra week or more shelf life is really profitable."
Still explained that using the Jet-Ready pre-cooler to quickly pull the grapes from the field temperature to the ideal refrigeration temperature is simple and cheap. "The amortized cost of a pre-cooled 2,000-pound tray of fresh fruit is less than $10 per tray, or 0.5 cents per pound."
As the company pointed out, the diameter of the grapes is small and they are very sensitive to mishandling of the cold chain. It said that if the temperature of the trailer is too high when the trailer arrives at the distribution center, it is very beneficial to re-cool the fruit as soon as possible to avoid rejections, claims and credits.
“Our Jet-Ready Precoolers also did a good job of re-cooling imported grapes after fumigation,” Still continued. “Moreover, many of these pallets have cross-stacked cartons, which hinder easy air flow, while the grapes are packed in Ziploc bags in plastic bags with sulfur dioxide pads, which are very challenging for air flow requirements. Our jet precooler is also very suitable for these."
"Jet-Ready can provide about 35,000 cubic feet (cfm) of airflow per minute," Still continued, "and because grape trays weigh about 2,000 pounds, when 10 trays are pre-cooled, the weight of the fruit is about two cents per minute. One cubic foot. lb. This is a lot of airflow, enough to fully pre-cool from the on-site temperature in about three hours, provided that the packaging plant has enough cooling capacity to keep up."
"Our jet precooler is manufactured in the United States, right in the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Business Park, Philadelphia," Steele concluded. "All our components are the best you can buy with money, and our portable devices are very powerful. Time and time again, we have outperformed bunker wall systems and farm-built box fans." For more Information: Jim Still Global Cooling Inc. Tel: 1 (844) 858-4621 jim.still@pre-coolers.net www.pre-coolers.net
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