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Fire breaking out in printing press plants as a result of ESD (electrostatic discharge) is rare, but the threat is very real. During periods of low humidity levels (well below 50%) ESD causes sparks and small fires in and around the ink pans of gravure printing presses. These sparks and fires if not detected or…
Loadshedding is causing and will still cause many food retail businesses in South Africa their very livelihood if the latter do not take steps to protect their perishable food stocks in cold storage from spoiling. Larger supermarket outlets are compelled to spend thousands of rands a day on diesel just to keep their ‘lights on’…
Food handling professionals at all levels tend to focus exclusively on ambient temperatures when it comes to cold storage of fresh produce. Many a cold room door can be found in a hotel, restaurant, bakery, or conference venue pasted with a Temperature Chart showing daily readings as reflected on the temperature gauge. Temperature gauges very…
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Polar Africa’s humidity control solutions procure several benefits for the wine farm/producer, viz. Reducing wine evaporative losses in the order of 8% to 12% p.a. by half – less topping up and more bottom line Slower maturity rate producing higher quality wine than the norm No fungal and mould growth as both technologies utilize ‘dry’…
The really shrewd butcher knows how to save money whilst making money! And one way is to install night blinds in/or onto their meat refrigerator display cases. That way, night blinds reduce energy consumption per fridge by 20%. Where a butchery has a large number of refrigerated display cases a store’s total energy bill can…
The really shrewd supermarket retailer knows how to save money whilst making money! And one way is to install night blinds in/or onto refrigerator display cases. That way, night blinds reduce energy consumption per fridge by 20%. Where a supermarket has a large number of refrigerated display cases a store’s total energy bill can be…
