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Market leader in food service Sligro Food Group is committed to sustainability.

“Our ambition is to halve our CO2 emissions per euro of turnover by no less than 50% compared to 2010,” says Erik-Jan Termaten, Energy Project Manager at Sligro Food Group Nederland BV “Limiting our electricity and gas consumption plays a crucial role in this. We pay particular attention to this in both our existing and new locations. ”

As an example Termaten mentions the 25,280 m² large new building in Deventer, which has been designed and built according to the BREEAM-NL “Outstanding” certification criteria.

More than 20 years of partnership

Sligro Food Group Nederland B.V. and Masterveil Europe have been partners for more than 20 years when it comes to the efficient and energetic separation of conditioned spaces, emphasizes Peter Deweerdt, Managing Director of Masterveil Europe. “Sligro has always supported and motivated us to continuously develop our organization and products. This has led, for example, to the fact that we are now also fully rolling out our freezer cell screens in other European countries, with our own offices and an extensive network of Masterveil certified partners. As icing on the cake, we are now even represented in the US. ”

NewCold values the impact its partners have on its success and collaborates with TGW Logistics Group, SKT, B-Built, Ancra, Celonis, Fisher Construction Group, CGI, Kingspan, SSI Schaefer, Masterveil/De Weerdt BV and Subzero Constructors. This affirms why each of these partnerships are critical to driving success at NewCold.

Masterveil/De Weerdt BV

Masterveil is the designer and supplier of NewCold’s aircurtains and dehumification systems. These systems take care of a solid closure of external openings in NewCold’s cold storage, for instance at train docks.

SSI Schaefer

SSI Schaefer is NewCold’s preferred supplier of pallet racking. The racking in the high bay construction of NewCold’s facilities takes care of the huge storage capacity. SSI Schaefer is a global, solid
company, originated in Germany, with which NewCold has a long-term partnership.

The air curtain technology uses so-called volume systems and high-pressure systems. The difference lies in the air flow and in the amount of air required thereby. The volume systems move a large volume of air. The air is swelling
out of the nozzle and forms an airbag. As can be seen in the thermal image, this is not bundled, which is necessary for a separation of the temperature zones. In high-pressure systems, the air is forced out of the special nozzle like a jet and remains visible as a beam in the thermal image. Here a clear zero point is visible.

Heat photographing

The thermographic images show a high pressure and a volume system in comparison. The two temperature zones are shown in the thermal image recording in yellow and blue. The dark green stripe, visible in the horizontal system, shows the precisely aligned separation air jet. The bright green areas next to it show the physical
entrained air.

On May 20, HANOS opened its newest location on the Westermaat Campus business park in Hengelo. It concerns the 27th establishment of the international catering wholesaler, accounting for around 17,000 square meters of catering supplies. With this, HANOS serves catering companies in the Twente region, who were initially dependent on the Apeldoorn location.

The building consists of two floors, which offer space for a distribution center and a self-service wholesaler with more than 100,000 items. There are more than 16,000 fresh items, over 750 types of cheese, around 3,200 delicacies and over 10,000 non-food items. Workshops and master classes are also regularly given.

INTEGRAL SOLUTION

“Our air curtains are often part of an integral solution,” says Deweerdt further. “We offer our customers a toolbox of products and work with which we tackle the situation or the problem as a whole. In the specific case of HANOS Hen-gelo we deliver our air curtains in combination with active drying.

OPERATIONAL

For Masterveil, work at HANOS Hengelo is finished. The Twente site has been operating since 20 May and food professionals can go there for a wide range of products in a clear, inspiring shopping environment.

* Source: Randy van den Hoek – Louwers media group – Text: Patricia van der Beek – Photos: HANOS Hengelo

In the deep-freeze sector, the requirements for an air curtain system are far-reaching. This is not only about the delimitation of the two temperature ranges, but above all about minimizing the entry of humidity into the freezer area. The incoming humidity is visible without shielding by mist, snow and ice formation and leads to a hygiene vulnerability. Most air curtain systems in the freezer compartment condition their entire air jet with heat. This warmer air can absorb more moisture than the cold air in the freezer and thus transports the incoming humidity.

Another possibility is the use of a second air jet. Based on the principle of the high pressure system with a defined directed air jet, a second jet of air is generated. Only this one is conditioned. This so-called insulation air jet compensates for the humidity and in this way minimizes the entry of moisture into the freezer area.

Second air jet

Example of an air curtain system in the freezer area. It can be seen here that the different temperature ranges (cold side in blue and hot side in red) are separated by a horizontal air jet. The yellow area represents the separation air jet. The green area shows the insulation air jet, which is responsible for the compensation of the humidity. These two layers of air are parallel and do not mix.

Let yourself be taken by bird’s eye view of the newest location of Sligro Food Group!

This building was delivered last month. The distribution center with delivery service is located at the A1 business park in Deventer. A new construction project of 23,400 m² including a refrigerated expedition, a freezer and a cold store. The panel specialist Mucon built this project on behalf of Aan de Stegge Twello.
The building was built according to the BREEAM-NL guidelines. With this, Sligro hopes to obtain the BREEAM-NL ‘outstanding’ certificate.
Masterveil was of course responsible for the ‘art of invisible doors’. Both the refrigerated expedition and the freezer room were protected with our special air curtains in an efficient manner.
(Source: MUCON)

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Video Dc. BS Sligro Deventer

On May 20, HANOS opened its newest location on the Westermaat Campus business park in Hengelo. It concerns the 27th establishment of the international catering wholesaler, accounting for around 17,000 square meters of catering supplies. With this, HANOS serves catering companies in the Twente region, who were initially dependent on the Apeldoorn location.

The building consists of two floors, which offer space for a distribution center and a self-service wholesaler with more than 100,000 items. There are more than 16,000 fresh items, over 750 types of cheese, around 3,200 delicacies and over 10,000 non-food items. Workshops and master classes are also regularly given.

Optimal separation with freezer cells

Masterveil uses the Powerstream product at the passages for refrigerated and frozen storage, with serious temperature gradients in some places. Deweerdt explains: “Especially with freezer cells, optimum separation is crucial. If this is not the case, you will get snow, fog and ice formation, with all its consequences. Consider, for example, energy and efficiency losses, but also high cleaning costs and product or even injury damage. With this in mind, we developed Powerstream. Characteristic of these air curtains is that they have a small floor area and fully controllable air flows. This makes the end result predictable and the payback time short. “

* Source: Randy van den Hoek – Louwers media group – Text: Patricia van der Beek – Photos: HANOS Hengelo

The “Airstop” air curtain from Masterveil
in the installed state

The “Airstop” air curtain systems from Masterveil, Viersen, with their patented air flow system ensure a permanent and metered vertical or horizontal air flow. This airflow not only separates two temperature zones, but also bans dusts, insects and odors. Gates up to 6 m high can be sealed off with a horizontal system using a special high-pressure nozzle technology. The longest Masterveil horizontal air curtain had a length of about 180 m. He was supplied by several fans.

The systems are available in several material variants. In addition to the standard version with Aluzink coating, painted and powder-coated surfaces are also possible. For hygiene areas, the systems are also available in a stainless steel version.

Reference

With the VEOtec, Löhne, a distribution partner for Masterveil in Germany, a project was implemented in the central warehouse of the discounter Penny in Cologne. The requirements were a high shielding efficiency in a limited space with minimal energy consumption. The solution here was Masterveil’s “Powerstream DS-Block” system, an air curtain system for deep freezing, in the “Airlock” version. In addition to the basic version with two air layers, a further air jet is integrated, which further increases the efficiency of the base system.

The result: a proven foreclosure (at least 80%) of the climate zones by zero point measurement and a situation without fog, snow and ice formation, the energy expenditure was minimized as required. For this purpose, a footprint of approximately 0.15 m² was required per side.