Efficient pouch cooling solution

Designed to cut cooling times in half, this solution efficiently reduces the bacterial danger zone duration in food processing, ensuring enhanced food safety and energy efficiency.

Cools and Stabilizes Temperature of Food Products

The Mini Flex Chill-Flow™ Cooler by Lyco Manufacturing is an innovative solution for efficient cooling in the food processing and pet food industries. It utilizes submerged water agitation to halve cooling times while ensuring uniform temperature stabilization across various product types. This cooler uniquely addresses the challenge of rapidly passing pouched and sous vide foods through the critical bacterial danger zone of 130°F to 80°F, enhancing food safety. Suitable for continuous, batch, or oscillating operations, it accommodates a wide range of pouch sizes and products, from packaged seafood to plant-based proteins. Designed with minimal maintenance needs and easy integration, the system features almost zero maintenance requirements and on-machine controls, making installation straightforward. Constructed with sanitary cleanable design to meet food safety standards, the Mini Flex Chill-Flow™ Cooler supports production environments focused on quality and efficiency.

Benefits

  • Reduces cooling times and enhances food safety by swiftly navigating the bacterial danger zone.
  • Minimizes maintenance efforts with nearly zero required upkeep, ensuring seamless operations.
  • Offers flexible processing with options for continuous, batch, and oscillating modes.
  • Ensures uniform product quality with gentle agitation and submerged cooling.
  • Simplifies installation and operation with on-machine controls for efficient integration.

General


Applications
Seafood,Sous vide,Pasta,Pet food,Meat,Plant-based protein,Pouched pet food,Rice,Vegetables,Poultry,Dry beans,Pouches
End products
Frozen vegetable medleys,Canned chickpeas,Packaged shrimp,Canned wet dog food,Vacuum-sealed sous vide steaks,Wet cat food,Heat-and-eat meal pouches,Instant rice packets,Pre-cooked chicken breasts,Tofu blocks,Dry macaroni packaging
Steps before
Cooking,Blanching,Pasteurizing,Pouch Filling
Steps after
Packing,Storage,Distribution
Input ingredients
pouches,sous vide items,pouched pet food
Output ingredients
cooled pouches,uniformly cooled products,safely cooled products
Market info
Lyco Manufacturing is known for designing and producing innovative cooking, cooling, and liquid-solid separation equipment, primarily for the food processing industry, with a strong reputation for reliability, efficiency, and cutting-edge solutions.

Technical Specifications


Cooling mode
Continuous / Batch / Oscillating
Cooling efficiency
Reduces cooling time by half
Temperature range
130°F to 80°F (54.4°C to 26.7°C)
Unit size
72" dia. x 8' or 12' long
Maintenance
Almost zero maintenance
Installation
Controls mounted on machine
Sanitary design
Improved food safety
Temperature Achievement
Can achieve 40°F (4.4°C)
Agitation method
Gentle Hydro-Flow®

Operating Characteristics


Cooling mechanism
Submerged water agitated cooling
Operation mode
Continuous / Batch / Oscillating
Automated control system
Controls mounted on machine
Reduced danger zone time
Passes through 130°F to 80°F twice as fast
Flexibility
Handles range of pouch sizes
Maintenance requirement
Almost zero maintenance

Material Compatibility


Density/particle size
0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm

Product type Characteristics


Pouch Size Flexibility
Handles a Range of Sizes

Physical Characteristics


Compact footprint
N/A
Control panel type
Mounted on machine
Discharge method
Agitated water flow

Custom Options


Unit size
72" dia. x 8' or 12' length
Agitation method
Hydro-Flow® agitation