Industrial tunnel freezers for french fries
Ensure optimal freezing performance for high-capacity potato products, minimizing energy consumption and CO2 emissions, while maintaining top quality.
Freezes and Pre-cools Potato and Vegetable Products
The GEA A-series IQF Tunnel Freezer is a cutting-edge solution from GEA, specifically engineered to meet the high-capacity demands of food manufacturers and frozen food processors. This equipment stands out with its ability to process up to 30 tons per hour, efficiently pre-cooling, refrigerating, and freezing potato and vegetable products. The freezer utilizes a multi-zone temperature control system, enhancing product quality while significantly reducing energy consumption, with up to a 57% reduction in CO2 emissions, as certified by Ramboll under the EU Taxonomy classification.
This tunnel freezer is ideal for freezing French fries, curly fries, potato wedges, diced potatoes for soups, and a variety of mixed frozen vegetables and fruits. Its operation integrates seamlessly into continuous production lines with automation facilitated by smart PLC controls, allowing for streamlined operation and remote monitoring. The tunnel is constructed with a fully welded stainless steel structure, ensuring high corrosion resistance and ease of cleaning, supported by its hygienically engineered design with ample access to components.
GEA’s expertise ensures compliance with stringent food safety and environmental standards, providing reliable, minimally disruptive maintenance schedules and offering both standard and customizable configurations to suit specific production requirements.
Benefits
- Maximizes production capacity with up to 30 tons per hour processing.
- Significantly cuts energy usage, achieving up to a 57% reduction in CO2 emissions.
- Ensures high product quality with precise multi-zone temperature control.
- Streamlines cleaning and maintenance with a hygienic, fully accessible design.
- Enhances sustainability with water precooling eliminating the need for refrigerating compressors.
- Applications
- Diced potato,Dollar chips,Potato wedges,Fruits,Fried potato products,Vegetables,French fries
- End products
- Frozen berry mixes,Diced potatoes for soups,Mixed frozen vegetables,Frozen dollar chips,Frozen fruit salad,Curly fries
- Steps before
- Washing,Sorting,Blanching
- Steps after
- Packaging,Storage,Distribution
- Input ingredients
- potatoes,french fries,potato wedges,diced potato,dollar chips
- Output ingredients
- frozen potatoes,frozen french fries,frozen potato wedges,frozen diced potato,frozen dollar chips
- Market info
- GEA is known for its expertise in engineering innovative and sustainable equipment and solutions, focusing on sectors such as food, beverages, pharmaceuticals, and energy, with a reputation for quality, efficiency, and advanced technological applications in industrial processing.
- Capacity
- Up to 30 tons per hour
- Freezing Temperature
- -32°C
- Temperature Zones
- Multiple zones (Pre-cooling,Refrigerating,Freezing)
- Energy Saving
- More than 20% energy saving compared to -40°C
- CO2 Emission Reduction
- 22% to 57%
- Defrost System
- Thermosyphon ammonia
- Material
- Fully welded stainless steel
- Refrigeration Capacity
- 6 MW for 30,000 kg/hr
- Automation level
- PLC / SCADA
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Continuous
- CIP/SIP
- CIP 121°C
- Cleaning method
- CIP
- Integration with pre-cooling,refrigerating,freezing
- Multiple temperature zones
- Energy efficiency
- More than 20% energy saving
- Abrasion resistance
- Yes
- Cleanability
- Hygienically engineered design
- Corrosive resistance (e.g. acids)
- Stainless steel
- Biological compatibility
- Food safe
- Food types compatible
- Fried potato products like French fries,wedges,etc.
- Machine capacity
- Up to 30 tons per hour
- Material
- Fully welded stainless steel
- Construction
- Enclosure and structure
- Materials
- Welded stainless steel
- Design features
- Hygienically engineered,ample access to components