Examples of industries: car manufacturers, car components and aftermarket, machine tools for car production.
Chillers for the Automotive Sector
Different production lines, different types of cooling: chillers for the automotive sector must be designed for the most heterogeneous fluid outlet temperatures (water, water and glycol). Some equipment to which they can be integrated: lasers, machine tools for mechanical components, extruders or presses. The plus of temperature control to the tenth of a degree: real optimisation of internal processes.
Main requirements: different fluid outlet temperatures depending on the individual production line, high temperature differences.
Chillers for the automotive sector: at a glance
The manufacture of each car follows a concatenation of processes, each of which may require different types of cooling and, consequently, different types of chillers for the automotive sector.
Some examples: temperature control of machine tools/lasers and thermostatting of paint baths.
Precise temperature control is not an insignificant factor in the optimisation of internal processes: it increases hourly productivity and the life cycle of machine tools themselves, but above all reduces the percentage of product defects and the danger of downtime.
That said, here are some examples of chillers for the automotive sector:
- Liquid chillers for lasers: the fine temperature regulation system using hot gas combined with the generous dimensions of the tank on board the machine allow regulation precision down to +-0.5 °C.
- Liquid chillers for machine tools: cooling of mechanical components, cutting fluids and hydraulic fluids allows machine tools to work at high speed, accurately and repeatably, increasing tool life and helping to stabilise finished part dimensions.
- Liquid chillers with integrated free cooling dedicated to cooling extruders or injection moulding machines: they are characterised by high head pumps to overcome pressure drops in mould cooling channels. In addition, they can operate with high temperature differences.
Turnkey Refrigeration Plants
A refrigeration system is more than a single chiller: heat exchangers, hydraulic connections, additional cooling devices also come into play to support your production process.
Air-Cooled Liquid Chillers
Temperature fluido in uscita da +1° a +30° CIn air-cooled liquid chillers, the cooling of the refrigerant gas is ensured by the ambient air itself. Frigofluid offers a wide range of this type of industrial chiller in its catalogue, including a solution with free-cooling.
Water-Cooled Liquid Chillers
Fluid outlet temperatures -8°C to +20° CCooling the refrigerant gas by means of a water exchanger: this is what characterises the water-cooled chillers, which use this feature to ensure high system efficiency. Frigofluid water chillers, with output temperatures down to -8° C, are ideal when air movement is not possible.
Industrial Dry Coolers and Adiabatic Dry Coolers
Industrial dry coolers are a useful solution where fluid outlet temperatures no lower than the external temperature are required. Adiabatic dry coolers are a version of these industrial coolers that can offer outlet fluid temperatures lower than the external temperature.
Industrial Thermoregulation Units
Water control temperatures from +90° to +140° CIndustrial termoregulation units manufactured by Frigofluid are designed to condition moulds and cylinders in various industrial processes. In plastic moulding, process fluids are kept at temperature, thus reducing the use of electrical power for heating and limiting the cooling power spent on cooling by self-stabilisation.
Remanufactured chillers for immediate delivery
Remanufacturing is a 'hot topic' in industrial production, especially in times of resource rationalisation: Frigofluid can supply its customers with remanufactured chillers. A totally sustainable solution.