Air Products & Chemicals Inc. announced that it will highlight its Freshline(R) liquid nitrogen (LIN) tunnel freezers--which can freeze and chill poultry and meat faster than mechanical freezers six times their size--at the International Production and Processing Expo (IPPE) in Atlanta, Ga. from January 29-31. Among Air Products' featured Freshline(R) tunnel freezers are the Freshline(R) DM tunnel freezer, which allows manufacturers to process both IQF (individually quick frozen) and flat or trayed products in a single machine; and the Freshline(R) QS tunnel freezer, which is an economical and easy-to-operate option for food processors who want to upgrade to continuous freezing, alleviate a bottleneck in their operation, or grow and diversify their existing product line.

IPPE attendees can stop by Air Products Booth #6,776 to see how much time and space they can save using LIN process freezing or cooling with a Freshline tunnel freezer. By using the company's newly developed Freeze Time Calculator, processors can enter their food type and desired starting and ending temperature to see a comparison of the time required to cool or freeze using LIN versus traditional mechanical systems. Poultry and meat processors can input the production rate and product parameters to see a similar comparison of tunnel length for a mechanical freezer versus a cryogenic LIN freezer. Air Products offers a complete line of Freshline(R) solutions that can help poultry and meat processors improve productivity, increase product yield, and lower costs while producing high-quality products.

In many freezing and chilling applications, LIN can be a cost-effective alternative to CO(2), and the conversion can be quick and easy. Air Products has successfully converted many customers' processes from CO(2) to LIN, providing them with a multitude benefits that cannot be achieved with CO(2), such as a uniform temperature throughout the cooling or freezing process, superior product quality, increased throughput, and better turn-down.