The reliable, environmentally friendly systems are based on re-usable energy, are extremely flexible and can be used for chilled or frozen products.  The virtually maintenance free plates can be set to maintain various temperatures for different applications.

In the competitive global economic market of today, any means of reducing costs can give your business an advantage. The use of eutectic plates as an alternative to other cooling mediums such as dry ice and normal ice, makes financial business sense. This is because eutectic plates are re-usable and do not evaporate into smoke or melt into water to be thrown away.

Eutectic plates, otherwise known as thermal storage units, have been in the market place for some time. Originally manufactured out of stainless steel, Evericed has moved to plastic, making the containers lighter and cheaper. Having a plastic unit also makes the plates easy to handle and clean.

COLD PACKS

Leaders in eutectic plate manufacturing, Evericed has designed a wide range of plates ranging from a 300ml to an 8.5 litre unit. When you receive your plates, they will already have the freezing capability necessary to freeze or chill your products, and importantly maintain the desired temperature.

The ‘re-charging’ of the plates should take approximately 12 hours to freeze after the initial freeze time of at least 48 hours. This can be longer if the freezer is running at less than the required 5°C colder than the plate setting. The colder the freezer, the faster the ‘re-charge’ time. When the plates are used in a good insulated container, they will last in excess of 12 hours.  Evericed has successfully maintained temperatures below -20°C for 48 hours and below -2.5° for 70 hours.

Advantages of Evericed over Dry Ice

Evericed eutectic plates replace the need for dry-ice. Using Evericed has a number of benefits, while dry ice has many downfalls. Dry ice evaporates, is a non-reusable resource and can be dangerous. Regardless of the transported item, a package containing dry ice is classified as dangerous goods and subject to declaration and safety fees. This wastes your time and money going through the process.

One kilogram of dry ice releases close to 500 litres of CO₂

As dry ice is exceedingly cold, if touched it causes burns, restricts the respiration and triggers unconsciousness at a 7 per cent concentration in the air. One kilogram of dry ice releases close to 500 litres of CO₂, which means that freights containing dry ice are dangerous goods and exclusively shipped by cargo aircraft. On the topic of CO₂, every year sees a shortage of supply which means your business suffers delays and setbacks both in productivity and financially.

Depending on outside temperatures, it takes between 48 and 72 hours for dry ice to sublimate or purify and then must be replaced (called re-icing) with costs during longer transit times, at the airports or in the customs area.  Another costly method is temporary storage in airport cool room facilities. This process is highly susceptible to various types of interference. Especially in intercontinental transit it incurs a high risk of faults leading to considerable spoilage.

As Evericed eutectic plates eliminate the use of dry ice, all products can also be transported by passenger aircraft provided the transported item is non-hazardous. As there are no safety issues surrounding Evericed plates and no need for re-icing, there is no need for your transport box to be opened.

After a brief instruction, even untrained personnel can handle Evericed systems without any danger.

Just consider Evericed advantages over dry ice in the tables below.