Industrial and commercial refrigeration

Engineering for your product’s insulation process.

Insulating cabinets, doors and cold rooms with rigid polyurethane foam.

The process

How polyurethane is used in refrigeration

In refrigerators, freezers, display cases and cold rooms, rigid polyurethane foam is both the thermal insulation and part of the structure. It is injected between the cabinet walls, expands, fills the cavity and bonds to the skins.

The result depends on metering the right ratio, mixing well, distributing the foam so it fills without voids, and containing the expansion until it cures. That is why metering machine, mixing head and mould carriers are designed together.

Cross-section of a refrigerator wall showing rigid foam insulation between steel sheets (illustration)
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Steps

Typical process flow

  1. 01 Conditioning Components at working temperature.
  2. 02 Metering High pressure with controlled ratio.
  3. 03 Mixing Self-cleaning impingement head.
  4. 04 Injection Cabinet positioned in the mould carrier.
  5. 05 Curing Plug containment during expansion.

Reference flow. Each project defines the steps included and each supplier’s responsibilities.

Diagnosis

Questions to start the project

You do not need every answer. They structure the conversation with our engineering team and with your PU system supplier.

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  1. Q1 What will be insulated: cabinet, door, panel, cold room?
  2. Q2 What is the cavity volume and the target foam density?
  3. Q3 Which polyurethane system and blowing agent will be used?
  4. Q4 What is the target cycle and how many injection points?
  5. Q5 Will there be mould carriers, plugs or integration with an existing line?

Related solutions

Equipment for refrigeration

Recommending a solution for this application does not replace analysis of the material and process.

Sulpol metering unit with boom and suspended mixing head

Components

High-pressure mixing heads

In-house manufacturing, solvent-free cleaning and repair — including for imported machines.

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Application engineering

Tell us what you need to produce.

We will look at your application, target output and metering requirements to assess the right equipment configuration.