Highly controlled cooling process for high quality produce

Berries are vulnerable products which need to be treated very carefully in order to maintain the quality of the berries. In order to preserve berries, they need to be cooled to keep their quality and healthy properties, such as the many antioxidants. This storage process requires a highly controlled cooling process where temperature, humidity and ventilation should be precisely controlled. The MC3-FRUIT, by VDH Products, is a smart storage controller for the cooling and storage of berries. The MC3 series is characterized by its modular hardware structure. This means that there is always a suitable controller available for each project. One MC3-FRUIT can control up to five storage room with a maximum of eight evaporators each. Each phase of the storage process requires different settings. The MC3-FRUIT has three preprogrammed phases, which can be set to your own hand:- Cool, once the berries are driven into the coldrooms, they often contain a lot of heat from outside. In the cool phase this heat is cooled out to a point that is required.- Store, when the berries have reached the required temperature, the controller can be switched to the store phase. In this phase, the cooling starts only once in a cycle time interval, in order to keep the temperature constant.- Standby,  If the room is not in use, it can be put in the standby phase. In this phase, the cell starts cooling only if that is really required to supply hot gas to other rooms that are waiting on defrost. A smart functionality of the MC3-FRUIT ensures that the maximum cooling capacity in the selected phase is not exceeded, which leads to an efficient usage of the connected cooling system. Process monitoring The MC3-FRUIT can be operated and read with a local 4,3” touchscreen controlpanel at the cell as well the VASP software on the PC. Even when you are away from the office you are in control with the VASP smartphone app. The VASP software provides each user with the right information. All values can be read out simply and clearly, so you see exactly what happens inside the room. For the specialist, VASP offers comprehensive data analysis, so that we can accurately see whether the cooling is doing what it should do.VDH is a household name in the world of hard and soft fruit. Our controllers connect quality and reliability to a very simple operations, that will enable you to finally reap the benefits!2nd picture, VASP display at room level