For horizontal milk cooling tanks, the cooling unit can be attached to or separated from the tank. Availability of the attached cooling unit depends on the size and cooling capacity of the cooling system as well as the type of milking system.
All our cooling units are developed and produced by us in our own factories. This ensures great quality and offers the opportunity to customize the cooling unit and cooling capacity to the requirements on each individual farm, regarding e.g. milk quantity, ambient temperature, cooling time, collection frequency, etc.
A cooling system from Wedholms means simple installation as well as cost-efficient operation, developed to minimize the environmental impact.
There are many advantages with an attached cooling unit; easy transportation, quick and cheap installation and no need to fill the refrigerant on farm. With an attached cooling unit, you get a compact plug & play solution, perfectly adapted to your needs. The possibility to get an attached cooling unit on your tank depends on the number and size of the compressors and thus the cooling capacity and cooling class. For robotic milking, the cooling capacity is lower and thus attached cooling is possible even for bigger tank sizes. Please contact your local dealer or Wedholms directly to find out if an attached cooling unit is an alternative for you.
In markets with hot climate, we recommend to place the cooling unit outdoors since it might be hard to achieve sufficient ventilation of the heat produced by the cooling unit. Placement outdoors is possible with a separated cooling unit.
Advantages with the attached cooling unit
With a separated cooling unit, you have full flexibility and it is also a space-saving solution because you can place the cooling unit outside of the milk room, either in a machine room or outside the building. Note that if there is a height difference, or the distance between the cooling unit and the milk cooling tank is more than 6-8 meters, we recommend to install a receiver and a magnetic valve to secure a problem-free performance of the cooling solution.
Read more about the receiver and magnetic valve here.
Separate cooling units are also available as aftermarket products and can be used for a variety of purposes. Thus, a cooling unit from Wedholms can be used for many purposes, not necessarily connected to milk production.
You can find more information and find aftermarket cooling units on our webshop here.
Please contact your local dealer or Wedholms directly if you have any questions.
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The separated cooling unit can be placed indoors or outdoors. The standard length of the electric cables is 10 meters for horizontal tanks. In regions with hot climate, we recommend to place the cooling unit outdoors since it might be hard to achieve sufficient ventilation of the heat produced by the cooling unit.
Advantages with a separated cooling unit;
As standard, the cooling capacity is calculated for B-class, meaning 32 degrees Celsius as ambient temperature in the milk room. However, in countries with a hot climate, an upgrade to A-class might be necessary. The cooling capacity is then calculated for an ambient temperature of 38 degrees. There is a fixed price for A-class, depending on the milk flow, and it is calculated per compressor. The adaption for A-class must be made in the factory when building the cooling unit. In hot climate, we generally recommend to put the cooling unit outside to prevent cooling problems during summer time.
Read more about our cooling units here.
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