Industrial water chillers are used in a variety of applications where chilled water or liquid are circulated through process equipment. Commonly used to cool products and machinery, water chillers are used in a multitude of different applications including injection molding, tool and die cutting, food and beverage, chemicals, lasers, machine tool, semi-conductors and more.
The function of an industrial chiller is to move heat from one location (usually process equipment or product) to another place (usually the air outside the manufacturing facility). It is very common to use water or a water/glycol solution to transfer the heat to and from the chiller which may require the process chiller to have a reservoir and pumping system. Regardless of your industry and process, making sure that you have sufficient cooling is critical to productivity and cost savings.
Why use a Chiller?
No industrial process, machine, or motor is 100% efficient, with heat being the most common byproduct of those inefficiencies. If this heat is not removed, it will accumulate over time causing reduced production times, equipment shutdowns, and even premature equipment failure. It is necessary to incorporate cooling into industrial process system design to avoid these issues.
Using a chiller to provide cooling has multiple benefits. A chiller provides consistent temperature and pressure to your industrial process. Eliminating temperature and pressure variables simplifies the process development and optimization, ensuring the highest quality product. Instead of a wasteful, single-pass-through system, a chiller recirculates the cooling water. The recirculation minimizes the cost of water consumption which can be expensive and environmentally unfriendly.
