Freezer Mapping Studies

A freezer mapping study may be needed if your freezer is suspected of having temperature gradients that will affect the proper storage of your material. These studies may be performed in highly regulated areas, or in locations like large warehouses where large gradients are common. If your product or sample is sensitive to small variations in temperature, the position of the sample inside the storage unit may be of critical importance.

Temperatures within units are usually colder at the bottom, and warmer at the top. There may be "hot spots" or "cold spots" at various locations such as near doors or near an evaporator. In a standard upright refrigerator, the difference in temperature between the top shelf and the bottom shelf is usually 4 degrees Centigrade or more. In large walk-ins these temperature gradients are even more pronounced. Heavy frosting can cause an insulating effect that will increase gradients. The more full that a freezer compartment is the more likely that large temperature gradients will exist because airflow is necessary for even heat distribution.

How our Tempurity System helps perform a freezer mapping study

Each Networked Robotics NTMS hardware unit can collect temperatures from up to 4 temperature sources. With the Tempurity System you can perform a mapping study by placing one or two of our NTMS hardware units (4 to 8 monitored points) near the freezer. It's cost effective to leave those units connected permanently. As always with Tempurity each monitored point is watched, and alarm notifications of e-mail and text message can be sent when any one of the sensors yields a reading that is out of range.

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