Rapid Defrosting with Radio Frequency – Fish & Seafood

Posted in Fish Defroster, Freezing & Thawing, High Speed Defrosting

RF defrosting /tempering enables rapid in-line thawing of fish and seafood products on a industrial scale in minutes with minimal drip (product) loss.  (Typical defrost times are 15 to 20 minutes). The Stalam RF Defroster is ideal for commercial defrosting of all types of fish and shellfish products either in blocks, IQF, bags, crates, boxes or as naked product.  This fast, uniform and controlled heating method offers great flexibility in factory production scheduling and is an excellent solution for many tempering, softening and defrosting processes. The Stalam RF defrosting units are available in a number of sizes enabling thawing capacities from 300kg to 12 tons of product per hour.

The advantages of RF defrosting compared to traditional defrosting include:

• faster defrost times enabling in line ‘just in time’ processing rather than batch processing;
• lower bacterial growth (in the slow defrosting process there is a considerable opportunity for bacteria growth in the product;
• lower drip losses

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MACHINE CHARACTERISTIC

• Radio Frequency at 27,12 MHz.
• Construction in AISI 304 & 316 stainless steel submitted to anticorrosion treatments
  (passivation, pickling) and shot-peening finish.
• Protection level IP65: the external protection boxes of the RF generator are made of insulating
  sandwich-type panels with sheeting and bearing frame in AISI 304 stainless steel.
• Wide conveyor belt (up to 180 cm) made of certified food-grade rigid polyethylene modules or solid-surface reinforced polyester, depending on the product to be processed.
• Built-in conveyor belt & tunnel washing facilities and full internal access for cleaning through the multiple side panel doors.
• PLC control system for multiple product recipes.
• Modular Construction: STALAM RF defrosters are available in module sizes from 3 kW to 105 kW. Multiple modules can be combined to increase the production capacity.

PRODUCTION CAPACITIES

Production capacities can vary depending upon the type of product to be defrosted and the final
temperature required. Here below an example:
Fish:                                   frozen squid to be tempered from –18°C to –2°C
Size of machine:              single module 75 kWRF.
Max power output:         75kWRF
Max power input:           120 kVA
Production Capacity:      up to 1250 kg/hr

RF Power (kWRF)	Dimensions LxWxH (m)	Belt Width (mm)	Additional module length (m)	Generator cooling system	Installed power (kW)
3	1.1 x 0.75 x 1.5	Batch unit	Not available	air	5
7	3.7 x 1.1 x 2.8	0.6	Not available	air	12
15	6.2 x 2.0 x 3.4	1.4	Not available	air	25
20/30/40	7.7 x 2.0 x 3.6	1.4	Not available	air	32/48/64
60/75/85/105	9.2 x 2.4 x 3.6	1.8	5	water	96/120/136/168