Why is automatic plate freezing technology preferred in the seafood industry?

Automatic plate freezing technology is favored in the seafood industry because it ensures rapid and uniform freezing, preserving the product's freshness, texture, and taste. Faster freezing minimizes the formation of large ice crystals, which can damage the cellular structure of food products.

What types of food and seafood products are best suited for automatic plate freezing?

Plate freezers are best suited for flat or evenly shaped items like fish fillets, shrimp, and shellfish.

Is automatic plate freezing technology suitable for large-scale food processing?

Yes, automatic plate freezers are available in various sizes and capacities, making them suitable for both small and large-scale seafood processing operations.

Carsoe manufactures shrimp lines onboard both large freezing vessels and fresh fish vessels in many different sizes. Onboard Shrimp Factories

An efficient pelagic factory onboard requires high capacity freezing solutions to ensure a stready and reliable production flow. Pelagic Factory Solutions

Tailored crab processing solutions with a safe cooking process and a high degree of automation. At Carsoe, we create tailored crab processing solutions for a variety of vessel sizes and processing needs. Onboard Crab Factories

A Carsoe whitefish processing line, specialised in filet processing and handling, ensures gentle treatment and preservation of quality, with a fast and gentle bleeding process of the fish - regardless your vessel type. Whitefish TrawlerWhitefish Longliner

When we design a pollock and surimi processing system with our customer, our focus is to create a value-added production with the most optimal yield. Pollock & Surimi Processing

Automatic Horizontal Plate Freezer

The demand for increased productivity and the reduction of manual handling in modern seafood and food processing systems has never been bigger. Our Automatic Horizontal Plate Freezer is built to accommodate those requirements.

Automatic running – Higher production rates
Client personalization – Will fit in your specific system
Stainless-steel execution – Long life

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Advantages of Automatic Plate Freezing

1. Long life freezer

The freezer is built with a complete frame and cylinder in stainless steel. This allows the freezer to withstand harsh environments and ensures a long lifespan for your freezing solution.

Ideal for onboard processing of fish and for land factories looking for a high-capacity freezing solution.
2. Optimized productivity

The automatic plate freezer means no manual handling of the fresh or frozen blocks. The infeed and outfeed of the freezer is handled automatically and designed with the highest possible capacity and easy maintenance in mind.

Your production becomes more stringent, more effective and requires no human interaction during production.
3. Custom flow design

Each freezer can be modified for specific tray sizes to ensure the ideal utilization of the footprint. Carsoe applies a wide understanding of processing equipment and interlining product flow.

By using this approach all automatic horizontal plate freezers are designed for a specific capacity and flow, which will be modelled together with the client.

Tailormade processing system

To ensure the highest capacity possible and correctly scaled processing, Carsoe can design tailormade systems in combination with the automatic horizontal plate freezer.

Depending on the product, this can consist of packing lines, sorting systems, grading, palletizing and buffer hotels.

Onboard autofreezer on fishing vessel

Watch the video to see the autofreezer in action onboard a factory trawler.

The efficient and automated plate freezing solution can be used in both landbased and onboard processing facilities.

Carsoe Automatic Horizontal Plate Freezer

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What is an automatic plate freezer?

An automatic plate freezer is an integral piece of equipment designed to rapidly freeze food and seafood products between plates, ensuring the preservation of their nutritional value and freshness.

An automatic plate freezer solution provides a streamlined and effective solution for large-scale freezing requirements. The introduction of the automatic plate freezer has revolutionized the food processing industry by providing streamlined operations and minimizing manual handling, thereby enhancing productivity.

Within the broader category of seafood processing freezers, the automatic plate freezer is distinguished by its reliability and effectiveness in maintaining food and seafood products in peak condition, ensuring consumers enjoy the finest offerings.

Carsoe Onboard North Star Automatic Horizontal Plate Freezer

How does an automatic plate freezer work?

An automatic plate freezer operates with a meticulously designed mechanism that features aluminium seawater-resistant plates and a stainless steel construction. These plates, maintained at a uniformly low temperature, ensure quick and even freezing when food products are placed between them.

Direct dual contact with the cold surfaces ensures a swift transition to a frozen state, preventing large ice crystal formation, and guarding against discoloration, enzymatic browning and cellular breakdown in seafood products.

Compared to traditional air blast freezing, which relies on cold air circulation to freeze products, plate freezing technology is notably more efficient, cutting down freezing time and conserving energy. This translates to significant cost-efficiency for businesses, primarily due to its reduced energy consumption. The automatic plate freezer enhances operational efficiency by reducing the need for hands-on intervention and ensuring consistent freezing parameters.

How has automatic plate freezing technology influenced food quality and shelf-life?

Central to the efficacy of automatic plate freezing technology is its ability to prevent the growth of large ice crystals, a common issue in slower freezing methods. For instance, when food products like seafood undergo slow freezing, larger ice crystals form, piercing cellular walls and leading to the release of cellular fluids upon thawing.

However, with the rapid freezing rates of plate technology, ice crystal formation is minuscule, ensuring the seafood's cellular structure remains largely undisturbed. This means that when the seafood is eventually thawed, there's minimal moisture loss, preserving its original texture and taste.

The swiftness of automatic plate freezing technology also significantly reduces microbial activity, thus delaying spoilage and extending the food product's shelf-life. As a result, food processors with an automatic plate freezer can consistently offer products that retain their original freshness, even after extended storage periods.

FAQ - Automatic Plate Freezing

An experienced partner

Carsoe is your market leading partner from start to finish. Beginning with a thorough evaluation of the production needs of a trawler, Carsoe ensures that the processing capacity and finished product are strictly in accordance with the individual requirements of each trawler.

As market leader we know how important it is to be particularly attentive and accurate during our initial analysis of your needs.

We take pride in a successful installation and test of your equipment followed up by training your employees in operating and maintaining the equipment.

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Onboard factories for fish and shellfish

Carsoe manufactures shrimp lines onboard both large freezing vessels and fresh fish vessels in many different sizes.

Onboard Shrimp Factories
An efficient pelagic factory onboard requires high capacity freezing solutions to ensure a stready and reliable production flow.

Pelagic Factory Solutions
Tailored crab processing solutions with a safe cooking process and a high degree of automation. At Carsoe, we create tailored crab processing solutions for a variety of vessel sizes and processing needs.

Onboard Crab Factories
A Carsoe whitefish processing line, specialised in filet processing and handling, ensures gentle treatment and preservation of quality, with a fast and gentle bleeding process of the fish - regardless your vessel type.

Whitefish Trawler

Whitefish Longliner
When we design a pollock and surimi processing system with our customer, our focus is to create a value-added production with the most optimal yield.

Pollock & Surimi Processing