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Refrigeration units: piston parallel, screw, two-stage

Units are assembled in Qihe, pressure-tested and run-tested before dispatch. Selection starts from the room temperature and the daily load, not from a horsepower figure — on the same unit, a 5°C change in evaporating temperature moves capacity by roughly a fifth.

The model number states the configuration

Eight positions, read left to right. Take SKBF4-60L as the example.

SK
Brand — Shanke
B
Compressor type — B semi-hermetic piston, G screw
F
Heat rejection — F air-cooled / evaporative, S water-cooled
4
Compressors in parallel — 1 to 4
60
Nominal power — 40 to 800 HP
L
Application — L -5 to 5°C, D -20 to -15°C, J -40 to -25°C

Three series, covering −60°C to +15°C

Semi-hermetic piston, parallel

Small to mid-size plants with several temperature zones and a load that varies through the day. Parallel compressors are staged in as demand rises, so part-load operation does not mean running a large machine at low efficiency.

Parallel2 to 4
Room temp.−25 to +5°C
Typical scalebelow 5,000 t, multiple rooms

Semi-hermetic screw

Mid to large plants running continuously. Fewer moving parts and a flatter efficiency curve over long hours; compact relative to capacity, which matters in a plant room with limited floor area.

Parallel1 to 4
Room temp.−25 to +5°C
Typical scale5,000 to 20,000 t

Screw, two-stage

For rooms below −40°C — tuna and ultra-low storage, some pharmaceutical duties. Single-stage compression cannot reach these evaporating temperatures with a workable pressure ratio, so a second stage is required.

Room temp.−60 to −40°C
Applicationultra-low storage, demanding blast freezing
Units assembled at the Qihe plant

Every unit is run before it leaves

Pressure test and run test on the same shop floor that builds the panels and the control cabinets. The figures below are measured, not catalogue values.

What a complete configuration looks like

Measured data for SKBF4-60L — piston, air-cooled, four in parallel, 60 HP, medium-high temperature duty.

ItemConfigurationNote
ModelSKBF4-60LPiston, air-cooled, 4 parallel, 60 HP, medium-high temperature
Compressors4 in parallelSelection by duty; overhaul and spare-part lead time handled by us
Capacity at -5°C evaporating135.6 kW / 41.8 kW inputCapacity falls as evaporating temperature drops — about 24% between -5°C and -10°C on this unit. This is why capacity cannot be read off a single figure.
At -7°C124.4 kW / 40.48 kW
At -10°C109.2 kW / 38.4 kW
Room temperature-5 to +5°CChilled storage, processing rooms, precooling

Capacity figures are nominal at the stated evaporating temperatures. Final selection is recalculated against the room load and the refrigerant approved for the destination country.

What ships with the unit

The list below is the standard scope. Items outside it are priced separately, and the quotation states which is which.

Compression and lubricationCompressor, crankcase heater, discharge check valve, vibration eliminator, oil separator, oil equalising line, oil reservoir, oil filter, differential check valve.
Refrigerant circuitReceiver, filter drier, sight glass, liquid separator, suction filter, condenser (water-cooled units) or condenser fan (air-cooled low-temperature units).
Protection and instrumentsHigh, medium and low pressure controls, pressure gauges, oil pressure protection.

Valves, control cabinets and room doors are quoted separately — they belong to the wider scope, not to the unit. The quotation shows the split so that no line item arrives as a surprise later.

Three questions before a model number

What is storedProduct type sets the room temperature and humidity requirement, and it also sets the type of cooler — gravity coils or forced air.
To what temperatureBlast freezing at -30 to -35°C, frozen storage at -18°C, chilled at 0 to 5°C. The temperature decides whether one stage is enough.
How much, and how fastStorage tonnage and daily intake. Two rooms of the same tonnage with 10 t and 100 t daily turnover can differ by a factor of two in installed capacity.

Unit selection questions

Can the same unit serve every room in the plant?
It can be built that way, but it is rarely the cheapest to run. Blast freezing is a short, very high load; frozen storage is a long, flat load. A shared system ends up oversized for storage, or unable to hold temperature in the freezer during a pull-down.
What refrigerant will the unit be built with?
Refrigerant is confirmed per project against the regulations of the destination country. It is agreed before the order is engineered, because it affects pressure protection, pipe sizing and the conformity route.
How long from order to shipment?
Typically six to ten weeks for a parallel piston unit, longer for screw and two-stage machines. Panel production often runs in parallel and is rarely the constraint.
Are valves and the control cabinet included?
The standard unit scope is listed above. Valves, control cabinets and room doors are separate items and are priced separately, so the boundary is visible before the order is placed.

Send the room schedule and the duty

Product, room temperature, tonnage and daily throughput — that is enough to come back with a unit selection and an indicative price.

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