Breakthrough down under
Breakthrough: Gel-clear tablets reduce maintenance costs
A recent Sauermann / Gel-clear tablet trial was conducted at a store located in Sydney, NSW. The store has a problematic history of water leaks on the store trading floor.
Each of the condensate pumps at the store regularly formed biofilms. If the refrigerated case and subsequent condensate pump was not proactively cleaned, this biofilm evolved into thick sludge. The sludge caused the condensate pumps to block, stop operating and resulted in costly and dangerous water leaks.
A trial was conducted with the 36 medium temperature cases on the trading floor. It was agreed only 5 of the worst cases would be trialled initially with Gel-clear tablets.
Prior to the trial the store had logged an average of 11 refrigeration service calls a month, costing an average $350 each, for the 24 month period between 2016 and 2018. During the 6 month trial period, there was a 95% reduction in water leaks as a result of the installation of Gel-clear tablets.
The trial results confirm that the Gel-clear product eliminated the majority of issues related to condensation pump failure and leaks. The service call history was drastically reduced from an average 11 calls per month ($4000 p/m) with the use of the Gel-clear tablets.
In this trial, the maintenance call costs could have been reduced by an estimated $40K per annum had the tablets been applied to all refrigeration cases.
Whilst the trial was conducted in a problematic store that was fitted with condensate pumps, the tablets are just as effective in reducing biofilms in stores with standard drainage systems not only in commercial refrigeration, but other air conditioning applications such as air handling units, split systems fan coil units.
General Manager Sauermann Australasia
5 年Great article Paurick. As you know, too achieve accurate trial results a lot of work post installation is required and this cannot be taken for granted. Regular monitoring and recording of results is essential. Compiled with general day to day business, this project management can be a difficult and time consuming task as the supermarket area manager, store manager and store technician need to agree on common meeting times to conduct the analysis. This Gel-clear trial would not of been possible, nor the results as exceptional, without the support from Kirby and in particular Dalveer Sangha. Thanks Dal.
HVAC | Refrigeration | Operations | Strategy | Change
5 年Was great to personally be involved in this trial and witnessing such outstanding results at this store. Having been a service technician myself many years ago, there is nothing more annoying than nuisanse water leaks. This product is a gamechanger.
Sales & Marketing Director | Biotech Innovator | White Label Formulations | Sustainable Cleaning
5 年Great work - how many countries is gel clear in now?