Industrial chiller for milk bottle production line

Coates Power & HVAC, a business division of Coates, has been able to mobilise an 800 kW industrial chiller to help Visy maintain a vital production line, completing delivery and installation from interstate in 36 hours.

Visy faced a disruption to its milk bottle production line and required an industrial chiller to keep the production going as planned. It engaged Coates Power & HVAC for a suitable chiller to be installed as soon as possible. The company arranged for an 800 kW chiller to be mobilised and delivered from New South Wales to Victoria — a chiller that represented the largest of its kind ever deployed by Coates’ South Business Unit. It was installed and up and running within 36 hours.

The chiller was pre-tested by Coates to ensure it was in working order prior to delivery. Onsite, it was craned into position, connected to the fixed plant services and commissioned. Soon after, the chiller had the production line back up and running, delivering cold water into the site’s chilled water storage tank.

“We got the call on Wednesday afternoon, delivered Thursday and had a Coates chiller operating by Friday morning; we turned it around in 36 hours from time of order,” said Paul De Villiers, Business Development Manager for Coates. “The launch of Coates Power & HVAC equips us with a range of services and equipment that we can deploy to minimise the impact of critical plant failures impacting production in the manufacturing sector. This is a great example of being able to deliver and install vital equipment quickly to get things back up and running for our customers.”

Coates Power & HVAC was launched earlier this year to provide turnkey solutions for power, compressed air, climate control and process cooling, with a range of custom-built equipment and end-to-end service and support. The company’s solution is designed to help keep an organisation’s operations running, from temporary systems and short-term bridging solutions to long-term strategies. Suitable for use in industrial, engineering, mining, oil & gas and manufacturing environments, the product should also be of interest in regional areas.