Tempering Units


Often referred to as ‘defrost’ and ‘quick thaw’, our tempering units are specifically designed to take any size and type of product from a frozen state to your desired finished core temperature in a safe and accurate timescale.

Tempering is an extremely common and critical process in the food manufacturing industry and has a multitude of applications. The tempering process is about controlling temperatures to exact technical specifications for greater accuracy and efficiency to improve product safety, quality and efficiency whilst controlling skin, core and air temperatures throughout a cycle.


Benefits of Product Tempering

  • Maximising the shelf life of a product
  • Retaining product quality
  • Increasing yield for further production
  • Reducing waste
  • Allowing for more effective purchasing
  • Freeing up internal space
  • Adding efficiency to production processes
  • Full temperature control

In terms of maximising shelf life, because tempering controls the temperature of a product from skin to core, there is no uncertainty of product going out of temperature specification.

The quality of a product can be retained because a tempering process cycle allows for quicker defrosting as opposed to a 4-6 day time frame for natural defrosting. As the product temperatures are controlled all the way through the product simultaneously, the quality and shelf life of the product remains the same throughout. This also minimises product waste because of greater product control. 

In terms of increasing yield, because a defrosting cycle is significantly quicker than natural defrosting, products can be ready for production or delivered to suppliers at a much quicker rate. This also frees up internal space because the defrosting is done in a specific unit and the products don’t have to be spread out around other areas of the factory. 

Tempering allows you to increase the temperature of a product safely and efficiently. Examples of this are widely used across the meat, fish, bakery and general food manufacturing industries. Processing frozen products that require defrosting to specific temperatures is where up-tempering is extremely beneficial and cost effective. Purchasing frozen raw material can be far more effective for lean manufacturing and a good tempering process will always assist production.


Ensuring Quality Control with Dawsongroup TCS

Furthermore, specific temperatures of products must be maintained for quality control and to meet certain compliance requirements. The food manufacturing industry is known for its strict, ever-changing compliance and regulations. One of these regulations is that food products have limits on the maximum temperature they can reach. 

Dawsongroup TCS tempering units control temperatures to the exact specific specifications of a product from skin to core. Confidence is assured when working to specific regulations through full monitoring, management and staff training. 


Supported Industries

The key sectors that benefit from tempering units are:

  • Meat Industry
  • Fish and Seafood Industry
  • Bakery Industry
  • Poultry Industry
  • Vegan Industry

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    Export Drive,
    Sutton-in-Ashfield,
    Nottinghamshire,
    NG17 6AF