Technical Articles
Your roof-mounted evaporator sits in warm air but pulls from below it, ignoring the heat surrounding the unit. This 112-year-old design flaw costs you many Rands annually in wasted fuel. Small truck refrigeration manufacturers know bottom-intake evaporators fight basic physics – warm air rises to the ceiling where your unit is mounted, yet the intake faces downward pulling cooler air from below. Why hasn’t anyone questioned this?
Technical Articles
Why do freezer units fail in Johannesburg courier operations? Operating at 1,750m altitude with stop-start deliveries creates a perfect storm: 18% less air density, 35°C heat, and condensers designed for sea level highway use. Learn why small-form-factor freezers are catastrophically undersized for Gauteng conditions, why your compressor fails every 2-3 years, and what specifications you should actually demand from suppliers. Essential reading for refrigerated courier operators in South Africa’s high-altitude cities.
Technical Articles
Refrigerated truck insulation in SA: why bodybuilders skip radiant barriers, ignore VIP technology, and cost you R220k over 10 years. The solutions exist.
Technical Articles
Your refrigeration unit uses 1913 technology at 2025 fuel prices. Why hasn’t innovation reached small trucks? We examine the gap and propose a solution.
Integration
Complete guide to frozen food e-commerce shipping in South Africa. Setup WooCommerce shipping classes, calculate costs & choose between air freight & consolidation.
Integration
Connect Shopify to frozen food delivery: webhook transformations, JSON payloads, Flow workflows. Complete integration guide with Liquid examples.
Best Practices
Even in -12°C trucks, poor packaging causes thawed deliveries. Learn why virgin double-walled cardboard outperforms recycled boxes, how humidity from multiple door openings attacks packaging, and the correct way to use polystyrene cooler boxes for frozen food transport.
Best Practices
Most people freeze food for 8-12 hours and think it’s ready for delivery. Wrong! Proper freezing takes 24-72 hours through 5 distinct phases. Learn why “frozen solid” on the outside doesn’t mean ready for transport, and how to avoid costly thawed deliveries.
Compliance
Learn how professional cold chain transport exceeds R638 compliance standards with real-time temperature monitoring, GPS tracking, and complete regulatory documentation.
Compliance
How The Frozen Food Courier Ensures Safe Food Transport Through Regulatory Compliance In the world of frozen food delivery, maintaining the integrity of the cold chain isn’t just good business…