Turnkey 5,000-Ton Apple Storage Facility with DCA

A turnkey 5,000-ton apple storage facility combining twenty independent 250-ton chambers, industrial refrigeration, gas-tight construction and dynamic controlled atmosphere technology.

Project objective

The customer required a facility capable of separating apple varieties and batches, extending the sales window and preserving product quality under precisely controlled temperature and atmosphere conditions. The chamber structure also had to support operational flexibility: opening one 250-ton room does not disturb the atmosphere in the remaining chambers.

Turnkey engineering scope

Why this project matters for a new facility

The completed system demonstrates how refrigeration, chamber construction, gas equipment and controls must be designed as one operating architecture. The reported investment was slightly below US$2 million for this particular project. It provides a real scale reference, but it is not a universal cost per ton or a current quotation.

Location, climate, new-build or retrofit conditions, chamber size, daily intake, atmosphere specification, local construction cost and equipment redundancy can materially change the final budget.

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