Press Release
Development of quick food freezer "Proton Neo" ~Realizing both high-quality freezing of food and energy saving~
October 18, 2022
Chubu Electric Power Co.,Inc.
Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (President and Director: Kingo Hayashi, Head Office: Nagoya-shi, Aichi; "Chubu Electric Power") and Ryoho Freeze Systems Co., Ltd. (CEO: Kazunari Ninomiya, Head Office: Nara-shi, Nara; "Ryoho Freeze Systems") jointly developed "Proton Neo", a high-quality freezer that freezes food while maintaining its quality and has excellent energy efficiency, and will start its sales on November 7.
When food is frozen over time, its cells are destroyed due to intracellular water expanding. The destruction of cells lets good flavor components flow out when defrosting, which deteriorates the quality of food.
With Proton Neo, food is quickly frozen with efficiency by speeding up and rectifying the circulation of cold air inside the freezer. Energy saving is also realized by shortening the freezing time by 30% compared to conventional freezers.
Proton Neo adopts the proton-freezing technology (Note) patented by Ryoho Freeze Systems and realizes high-quality freezing that minimizes cell destruction by creating fine and aligned ice crystals from further increasing the magnetic force.
Ryoho Freeze Systems will start sales of Proton Neo mainly to customers in the agriculture and fishing industries as well as food factories and supermarkets to deliver the food with freshly picked and freshly prepared taste even after defrosting. The company will also contribute to efficiency and energy saving of customers.
Chubu Electric Power will continue research and development to create new values that increase comfort and convenience, and contribute to development of customers and the society.
(Note) Freezing technology that can align water molecules with magnetic force and electromagnetic fields and then quickly freeze them to reduce cell damage caused by water expansion.
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Overview of quick food freezer "Proton Neo"
1 Specification
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Model No. |
PF-15CE（Proton Neo） |
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Food freezing capacity |
15kg / times |
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Freezing method |
Cold air flow circulation method |
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Power supply and maximum current |
3φ3W-AC200V（60Hz/50Hz）20A |
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Freezer dimensions |
Storage space: |
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Body dimensions |
W1200×D870×H1700 (mm) |
2 Features
（1）Quick freezing (proton freezing)
Cold air of -35℃ is circulated in the freezer at a high speed and in a rectified manner to quickly freeze food with efficiency. In addition, the proton-freezing technology aligns water molecules with magnetic force and magnetic fields to reduce the cell destruction damage caused by water freezing.
（2）Easy operation and hygiene control for beginners
Since the freezer is operated with simple touch panel operation and its temperature history is recorded automatically, even the beginning users can easily control hygiene in accordance with the Food Sanitation Act (HACCP (Note)).
- Core temperature control: Monitors the center temperature of food.
- Temperature control: Automatically records and saves temperature inside the freezer and guarantees traceability.
(Note) HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point)
Hygiene control that ensures safety of products by having food business operators identify hazard factors such as food poisoning bacteria contamination and foreign material inclusion for controlling the entire process from receipt of raw materials to shipment of products to eliminate or reduce hazard factors. The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare requires all food business operators to implement hygiene control according to HACCP since June 1, 2021.