Design
Combo cold room design based on product requirements, temperature zones, storage capacity, heat load, airflow, and site conditions.
Combo Cold Room Solutions
Combo Cold Room
Combo Cold Room Solutions for Multiple Temperature Storage
Uniref designs, supplies, installs, and commissions customized combo cold rooms for facilities that need different temperature conditions within a coordinated cold storage setup. Separate chilled and frozen zones can be designed according to product requirements, storage capacity, room layout, refrigeration load, airflow, and site conditions.
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Supply
Insulated panels, cold room doors, evaporators, refrigeration equipment, controls, monitoring systems, and associated components.
Install
Room construction, refrigeration equipment, electrical controls, doors, sensors, and associated systems installed at site.
Commission
Testing, refrigeration commissioning, temperature verification, controls testing, monitoring checks, and handover.
Project record
Engineering and Project Experience
20+ years of experience, 2,500+ projects completed, offices in Jaipur, Chennai, Delhi and Indore, 40+ service locations, 4+ assembly facilities.
- Years of experience
- 20+
- Projects completed
- 2,500+
- Offices in Jaipur, Chennai, Delhi and Indore
- 4
- Service locations
- 40+
- Assembly facilities
- 4+
Trusted Across Industries
Businesses across food, beverage, dairy, meat and poultry, seafood, agriculture, pharmaceuticals, hospitality, processing, distribution, and cold chain operations can use combo cold rooms where different products require separate controlled temperature zones.
How the facility is planned
Combo Cold Rooms Designed Around Your Storage Requirements
Multiple Temperature Zones in One Coordinated Facility
A combo cold room can combine different temperature controlled areas within a single facility. This allows products with different storage requirements to be handled separately while sharing selected infrastructure, access areas, utilities, controls, or refrigeration plant where appropriate.
Uniref develops combo cold room solutions around the actual product mix, temperature requirements, storage capacity, daily movement, room dimensions, refrigeration load, airflow, and site conditions.
Multiple Temperature Zones
Separate areas can be designed for chilled, frozen, or other specified temperature conditions according to the product requirements.
Chilled and Frozen Storage
A facility can combine chilled storage with frozen storage where the product mix requires different temperature conditions.
Independent Temperature Control
Each temperature zone can have its own refrigeration control, sensors, evaporators, and operating parameters according to the system design.
Optimized Space Utilization
Room layouts can be planned to use available floor area and height efficiently while maintaining suitable access, product movement, insulation, and equipment clearance.
Shared Infrastructure
Selected infrastructure, electrical systems, monitoring arrangements, access areas, and refrigeration equipment can be coordinated where technically suitable.
Centralized Monitoring
Multiple temperature zones can be monitored through a centralized control or monitoring arrangement according to the facility requirements.
Room types
Combo Cold Room Types We Offer
Combo cold rooms can be configured for different combinations of temperature controlled spaces. The final arrangement depends on the products, temperature requirements, capacity, layout, refrigeration load, and operating process.
Chilled and frozen zones
Chiller and Freezer Combo Room
Chilled and frozen zones
A chilled zone and a frozen zone can be integrated into one coordinated cold storage facility, with each area designed around its required operating temperature.
Several storage conditions
Multi Temperature Cold Room
Several storage conditions
Multiple temperature zones can be configured where different products require separate storage conditions within the same facility.
Holding and rapid cooling
Chiller and Blast Chiller Combo
Holding and rapid cooling
A standard chilled storage area can be combined with a blast chilling area where products need rapid cooling before being moved into controlled chilled storage.
Freezing and frozen holding
Freezer and Blast Freezer Combo
Freezing and frozen holding
A frozen storage zone can be integrated with a blast freezer area for products that require rapid freezing before entering long term frozen storage.
Three temperature stages
Chiller, Freezer and Blast Freezer Combo
Three temperature stages
Larger facilities can combine chilled storage, frozen storage, and rapid freezing areas where the production or cold chain process requires separate temperature stages.
Separate food temperatures
Food Storage Combo Room
Separate food temperatures
Food businesses can use separate temperature zones for different products, depending on their chilled, frozen, or specialized storage requirements.
Separate controlled conditions
Pharmaceutical Combo Cold Room
Separate controlled conditions
Pharmaceutical facilities can incorporate separate temperature zones where product specifications require different controlled conditions. Each zone must be designed according to the applicable product requirements.
Organised chilled and frozen storage
Commercial Combo Cold Room
Organised chilled and frozen storage
Hotels, restaurants, supermarkets, food service operations, and distribution facilities can use multiple temperature zones to organize different chilled and frozen products within one coordinated facility.
Planning a Combo Cold Room?
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Temperature zones
Combo Cold Rooms for Different Temperature Requirements
Temperature Zones Based on the Products You Store. A combo cold room can include separate areas for products that require different temperature conditions. Each zone is designed according to the product specification, operating range, storage capacity, door openings, airflow, heat load, and required refrigeration arrangement.
+2°C to +8°C
Chilled Storage
Many medicines and vaccines are commonly designed around 2°C to 8°C, while selected dairy and fresh products can also require controlled chilled conditions. The actual temperature must be confirmed from the product requirements.
Actual temperature and humidity requirements depend on the stored product and operational conditions.
Industries
Combo Cold Rooms for Different Industries
One Facility, Multiple Product Requirements. Combo cold rooms can support operations where different products need separate temperature controlled areas. The layout and refrigeration arrangement are developed around the product mix, storage capacity, handling process, and site requirements.
Chilled and frozen
Food and Beverage
Separate chilled and frozen zones can help food businesses store different products according to their required temperature conditions.
Fresh produce
Fruits and Vegetables
Fresh produce can be stored in a suitable chilled zone while other products requiring different conditions remain separately controlled.
Chilled and frozen
Dairy and Ice Cream
Dairy products can be held in suitable chilled conditions, while ice cream can be stored in a dedicated frozen zone according to the product specification.
Separate conditions
Pharmaceutical and Healthcare
Pharmaceutical facilities can use separate controlled temperature zones where different products require different storage conditions. Each zone is designed according to the applicable product requirements.
Chilled and frozen
Meat and Poultry
Fresh meat and poultry can be handled in chilled areas while frozen products can be maintained in a separate lower temperature zone.
Chilled or frozen
Seafood and Fisheries
Seafood operations can use separate chilled and frozen areas according to product condition, processing requirements, storage duration, and target temperature.
Dedicated frozen zone
Frozen Food
Frozen food can be stored in a dedicated frozen zone while chilled ingredients or other temperature sensitive products remain in separate areas.
Commodity specific
Agriculture and Horticulture
Different agricultural products can require different temperature conditions. Separate zones can be configured according to the specific commodity and storage requirement.
Kitchen zones
Hospitality
Hotels, restaurants, commercial kitchens, and food service operations can use combo cold rooms to organize chilled, frozen, and other controlled storage requirements.
Receive and dispatch
Cold Chain and Logistics
Combo cold rooms can form part of cold chain solutions where products with different temperature requirements are received, stored, consolidated, and dispatched from the same facility.
Need Multiple Temperature Zones in One Facility?
Share your product categories, required temperature ranges, approximate capacity, room dimensions, and project location with our engineering team.
One installation
Engineered as a Complete Combo Cold Room System
The Rooms, Refrigeration, and Controls Work Together. A combo cold room requires coordinated design of each temperature zone, insulated enclosure, refrigeration equipment, evaporators, doors, flooring, controls, monitoring, and electrical systems. Each component is selected according to the temperature requirement, product load, room dimensions, ambient conditions, and site utilities.
Inside the Room
Insulated PUF / PIR Panels
The plant
Refrigeration Systems Built for Multiple Temperature Zones
Refrigeration Designed Around Each Zone. The refrigeration plant is selected after evaluating the heat load, required temperature, product movement, ambient conditions, room dimensions, door openings, and site utilities for each zone. Different temperature areas are not assigned the same refrigeration configuration without first checking their individual requirements.
Equipment
Freon Based Systems
Project sequence
From Concept to Commissioning
A Structured Approach to Combo Cold Room Projects. Turnkey combo cold room projects require coordination between multiple insulated rooms, refrigeration equipment, airflow, electrical controls, monitoring, flooring, doors, site utilities, and product movement. Uniref can coordinate the project from requirement analysis through installation, testing, commissioning, training, and handover.
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Requirement Analysis
Design inputs
Every Combo Cold Room Project Starts With the Right Engineering
The Product Mix and Temperature Zones Shape the Design. A combo cold room should be designed around the actual products, temperature requirements, storage capacity, and movement between zones. Each area can have different refrigeration loads, operating temperatures, airflow requirements, door traffic, and defrost conditions.
The Products
What will be stored?
Product type determines the required storage temperature, humidity conditions where applicable, packaging requirements, airflow, shelving, and handling arrangement.
Capacity in MT, pallets, racks, trays, or volume
Storage capacity helps establish room dimensions, rack configuration, floor loading, refrigeration load, and access requirements.
Required temperature for each product
Different products may require separate temperature zones. The target range for each zone should be established from the applicable product specification.
Storage duration
The expected storage duration can influence room configuration, product movement, monitoring, humidity considerations, and operating requirements.
The Temperature Zones
Number of zones
The number of required temperature zones determines the room configuration, refrigeration arrangement, controls, monitoring, and insulation requirements.
Temperature difference between zones
Where chilled and frozen areas operate within the same facility, each zone requires appropriate insulation, refrigeration, doors, controls, and operating parameters.
Airflow requirements
Airflow is considered separately for each room based on the evaporator arrangement, product placement, room dimensions, and operating temperature.
Door openings and traffic
Frequent access can increase heat infiltration and influence refrigeration load, door selection, strip curtains, air curtains, and room layout.
The Site
Available space
Floor area, ceiling height, equipment locations, access routes, and surrounding infrastructure influence the overall facility layout.
Power availability
Available electrical supply and site utilities are reviewed before refrigeration equipment and electrical controls are finalized.
Future expansion
Where required, the layout can consider additional storage zones or refrigeration capacity for future expansion.
The project is developed by a cold storage engineering company with engineering coordination from Jaipur.
Ready to Plan Your Combo Cold Room?
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Storage efficiency
Designed to Improve Storage Efficiency
Engineering Multiple Temperature Zones as One Coordinated Facility. Combo cold room performance depends on the interaction between insulation, refrigeration systems, airflow, doors, product arrangement, controls, monitoring, and defrost. Uniref considers these elements together while maintaining the required conditions within each temperature zone.
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Visibility
Better Visibility Into Your Cold Storage Operations
Monitor Every Temperature Zone. A combo cold room can incorporate monitoring functions that provide visibility into individual room temperatures, humidity where applicable, refrigeration equipment status, alarms, door conditions, and selected operating parameters. Sample figures shown on a diagram are illustrative. A live monitoring panel shows the actual rooms, equipment, and parameters configured for that project.
Digital Temperature Monitoring
Digital sensors provide continuous visibility into the operating conditions of each temperature zone.
Humidity Monitoring
Humidity monitoring can be included where humidity conditions are relevant to the stored product.
Alarm Systems
Alarm systems can identify selected high temperature, low temperature, equipment, electrical, and system conditions requiring operator attention.
Data Logging
Data logging can record selected temperature, humidity, equipment status, alarms, and other operating parameters for review.
Remote Monitoring
Remote monitoring can provide access to selected cold room information away from the local control panel when required.
Equipment Status
The monitoring interface can display selected compressor, condensing unit, evaporator, fan, control, and other equipment status information.
High and Low Temperature Alerts
Alerts can notify operators when an individual zone moves outside its defined operating range.
Centralized Control
Multiple temperature zones can be managed through a centralized control environment according to the project requirements.
Optional IoT Integration
IoT integration can be considered when the operation requires additional connectivity, remote data access, reporting, or integration with other systems.
Illustrative status
Room
4.2°C
Humidity
76%
Compressor
Running
Defrost
Idle
Sample trend for a holding period. Not a live site reading.
Need Better Visibility Across Multiple Cold Rooms?
Discuss your temperature zones, refrigeration equipment, monitoring requirements, storage conditions, and operating process with our engineering team.
Working with Uniref
Why Businesses Choose Uniref for Combo Cold Rooms
Engineering, Supply, Installation, and Support. A combo cold room requires coordination across multiple insulated zones, refrigeration plants, evaporators, airflow systems, doors, flooring, controls, monitoring, electrical systems, and product movement. Uniref coordinates these elements around the specific storage requirements of the facility.
How It Is Designed
Customized Engineering
The facility is developed around product categories, temperature requirements, storage capacity, room dimensions, product movement, airflow, refrigeration loads, and operating conditions.
How It Is Designed
Energy Efficient Design
Insulation, compressors, evaporators, airflow, doors, controls, lighting, and defrost are considered together to support the required temperature conditions across the facility.
How It Is Delivered
End to End Project Capability
The project scope can include requirement analysis, site assessment, heat load calculation, cold room design, equipment selection, manufacturing and supply, installation, testing, commissioning, training, and handover.
How It Is Delivered
Quality Refrigeration Components
Refrigeration equipment and associated components are selected according to the calculated load, temperature requirements, ambient conditions, and project scope.
How It Stays Running
Pan India Project Support
Uniref supports combo cold room projects across India, with engineering coordination from Jaipur and support through its operating network.
How It Stays Running
Maintenance and After Sales Service
Post installation support can include preventive maintenance, AMC, breakdown support, spare parts, system inspection, refrigeration repairs, performance optimization, and selected upgrades.
Uniref works as a cold storage solution provider for businesses that require multiple controlled temperature environments within one coordinated facility.
What you store
Combo Cold Storage Designed Around What You Store
Different Products, Different Storage Conditions. A combo cold room allows products with different storage requirements to be handled within separate controlled zones. The correct configuration depends on the product type, target temperature, storage duration, packaging, batch size, humidity requirement, airflow, and daily movement.
Fruits
Fresh fruits can require controlled chilled conditions that vary by commodity. The storage zone is designed around the fruit type, temperature requirement, humidity, packaging, storage duration, and airflow.
Vegetables
Different vegetables have different temperature and humidity requirements. The appropriate chilled zone is configured according to the commodity, packaging, storage duration, and handling process.
Dairy Products
Dairy products can require controlled chilled storage. The room temperature, airflow, insulation, and refrigeration capacity are selected according to the specific dairy product and applicable storage requirements.
Ice Cream
Ice cream generally requires frozen storage, commonly around minus 18°C or lower. A dedicated frozen zone can be integrated with chilled areas where a facility handles both chilled and frozen products.
Meat
Fresh meat commonly requires chilled storage, while frozen meat requires lower temperature conditions. Separate zones can be provided according to the product condition and storage requirement.
Poultry
Fresh and frozen poultry can require different storage conditions. A combo cold room can provide separate chilled and frozen zones based on the product specification.
Seafood
Seafood can require chilled or frozen storage depending on product condition and intended storage duration. Separate temperature zones can be configured accordingly.
Frozen Food
Frozen foods generally require frozen storage around minus 18°C or lower. A dedicated freezer zone can operate alongside chilled storage for other products.
Pharmaceuticals
Pharmaceutical products can require tightly controlled temperature conditions. Separate zones can be configured according to the applicable product specifications and monitoring requirements.
Vaccines
Vaccines commonly require controlled storage around 2°C to 8°C, although requirements vary by product. A dedicated controlled zone can be provided when required by the product specification.
Flowers
Flowers generally require chilled rather than frozen conditions. The appropriate temperature and humidity range depends on the flower variety, packaging, storage duration, and handling process.
Seeds
Seed storage conditions vary significantly by seed type and intended storage duration. The cold room zone must be configured according to the applicable product specification rather than using one general temperature range.
Pharmaceuticals and Temperature Sensitive Products
Where multiple pharmaceutical products require different temperature conditions, individual zones can be designed with dedicated monitoring and control according to their respective specifications.
These applications and temperature ranges are general guidance only. Actual storage conditions must be established from the applicable product specifications and operational requirements.
Planning Multiple Storage Conditions?
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Documentation
Built for Reliable and Safe Storage
Uniref has quality documentation on file for cold rooms, heat exchangers, condensing units, and their parts, including ISO 9001:2015, certificate QMS/23M0934, GMP, certificate GMP/23M0935, and CE compliance with the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC, certificate CE/23M0936. These documents were first registered on 7 April 2023, with recertification due on 6 April 2026. Ask the Uniref team for the current documents applicable to your project.
Uniref supports combo cold room projects as a cold storage manufacturer in India, coordinating engineering, supply, installation, and commissioning.
Food Safe Materials
Materials and internal surfaces are selected according to the application, product handling requirements, hygiene conditions, and intended operating environment.
Thermal Performance
Cold room panels, insulation, doors, flooring, evaporators, and refrigeration equipment are considered together to support the specified temperature conditions in each zone.
Electrical Safety
Electrical controls, wiring, protection devices, sensors, and associated equipment are selected and installed according to the refrigeration system and project requirements.
Quality Tested Components
Selected refrigeration, electrical, airflow, monitoring, and cold room components are assessed according to the system requirements before being incorporated into the project.
Hygienic Construction
Cold room construction is planned with consideration for cleaning, product handling, internal access, joints, surfaces, drainage where required, and the operating environment.
Safety Controls
Safety functions and control arrangements are incorporated according to the refrigeration system, electrical equipment, room configuration, and operating requirements.
After a service visit
2.1°C
A controller check on an installed room. The figure is illustrative, not a live site reading.
After handover
Support Beyond Installation
Support After Your Combo Cold Room Is Commissioned. Multiple temperature zones require ongoing attention to refrigeration equipment, evaporators, airflow, insulation, doors, controls, sensors, defrost systems, and monitoring. Uniref provides post installation support according to the installed system and facility requirements. Uniref also supports combo cold room projects as a cold storage installation company, with service requirements assessed according to the installed system.
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Service log
Preventive Maintenance
Planned maintenance can include inspection of compressors, condensing units, evaporators, fans, electrical controls, sensors, doors, insulation, defrost systems, and monitoring equipment.
Questions
Frequently Asked Questions About Combo Cold Rooms
A combo cold room is a cold storage facility that combines two or more temperature controlled areas within one coordinated setup. For example, a facility can include a chilled zone and a frozen zone, with each area operating at its required temperature. Separate insulation, refrigeration equipment, evaporators, controls, sensors, doors, and monitoring can be provided according to the requirements of each zone.
Tell Us How Many Temperature Zones You Need
Planning a Combo Cold Room Project?
Share your product categories, required temperature ranges, storage capacity, room dimensions, storage duration, and project location so our engineering team can understand the application and define the next steps.
Tell Us How Many Temperature Zones You Need
Planning a Combo Cold Room Project?
Share your product categories, required temperature ranges, storage capacity, room dimensions, storage duration, and project location so our engineering team can understand the application and define the next steps.
