NEWS

Consulting Engineer R22 Seminar - Threats & Opportunities

Can you afford to wait for R22 to disappear?

Will your business survive a major refrigerant loss if you can only rely on recycled R22?

What are your options and how long do you have?

These were the questions being asked at the recent Consulting Engineer seminar at Camden Lock. Speakers from Defra, IDS, Dupont, Carrier, JCI and BOC all talked about the issues facing our industry over the next 2 years. They all agreed that anyone who has HCFC's needs to get on and do something about it, the forecast is that there will not be enough reclaim product to supply demand and when the majority of users finally wake up to this fact we could well be faced with a labour shortage within the industry to cope with the demand for conversions and replacement equipment.

RAC National Student of the Year

IDS Refrigeration are once again proud to sponsor this annual event which seeks to recognise the achievements of the best up and coming engineers and to celebrate their contribution to the industry.

If your company has a high flyer, you can tell the rest of the industry by entering them for the 2008 Student of the Year Award for more information please click here.

Consulting Engineer - July 2008

There is no doubt the number of companies converting HCFC equipment is steadily increasing. With just 75 weeks before use of virgin HCFCs for maintenance and servicing of refrigeration and air conditioning equipment becomes illegal, why are so many systems still to be replaced or converted to run on proven direct replacement refrigerants? What will be the real cost to those who don't take action now? Is it already too late to take the appropriate action?

To read the whole article please click here.

RAC Magazine - August 2008 R22 price rises

With the use of virgin R22 banned from December 31st next year industry sources warn that R22 price rises will rise each quarter between now and phaseout and that the rises will be significant.

To read the whole story please click here.

DuPont Launches 'Wakeup2pahseout' Website

Are you prepared for the 2010 HCFC phaseout?

According to a survey conducted by DuPont recently some 65% of installations accross europe are dependant upon R22 and other HCFC's. The Wake Up 2 Phaseout website explores the legislation the risks and the options surrounding the end of virgin HCFC's.

To visit this website please click here.

DuPont Press Release

8 years after the introduction of legislation and with the ban taking effect at the end of next year a study shows that 65% of cooling installations across Europe are reliant on HCFC's

To read more please click here.

ISCEON MO29 Retrofit Article

A recent refrigerant retrofit from R22 to ISCEON MO29 was highlighted in the July edition of ACR Today, Mike Creamer of Business Edge converted a water chiller in central London with some very good indepandant results.

To read the article please click here.

BRA Factfinder Number 14, R22 and HCFC phase-out

The British Refrigeration Association (BRA) has produced a factfinder to highlight the impact of the phase-out of R22 and HCFC refrigerants and what needs to be done to avoid significant disruption. To read this document please click here.

R22 And HCFC Replacements Taking Off

Over the last few months IDS has seen a very real increase in the number of customers converting HCFC systems to one of the DuPont ISCEON® 9 series of replacements. It would seem that, not only are many companies recognising the need to get on with HCFC Replacement, but they are reporting great success with the relevant ISCEON® 9 series refrigerant. IDS plan to report on some of these successes in the coming months and this includes the conversion of a low temperature LPR blast freezer to ISCEON® MO29. ISCEON® MO79 is also proving a very popular alternative to the HCFC blend R408A.

IDS are able to give companies guidance and recommendations based on the experience of others on the correct selection to replace R22 or other HCFCs.

More details on the ISCEON® 9 series refrigerants can be found in the products section of this site, whilst case studies, conversion guidelines and technical information can be found in the download section.

IDS successfully launches new lightweight cylinder

IDS Refrigeration has launched the new lightweight composite construction Frioplus®, which conforms to European directive 1999/36/CE. The new cylinder, manufactured with a tough, durable polypropylene outer casing and reduced steel content inner element has recently undergone a successful pre-launch trial with two IDS refrigerant customers.

To read the whole story please click here.

Times Up!

The clock may be ticking in the countdown for the ban on virgin HCFC refrigerants, but many end users are failing to grasp the problem that is rapidly approaching them. Our Peter Dinnage takes an in depth look at the problems facing our industry over the next couple of years with regard to HCFC phase out. Please ensure that as many end users as possible read this!

To read the full article please click here.