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Case study: NewCold Germany Rheine GmbH

Fire Prevention from WAGNER Protects Fully Automated Deep-Freeze High-Bay Warehouse in a Class of its Own

Active fire prevention OxyReduct® from WAGNER protects NewCold Germany Rheine's deep-freeze high-bay warehouse in Rheine (Germany) from the dangers of fire since 2013.

When commissioned in May 2013, NewCold Germany Rheine’s deep-freeze high-bay warehouse was the largest of its kind in Germany. Located at the Rheine site in Westphalia, it offers more than 8,500 m2 of storage space for 68,400 pallets – all protected against fire by a WAGNER oxygen reduction system based on VPSA technology.

At the time of commissioning, the fully automated deep-freeze warehouse was described as "Germany's largest refrigerator". By extending an existing warehouse, the company was able to increase its total capacity to 90,000 storage spaces. The fire protection system OxyReduct®, based on oxygen reduction, guarantees uninterrupted operation. The VdS-approved solution is cost- as well as energy-efficient.

NewCold Germany Rheine GmbH has been offering full-service logistics for more than 30 years. At the company's headquarters in Rheine, goods in the amount of 7,000 pallets are handled.

Active Fire Prevention for Ice Cream and Frozen Food

Risk Analysis

  • Technical defects
    Defects in refrigeration systems, overheating of conveyor motors or possible cable fires are a fire risk.
  • Dry atmosphere
    The humidity in a cold store is very low. This makes it very easy for a fire to spread.
  • Packages
    The fire load of packaging materials such as paper, cardboard and foils is very high.
  • Construction
    A fire can spread quickly in the narrow and high shelves. Burning, falling parts are another danger.
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Protection Goals

  • Operations
    Interruptions of supply chains and other business processes caused by fire must be prevented.
  • Asset protection
    The stored frozen goods must be protected fromsmoke, soot and possible consequential fire damage due to extinguishing, for example.
  • Personal protection
    Employees must be protected from fire at any time.
  • Environmental protection
    Fire-related generation of hazardous substances and contaminated extinguishing agents must be avoided.

Precautionary Fire Prevention

The nitrogen needed to reduce the oxygen level is directly obtained from the ambient air in a particularly energy-efficient and environmentally friendly manner using generators with VPSA technology. WAGNER has installed three VPSA systems at NewCold Germany Rheine, each with a supply volume of 240 cubic metres per hour; one of them serves as a fifty percent redundancy to meet the emergency concept requirements established in the building permit.

Customer Benefits

  • Efficiency
    The VPSA technology is energy efficient and herefore environmentally friendly
  • Installation & Service
    WAGNER has a dense network of branches throughout Germany. This is how we ensure timely service and maintenance.
  • Safety
    The fire protection solution from WAGNER is VdS-approvedand thus offers certified safety.
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Customer Testimonial

Frank Huckschlag, Managing Director NewCold Germany Rheine

Our products have to be protected against fire and our automated logistics processes maintained under all circumstances. OxyReduct® with VPSA technology has also impressed us in terms of energy efficiency.

More Impressions of NewCold Germany Rheine

NewCold Germany Rheine stores ice cream and frozen cakes from well-known brand manufacturer
and a wide range of products for discounters.
38 metres high, 8,535 square metres of frozen storage space with a volume of 380,000 cubic metres
- truly a frozen storage facility of superlatives.
The frozen warehouse is equipped with an automatic loading and unloading system
that allows a truck with 32 pallets to be fully unloaded in just 2 minutes.
A total of 5,000 pallets can be loaded per day in the 40 million euro new building.
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