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Sourcing Surplus Refrigeration in a Consolidating Cold Storage Market
The cold storage sector spent the last decade in expansion mode. That expansion has not stopped, but in 2026 it changed character. Capital is more expensive, operators are more disciplined…
Refrigerant Reclamation and Recovery: What Buyers and Sellers Need to Know
Refrigerant handling sits at the intersection of two things every used-equipment transaction touches: regulatory compliance and equipment value. When a system is decommissioned, what happens to its refrigerant affects whether…
Industrial Refrigeration Vessels and Heat Exchangers: A Buyer’s Specification Guide
Compressors get the attention, but a refrigeration plant lives or dies on its vessels and heat exchangers. They hold the refrigerant charge, separate liquid from vapor, cool intermediate-stage gas, and…
Sizing and Sourcing Cold Storage Refrigeration: A Capacity-Planning Guide for Buyers
Equipment shopping is the wrong place to start a cold storage project. Buy a compressor before you understand the load and you risk an expensive mismatch in either direction: oversized…
Low-Charge Ammonia Systems Explained: Design, Benefits, and Surplus Components
For most of the past century, industrial ammonia refrigeration meant large central plants holding thousands of pounds of refrigerant in flooded or liquid-overfeed systems. Low-charge ammonia turns that model on…
Transcritical CO2 vs. Ammonia for Industrial Refrigeration: What the Shift Means for the Used Market
The choice between ammonia and CO2 is no longer a settled question with one default answer. Over the past two years, transcritical CO2 has moved from a niche option that…
What the 2026 EPA HFC Rules Mean When You Buy Used Refrigeration Equipment
Most coverage of the EPA’s hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) rules is written for facility owners who already operate a plant. If you buy used industrial refrigeration equipment, your exposure is different and…
Mycom Compressors in Industrial Refrigeration: Models, Applications, and Surplus Availability
QUICK ANSWERMycom (Mayekawa) industrial ammonia compressors are widely used in food processing, cold storage, marine, and offshore refrigeration. The reciprocating lineup includes the A and B series (smaller plants, highly…
Selling Your Industrial Refrigeration Equipment: A Plant Decommissioning Guide
QUICK ANSWERTo sell used industrial refrigeration equipment from a plant decommissioning, work through five steps: (1) build an inventory with nameplate data, photos, and operating history for each major piece;…