If your company keeps perishable products in a warehouse or other type of storage area, you will know the effects that an unsuitable temperature can have on these products. Therefore, ensuring that the temperature of your warehouse is always suitable for the products stored in it is of extremely high importance.
The temperature and humidity will not be the same throughout an entire room. Two different areas in a room can have a difference in temperature of up to 10°C. Some areas will fluctuate in temperature more than others. The centre of a room will have a more consistent temperature, whilst the corners are more likely to be affected by external conditions, so they will change more frequently. The temperature of a room is also affected by factors such as human activity, heating and cooling systems, opening doors and the weather.
Temperature and humidity mapping can help you to pinpoint the different temperature zones in your warehouse, where you can place permanent monitoring systems to ensure that the temperature is always within the necessary range for your products.
The readings that temperature mapping equipment generate can differ, depending on how advanced the equipment is. Some equipment will give you a reading within 0.3°C of the actual temperature, whilst others will give a much less accurate reading. This is an important thing to consider if your products are highly reliant on being kept within a particular temperature range.
The process of temperature and humidity mapping is even more reliable if you take into account information about the building's external conditions and the effects these have on the temperature conditions inside. For example, if one side of your building is always exposed to the sun during the summer, and this is when your temperature mapping takes place, this side of the building will not necessarily maintain the same temperature throughout winter. For this reason, mapping often takes place over the course of a year, or at least during the hottest and coldest months, so that both extremes are taken into account, and the effects can be recorded so that a suitable temperature can be maintained at all times.
This process can be carried out in any kind of temperature condition, from cryogenic environments to furnaces. It is of high importance if you are to ensure that all your products are stored safely, and means you will not have to face the inconvenient expense of loss of products through spoilage. It will provide you with the information you need to find the optimum storage spaces for your products, as well as making changes to the temperature in the room if needed.
The temperature and humidity will not be the same throughout an entire room. Two different areas in a room can have a difference in temperature of up to 10°C. Some areas will fluctuate in temperature more than others. The centre of a room will have a more consistent temperature, whilst the corners are more likely to be affected by external conditions, so they will change more frequently. The temperature of a room is also affected by factors such as human activity, heating and cooling systems, opening doors and the weather.
Temperature and humidity mapping can help you to pinpoint the different temperature zones in your warehouse, where you can place permanent monitoring systems to ensure that the temperature is always within the necessary range for your products.
The readings that temperature mapping equipment generate can differ, depending on how advanced the equipment is. Some equipment will give you a reading within 0.3°C of the actual temperature, whilst others will give a much less accurate reading. This is an important thing to consider if your products are highly reliant on being kept within a particular temperature range.
The process of temperature and humidity mapping is even more reliable if you take into account information about the building's external conditions and the effects these have on the temperature conditions inside. For example, if one side of your building is always exposed to the sun during the summer, and this is when your temperature mapping takes place, this side of the building will not necessarily maintain the same temperature throughout winter. For this reason, mapping often takes place over the course of a year, or at least during the hottest and coldest months, so that both extremes are taken into account, and the effects can be recorded so that a suitable temperature can be maintained at all times.
This process can be carried out in any kind of temperature condition, from cryogenic environments to furnaces. It is of high importance if you are to ensure that all your products are stored safely, and means you will not have to face the inconvenient expense of loss of products through spoilage. It will provide you with the information you need to find the optimum storage spaces for your products, as well as making changes to the temperature in the room if needed.
