OPEN COOLER

Description

Open Cooler Overview

This open-front commercial cooler uses a wind curtain instead of a door, giving 950L of effective volume across a 51.2″W x 29.9″D x 78.7″H footprint, model FM-1300.

Open Cooler Features

The wind curtain keeps the cabinet cold without a physical door, so shoppers grab product without slowing down at a handle.

Where to Use This Open Cooler

High-traffic grab-and-go sections in convenience stores and gas stations where door friction slows down sales.

Why an Open Front Instead of a Door

Model FM-1300 uses a wind curtain rather than a physical door, a barrier of moving air that holds the cold air inside the cabinet without a customer needing to pull a handle, which speeds up the shopping motion in a high-traffic grab-and-go section where every second a customer spends interacting with a door handle is a second they are not moving through the store. R290 refrigerant and a 7.8 kWh/24h energy rating point to a more efficient cooling system than older refrigerant types, worth factoring into a long-term operating cost comparison against a traditional door-front cooler.

Where This Format Makes Sense

Because an open front loses more cold air to the room than a sealed door would, this format works best in a genuinely high-traffic aisle where the sales velocity offsets the extra energy draw, rather than a slower-moving section where a sealed door-front unit would hold temperature more efficiently. For a section where door friction is less of a concern, the open door cooler offers more shelf capacity behind a traditional sealed door.

Energy Considerations for Open-Front Units

An open-front format trades some energy efficiency for shopping speed, since the wind curtain works harder than a sealed door to keep cold air in place, so factor the 7.8 kWh/24h rating into a location’s overall energy planning alongside the sales lift an open, grab-and-go format typically drives in high-traffic placements.

Open Cooler Specifications

–      Effective volume: 950L

–      Display area: 1.36 m2

–      Dimensions: 51.2″W x 29.9″D x 78.7″H (1300 x 760 x 2000mm)

–      Weight: 265 lbs

–      Refrigerant: R290 (75g)

–      Energy use: 7.8 kWh/24h

–      Model: FM-1300

Buying Notes

For a door-front open cooler instead, see the open door cooler.