B2B Commercial Four Sliding Glass Door Display Open Chiller Large Capacity for Soft Drink Storage and Showcase

Product Overview

The four sliding glass door open chiller is a commercial display chiller built for store floors where the cabinet has to hold a lot of stock without eating the aisle. Doors slide rather than swing, so the cabinet can sit close to a shelf run, a checkout lane or a wall and still give shoppers a clear view and a quick reach. The body and interior are painted steel, the end panels are tempered hollow glass, and fan cooling keeps air moving through every shelf level instead of letting the top of the cabinet run warm. Six widths are available, from a 700 L single-door cabinet to a 2,000 L four-door cabinet. That suits a store that starts with one cabinet and adds another as the drinks category grows, and a chain that wants the same display language across different store formats.

Build & Cooling System

• Painted steel cabinet and interior. The outer cabinet and the inner liners are finished in painted steel, which wipes down easily and holds up to the daily trolley traffic a commercial display chiller sees in a busy aisle.
• Web-type painted steel condenser. A painted steel web condenser handles heat exchange through long trading hours without the maintenance a finer coil pattern would ask for.
• Fin skin evaporator. Cooling comes from a fin skin evaporator working with the fan system, so the cabinet pulls back down after the doors have been opened repeatedly at peak times.
• Fan cooling through every shelf level. Air is circulated through the display rather than left to settle, which keeps the top and bottom of the cabinet closer in temperature and protects products on the upper shelves.
• Tempered hollow side glass. The end panels are tempered hollow glass: insulated, clear from the side for end-of-aisle placement, and strong enough for a position where trolleys pass close.
• Adjustable shelving. Shelves can be reset to different heights, so 2 L bottles, cans, multipacks and smaller dairy packs each get the gap they need instead of one fixed spacing.
• Insulated body and door fit. The cabinet is built with insulation and a close-fitting door line, which is what keeps cold air inside a sliding door chiller cabinet during long opening hours and helps the unit hold its setting while trading.

Sliding Door System

Every door in the range slides. There is no swing arc, so the floor space in front of the cabinet stays usable — a real advantage where the run sits opposite a busy shelf or the aisle is tight. Staff restocking can open one section at a time, work the shelves and close it again without stepping back into shopper traffic, which is why this layout suits a busy supermarket aisle where deliveries and customers share the same hours. The panels travel on tracks set into the top and bottom of the opening and sit flush with the cabinet front when closed, so the display reads as one continuous glass wall instead of a series of separate doors. Two habits keep a sliding cabinet working smoothly: keep the bottom track clear, because spilled product and dust are what make a slider drag, and close the panels gently rather than letting them run into the end stop. On a multi door beverage display, decide which bays your team will use for restocking and which stay closed for shoppers, so the two flows do not compete at the same moment.

Model Range

Capacity Selection Guide

• 700 L, single door. The smallest footprint in the range, for a forecourt kiosk, a café counter or a checkout-end display where the range is narrow and the shopper is in and out fast.
• 1,200 L and 1,400 L, two doors. The step up for a convenience store or a compact supermarket; the wider of the two gives each door a broader face, which matters when two brands have to share the cabinet.
• 1,800 L and 1,900 L, three doors. The main-aisle size. Three doors let the cabinet be split into three blocks — cola and mixers on one, water on another, juice and dairy on the third — with each block facing its own shopper.
• 2,000 L, four doors. The widest multi door beverage display in the range, for a destination beverage wall in a hypermarket, a cash-and-carry or a high-volume convenience store with a long chilled run.
• Width is the deciding number. The planning question is how much wall or aisle run you can give a sliding door chiller cabinet.
• Measure the run, not just the cabinet. Leave room at each end for loading and for cleaning the side glass, and check the path from the loading bay to the sales floor before the delivery date is fixed.
• Plan facings, not just litres. A 700 L cabinet filled with 2 L bottles holds far fewer units than the same volume of 330 ml cans; match the size to your highest-volume pack rather than to the litre figure alone.

Door Configurations

The range comes in one, two, three and four door layouts, and the door count changes more than the width. Fewer, wider doors put fewer vertical frames across the display, which gives a cleaner glass wall and a stronger brand block; more doors give the team more parallel access when several people restock at once and let a long run be zoned bay by bay. On a four sliding glass door open chiller the panels meet along the run, so a shopper can reach the middle of the cabinet from either side instead of walking to one end. All six models share the same depth and height, so a two-door and a four-door cabinet placed side by side line up along the top and along the floor. If your planogram changes by season — water and mixers in summer, party sizes in winter — the door count sets how finely the cabinet can be divided, so choose it against the way the category is merchandised rather than against the litre figure alone.

Store Applications

• Supermarket soft drink aisle. Runs as a soft drink display cooler for supermarket aisle ends and main runs, where shoppers scan the glass before they reach for a bottle and the front stays merchandised right through trading hours.
• Convenience store and forecourt shop. A single-door or two-door cabinet fits between shelving units without blocking a walkway, and the sliding panels keep the queue lane clear while staff restock.
• Café, bakery and quick-service counter. Holds bottled water, juices, milk and chilled ready-to-eat items beside the till, so the customer is served and picks a drink in the same movement.
• Hotel, lounge and event space. A two- or three-door cabinet works as a self-service drinks station in a breakfast room or lounge, with the whole range visible from the guest side.
• Cash-and-carry and distributor showroom. A multi door beverage display lets a wholesaler show several brands in one run so buyers can compare packaging side by side before placing an order.
• Small-format city store. A single-door cabinet placed near the entrance gives a compact store a chilled offer without giving up selling floor.

Placement & Installation

1. Measure the route before delivery — doorways, lift size and the turn from the loading bay to the sales floor. A 2,500 mm wide cabinet needs that path checked in advance, not on the day it arrives.
2. Position the cabinet on a level floor and adjust it until it stands square, so the panels slide evenly and do not drift along the track.
3. Keep the front grille and the cooling area clear of cartons, cleaning equipment and stock; air has to move for the cabinet to hold its setting.
4. Leave the unit standing undisturbed after transport before it is switched on, and confirm the settling time with our team if it has travelled a long way.
5. Open and close every door after role. If a panel drags or catches, re-check the level before use rather than forcing the door.
6. Load the shelves with the heaviest packs low and leave space behind the products so air can still move through the cabinet.
7. Hand the cabinet over to the store team with a short brief on the doors, the controller setting and who to call if a panel jumps the track.

Daily Use & Care

Daily care is mostly about glass and tracks, because that is where a display either stays clear or starts to look tired. Wipe the panels with a soft cloth and a mild cleaner, and keep abrasive pads and solvent-heavy products away from the glass, the painted steel and the frames. Run a brush or a vacuum nozzle along the bottom track once a week — more often on a busy aisle — then wipe it dry, since sugar from a spilled bottle is the usual reason a slider starts to drag. Check the door seals by eye while you clean: a seal that has torn or dropped away lets cold air out and usually shows up first as condensation on the inside of the glass. Rotate stock front to back so the newest deliveries sit at the back, and reset shelf heights when the pack mix changes instead of forcing taller bottles under a fixed shelf. If a panel jumps the track or one bay runs warm, stop using that section and call your service contact rather than working the door by hand.

Ordering & Delivery

• Buying direct. As a commercial open chiller supplier we quote and build to your specification, so the model and door count are set on the order rather than picked from stock.
• Order quantity. This glass door display line is supplied from 1 container.
• Mixed runs. If you are building a run from more than one width, tell us the sequence you want so the cabinets are produced and packed as one set.
• Packing and shipping. Export packing, container loading and shipping arrangements are confirmed with your sales contact for each order.
• After-Sales Support & Warranty. Service and warranty questions go through our after-sales team; ask your sales contact which terms apply in your market.
• Documents and schedule. Confirm the import documents you need and the delivery date you are planning for before the order is placed.
• Samples. Ask your sales contact about sample availability and the current production schedule.

Temperature & Power Supply

1. Set the temperature against your product mix, not a factory default. A commercial display chiller is specified for what it actually holds: canned soft drinks and bottled water sit comfortably at a warmer setting than fresh juice, milk or packaged chilled food, and the most sensitive line in the cabinet decides the range for the whole unit.
2. Agree that range with us before the cabinet is built. Tell your sales contact what you display, which item is the most sensitive and how many hours a day the doors are worked, and the setting is written onto the order instead of being assumed at the factory.
3. Describe the site, not only the product list. A cabinet at a shop entrance, beside a bakery oven or under a warm ceiling works harder than one in a back aisle, so say where it will stand; the ambient conditions in your market form part of the specification.
4. Put the electrical supply in writing. The standard build is 220 V / 50 Hz. If your market runs a different voltage or frequency, it has to be stated on the order so the cabinet arrives usable rather than needing a workaround on site.
5. Match the plug and socket to the destination. Give us the plug standard your market uses, or the type of outlet the store already has, and confirm it against the electrical specification before production starts.
6. Plan the connection point with your electrician. Agree the circuit and the position of the outlet before the delivery date; the connection sits behind or beside the cabinet and needs to stay reachable once the unit is pushed into its run.
7. Keep both decisions on one order sheet. Voltage, frequency, plug standard and temperature range belong on the same confirmation, because these are the four points most often taken for granted and the most expensive to correct after the container has shipped.

Shelving & Shelf Adjustability

• Shelf count is fixed with the model. How many shelves are fitted behind each door depends on the width and door count you order, so tell us the tier pattern you want — three, four or five shelves per bay — and we confirm the number for your size before production.
• Plan the pitch around your packs, not around the cabinet. A run of 330 ml cans, a shelf of 2 L bottles and a dairy row each need a different gap; sketch the gaps you want per shelf rather than accepting one spacing for the whole unit.
• Measure the tallest pack before you set the top shelf. Cap and neck height count as much as bottle height, and a shelf pitched for cans will not clear a 2 L bottle with the cap on.
• Use the depth of the cabinet. That depth takes a full row of 2 L bottles front to back and still leaves room for air to move; bring labels to the front edge so the row reads from the aisle.
• Divide the bays by category. In a sliding door chiller cabinet each bay can carry a different group — cola and mixers, water, juice, dairy — so a shopper reads one block at a time instead of scanning the whole run.
• Keep the heavy packs low. Two-litre bottles and multipacks belong on the lower shelves, with cans and small packs above; it keeps the cabinet stable and makes the top shelves easier to reach.
• Leave a hand's width behind the load. Products pushed flat against the back panel block the air the fan cooling is moving, and the rear of the shelf is where a cabinet first drifts warm.
• Send a planogram with the order. Shelf heights, facings per shelf and pack heights let the shelves be set for your first fill, and flag any shelf you want left out so tall bottles have clear headroom.

Scale & Supply Capability

ESCOLO has manufactured commercial refrigeration equipment in Foshan, Guangdong since 2010, and the team now numbers more than 800 people. Fifteen-plus years in the trade, a network of 3,000+ qualified partner factories and an annual output of 200,000+ units let us run container-scale programmes and repeat orders for supermarket, convenience and foodservice buyers. OEM and ODM work is standard: size, colour, function and your own branding are set to the specification you send. Factory audit, pre-shipment inspection, consolidated shipping and after-sales support are handled in-house.

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