Document Freezing

What is Document Freeze Drying?

Document freeze drying is just a simple process that removes water or moisture brought by either by water damage from your items, like books, magazines, journals, etc. that have been frozen in order to retain your item's original shape and biological structure. There are four process of document freeze drying.

The four-step process of Document freeze drying.

1) Your object must first be frozen solid. Document freezing or freezing your object solid locks your product structure firmly into position and ensures that the original shape of your object will be retained once the process is complete. After your object is frozen solid, it is placed then in a chamber that is connected to or contains a condenser in it.

2) In a condensing surface which is usually colder than a -40° C is used to attract vapors away from your frozen object or from your frozen book or magazine or documents. The condensing surface also protects your high-grade vacuum pump used in document freeze drying from water, fats and oils that may come from your object or your documents being freeze-dried.

3) Low absolute pressure is also required for a vacuum pump providing it. During the document freeze drying process of your documents, the vacuum pump is connected in series to the chamber and to the condenser, and it is turned on. A proper pressure is reached in the inside of the chamber; a vapor of moisture is also drawn out of your object or your document and collects onto the condenser itself.

4) Therefore, once most of the vapor of moisture is drawn out of your objects or from your document, heat is slowly applied to help remove any of the remaining vapors and to release bound water caused by water intrusion which is typically the most difficult type of moisture to remove from your object or document. Then a heat may be provided by any number of sources such as heat coils or light into it.

Any of your damaged paper or documents can deteriorate quickly. In order for you to be able to restore it back into its state, you need a speedy and a proper response is of utmost importance from you. And one way to salvage or saved a damaged documents is through document freeze drying.

A document freeze drying applied to your materials damaged by soot within 48 hours of the incident cuts the time and cost of restoration extensively from your book or document. Your trained technicians about document freeze drying could restore your documents, your x-rays, your microfilm, and your pictures in a timely manner through drying or document freeze drying and deodorization process. But even if your paper is not damaged by a fire, even if it is long as it was in the area when fire happened, it will probably smell like the fire and have soot on it for sure whether you like it or not.

You have to apply for a document freeze drying for your documents if you like your documents to be restored in its original state or original biological state or nature.