Minurphy is a long-standing cold-chain supplier to SA refrigerated freight operators and industrial food handlers. Our thermal partitions (also called bun partitions in the cold-chain trade) split reefer bodies and cold rooms into real temperature zones, run chilled and frozen on one load, and separate raw and cooked for cross-contamination control.
Built to hold a temperature, not just a draught
The difference between a cheap cool-room curtain and a real thermal partition is the insulation. Ours sandwich a high-density closed-cell foam core between two 800 gsm PVC skins. The foam is the insulation, the PVC is the abuse-resistant skin. Together they hold a real difference in temperature between zones over a multi-drop delivery run.
Scuff boards where they matter
The fastest thing to kill a reefer partition is the bottom edge hitting product, pallet jacks, and the floor. Our partitions have a scuff board bonded to the bottom edge both sides. It takes the impact instead of the PVC. When it wears, we replace just the scuff board, not the whole partition.
Webbing handles, not grommets
Two reinforced webbing handles stitched through all three layers (PVC, foam, PVC). Two people lift the partition, clip into the rail system, and the load is split. Handles last the life of the partition and do not tear out the way stapled grommets do.
Cold-room and industrial zoning
Same construction scales up for walk-in cold rooms, butchery zones, and food-prep cross-contamination control. We size the panel set to your opening, match the rail fitting, and supply branded zone colours so the staff can see which zone is which at a glance.
Sized to your fleet or facility
For SA reefer bodies (Serco, Lamberet, Thermo King) we have templates. For bespoke trailers and rooms, send internal width, height, and rail position. For fleets of 10+ trucks, we standardise a size across the fleet and maintain the pattern for replacements.
Colour-coded for zone clarity
Blue for chilled, red for frozen, white for ambient is the convention we have supplied for years. For branded fleets, we do full-colour printing on the partition face with your livery.
Repair and replacement
We collect, assess, and repair in our KZN factory. Common repairs are scuff-board replacement, handle re-stitching, and small skin patches. A well-maintained partition runs 5 to 7 years in daily cold-chain use.
