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Machine

Compressor, evaporator, condenser, controls and any pump tank the bidder lists as part of the thermal selection at the stated leaving-fluid and ambient or condenser-water condition. Extra filtration, dual-circuit redundancy or a larger reservoir only if those lines appear on the same quote.

Delivery

Export crating, inland haul to the US plant, ocean or air freight, and whether refrigerant is factory-charged or shipped separately. A lump sum that hides those lines is not a comparable landed figure.

Site

Three-phase supply, condenser-water piping or remote-condenser installation, process-loop hose and heat-exchanger pressure drop, glycol fill, and SAT labour unless the factory writes them into the commercial offer.

No numerical saving claim without comparable quotations.

Connections to confirm
Interface	Buyer input
Electrical	Voltage, phase and frequency at the US plant, plus starter or VFD packages that must travel with the chiller, and the connected load in kW that the factory used for compressor and pump motors.
Utilities	Process-loop flow rate and fluid, condenser-water or remote-condenser ownership, makeup for any water-cooled heat rejection, and compressed air demand if pneumatic valves are specified.
Controls	Leaving-fluid setpoint, alarm dry contacts, and the PLC interface or protocol expected at the plant DCS so remote enable and fault reset are not assumed.

Connections to confirm

Interface

Buyer input

Electrical

Voltage, phase and frequency at the US plant, plus starter or VFD packages that must travel with the chiller, and the connected load in kW that the factory used for compressor and pump motors.

Utilities

Process-loop flow rate and fluid, condenser-water or remote-condenser ownership, makeup for any water-cooled heat rejection, and compressed air demand if pneumatic valves are specified.

Controls

Leaving-fluid setpoint, alarm dry contacts, and the PLC interface or protocol expected at the plant DCS so remote enable and fault reset are not assumed.

Duty and operating envelope for this industrial chiller brief

Material entering the machine: Name the process fluid (water, water-glycol mix, or another permitted fluid), glycol percentage if used, and any oil or solids that change evaporator approach. Viscosity at the leaving temperature belongs in the brief because pump and evaporator selections follow the fluid, not a generic water table.
Required output: State process heat load and the leaving-fluid temperature that the process actually needs, together with the ambient or condenser-water temperature used for rating. Throughput of cooled fluid should be given as flow rate with those temperatures, not as a brochure tonnage alone.
Duty cycle: Say whether the load is steady, batch, or has a documented minimum load. Temperature stability at turndown is a supplier confirmation, not a claim this site can make from a catalog family range.

Questions that change an industrial chiller comparison

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Existing process

A replacement package often has to match existing evaporator connections, footprint and electrical feeders. If the current unit cannot hold leaving-fluid temperature at summer ambient, write the measured approach and the new setpoint instead of asking factories to copy a faded nameplate.

Replacement is not automatic interchange. Envelope, piping and operator access must be confirmed against the proposed skid before a quote is treated as a drop-in.

At which leaving-fluid and ambient conditions is cooling capacity rated?

Capacity changes with leaving-fluid temperature and the heat-rejection condition. Ask each industrial chiller manufacturer to restate tons at your leaving temperature and at the hottest credible ambient or condenser-water temperature. Brochure tons at a milder condition are not the same offer. Keep the building heat-rejection interface visible when indoor air-cooled placement or owner-furnished condenser water would change the package.