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Post# 241313   10/9/2007 at 17:50 (6,015 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        

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Today as part of my job, I inspected an industrial building.
20,000 glorious square feet dedicated to a laundry and dry-cleaning service with major industrial laundry equipment!

All comments are welcome.

In theory I was looking at the building! HA!


Gas-fired steam generators with power-burners!






Post# 241314 , Reply# 1   10/9/2007 at 17:50 (6,015 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        

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Washers.

Post# 241315 , Reply# 2   10/9/2007 at 17:51 (6,015 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        

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washers-continued

Post# 241316 , Reply# 3   10/9/2007 at 17:52 (6,015 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        

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dryers

Post# 241317 , Reply# 4   10/9/2007 at 17:53 (6,015 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        

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dryers

Post# 241318 , Reply# 5   10/9/2007 at 17:54 (6,015 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        

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There was something tumbling behind that port-hole!

Post# 241320 , Reply# 6   10/9/2007 at 17:55 (6,015 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        

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Post# 241323 , Reply# 8   10/9/2007 at 17:59 (6,015 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        

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Post# 241325 , Reply# 9   10/9/2007 at 18:02 (6,015 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        

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I was shocked as heck to see two modern GE top-loaders as well.

I guess there are times when you really need things CLEAN! (Ducks and runs!)

That's all folks.


Post# 241326 , Reply# 10   10/9/2007 at 18:04 (6,015 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        
I should have snatched a maid's uniform for Halloween!

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The building BTW has 3,000 amp 3-phase electrical service and a 12" (30cm) gas-main.


Is smelled so good in there between the steam and the clean clothing!


Post# 241335 , Reply# 11   10/9/2007 at 18:42 (6,015 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)        

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But what was the ambient temp?

Post# 241348 , Reply# 12   10/9/2007 at 20:23 (6,015 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        
I was so mesmerized I barely noticed the indoor temp!

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Today was

65*F out
80*F in this place

It is my understanding that no heating is required in the winter.

There is no A/C at except in the offices!


Post# 241358 , Reply# 13   10/9/2007 at 20:41 (6,015 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)        

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Even most laundromats rarely have AC, it just is not cost effective to run them with dryers going all the while. Well then again suppose that would depend upon what energy costs are in the area.

Large commercial laundries don't need heating. *LOL*
Who needs to spend money on heating when one has all those dryers, steam boilers, ironers, mangles and so forth running.

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Post# 241364 , Reply# 14   10/9/2007 at 20:58 (6,015 days old) by sudsmaster (SF Bay Area, California)        

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Don't some large laundries use co-generation to try to recapture some of the energy? There are also things like using the drain line to pre-warm incoming water. Still, not a place I'd like to be during a heat wave.

My backyard shop has one of those gas heaters with a fan suspended from the rafters. Never had it running, though, as it would be hugely expensive to try to heat that place in the winter. It was built in the 60's, when energy was much cheaper (gas was less than $.50/gallon, as I recall). I suspect the two Miele washers in there will be the sole source of heat during this winter ;-).



Post# 241366 , Reply# 15   10/9/2007 at 21:13 (6,015 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)        

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Laundromats here usually use of of those huge above the door mounted fans to pull out the hot air, and if possible open a back door and or window for cross ventilation. Problem is during a heatwave or very not and humid day all that fan does is pull hot moist air in to the laundromat, where it gets heated even more and loaded with yet more moisture, then pushed out the front. Rather like standing in the exhaust flow of a dryer.

Cannot imagine large commercial laundries bothering with heating if they have much steam equipment going full blast. While those loading and unloading washing machines, and other workers might get "cold", think of the poor pressers and ironers.


Post# 241375 , Reply# 16   10/9/2007 at 21:42 (6,015 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        
see and I thought the heat was from the mamasitas dancing wh

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I'd a thunk they'd need a little supplementation when it is negative to teens out, especially at night. Or if the place closes at night.

But maybe the place has three shifts and fuctions 'round the clock!



Post# 241380 , Reply# 17   10/9/2007 at 22:00 (6,015 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        

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An average sized dryer, say in a laundromat, uses gas to enerate 60,000 to 100,000 BTU/hr. A gas home-style dryer uses 22,000 BTU/hr.
As a point of reference, the typical gas burner on a stove is 9,000 to 12,000 BTU/Hr with a SUPER-FAST burner at 15,000 BTU/hr.
A typical room needs 4,000 to 6,000 BTU/hr to cool it.

So, I'd be curious to learn what those huge Wascomats dryers are fired-up at.


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Post# 241382 , Reply# 18   10/9/2007 at 22:06 (6,015 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        
Reversing action dryer?

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Post# 241385 , Reply# 19   10/9/2007 at 22:11 (6,015 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        

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280,000 BTU/hr for the big dryer! OMG!

The house I grew up in had 100,000 Btu/hr to heat 12 rooms!


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Post# 241525 , Reply# 20   10/10/2007 at 12:02 (6,014 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        

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More pics!

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Post# 241623 , Reply# 25   10/10/2007 at 20:07 (6,014 days old) by sudsman ()        
Wow Nice Pics

The last you posted of the Speed Queen is the newer High Speed machine and is very $$$.. They are self balance machines and do not need to be bolted down..

I have been a Hospital Laundry Manager for over 35 years now and have never seen a plant with heat for the main plant.. There is always plenty of heat from the tumblers and ironers to heat plants to at least 85 or 90 degrees even in sub zero areas. A/C is just not done is most plants due to the cost, also the fact that the tumblers and Exhaust fans would pull the cool air out anyway.. In this area most plants have evap. coolers and they keep the plant 15 to 20 degrees below the outside temp.

Reversing Tumblers.. Most tumblers over 50 lbs. reverse. It is almost a given as large items will "ball and tangle" so badly if a machine only runs in one direction. Also most plants use the larger tumblers to "condition" flatwork for 5 mins. before going to the flatwork ironer.. A warm sheet will feed easier and is eaiser to pull from the carts than a cold sheet. Also warm work irons better with a crisper finish than does cold work.. And usually the ironer can be run at 15 to 20 feet per min. more than with cold work


Post# 241658 , Reply# 26   10/11/2007 at 02:06 (6,014 days old) by dj-gabriele ()        

Yeahhhhhhh!
I love that Columbia by ILSA dry-cleaning machine!!!
Very Italian!!! The firm is located on the outskirts of Bologna! I didn't know they exported even to the USA!
Plus my dad has a similar machine in his laundry in Racale back home :D


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Post# 241690 , Reply# 27   10/11/2007 at 07:28 (6,013 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        
Ma che?

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Great link! Thank you

~Plus my dad has a similar machine in his laundry in Racale back home :D

May I request pictures be posted one day in the future?

Molto Grazie!


Post# 241738 , Reply# 28   10/11/2007 at 10:21 (6,013 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)        
Love the huge steel washer with the 'Elephant Man"

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Looks as though you could wash every thing you own in that machine. What a boon that would be in stressful times. Great pix, Stevie. Thank You.

Post# 241739 , Reply# 29   10/11/2007 at 10:23 (6,013 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)        
Love the huge steel washer with the 'Elephant Man"

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Looks as though you could wash every thing you own in that machine. What a boon that would be in stressful times. Great pix, Stevie. Thank You.

Post# 241742 , Reply# 30   10/11/2007 at 11:10 (6,013 days old) by dj-gabriele ()        
Steve

Of course, but as I told before first I'll have to meet again my parents... I hope to be able to make a trip at the end of the month and visit them (and make all those photos you asked me) :D

Post# 242005 , Reply# 31   10/12/2007 at 12:23 (6,012 days old) by tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

You lucky man. Inspecting like a fox in the hen house.

Gosh, I remember the first time I saw the Milnor direct inject fill through the door machines in operation. One of the advantages they gave was that it saturated the center of the load faster and better than other styles of filling. I believe it. The water comes through that hose like out of a fire hydrant.

The father of a friend in Scouts owned a laundry/dry cleaners. One night the troop went for an after hours tour. I was like a kid in candyland; at that age better than sex for sure and everyone had to at least pretend to be interested so I did not stand out quite as much. He told us that at conventions everyone has to brag about their boilers. He flipped the boiler on and within 15 seconds the steam was making the pipes ping as the heat hit them. He told us that on the coldest day of the previous winter when the low was 3 below and the high did not get out of the single digits, they still had one of the three big exhaust fans running. Working in a laundry during the summer would be almost bearable if you could do it almost naked, but they don't allow that, or at least didn't when I had to help in the hospital laundry for a couple of days. All of the 4 summer replacement guys on the 7 to 3 shift had to put in our time. I would have worked more than my assigned hours, but air conditioning sure felt good when I walked back into the cool basement halls on my way to take a required shower after working with pathogen-laden textiles.


Post# 242010 , Reply# 32   10/12/2007 at 12:56 (6,012 days old) by retro-man (- boston,ma)        
GE toploaders

I have the same BOL GE washer and matching dryer at a hair salon I own. Not bad machines, had to replace the timer in the washer right after warranty expired(as always). Washer has the 1/4 turn agitator. They do 12-20 loads a week usually towels and the girls cram them full. Really no complaints for the price I paid. Dryer usually has a ring of lint around the door upon opening, but not as bad now that it is direct vented out the wall behind it.

Post# 243949 , Reply# 33   10/22/2007 at 11:30 (6,002 days old) by xyz ()        

I'm sure that the GE toploaders are reserved for use in washing small articles such as gloves tha thave been severly contaminated by variuos chemicals which don't need to be exposed to huge loads in the monster machines. I used to work in an army ammunition plant and we had such a washroom that served around 3000 employees on a daily basis. All uniforms, and even underwear had to go through decontamination at the laundry line.


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