Thread Number: 86237
/ Tag: Modern Automatic Washers
Trip Through Some German Waschsalons |
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Post# 1107857   2/13/2021 at 15:40 (1,139 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Mention of Nyborg dryers in another thread piqued one's interest as never heard of brand before. So decided to have a peep at various laundromats in Germany to see what's on offer.
Nyborg is well represented but so is IPSO and Electrolux equipment. One big difference from American laundromats is spin dryers are still commonly found in German waschsalons, but long since gone from USA. Germans seem big on ironing and mangling so laundromats have coin operated huge ironers. Again you've never seen such things in USA nor would ever. Liability issues are just too great. Am fascinated by laundry product purchase systems in various European laundromats. Here in USA you simply go over to attendant or a coin vend machine and buy little packets of product. In France and Germany (maybe elsewhere?) they still cling to old way. One purchases products that are dispensed into a teacup. Two entrepreneurs and their new laundromat: Miele baby! |
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Post# 1107860 , Reply# 1   2/13/2021 at 15:49 (1,139 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Post# 1107864 , Reply# 3   2/13/2021 at 16:04 (1,139 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Also find interesting many places in Germany like France and elsewhere in Europe still use a central payment system. One pays at a machine, then selects which one from list or board which starts said machine.
IIRC some laundries in apartment buildings in USA had similar system. Paying at a central meter or whatever started power to whatever machine was selected. |
Post# 1107869 , Reply# 5   2/13/2021 at 16:33 (1,139 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Wascator - Wascator/Electrolux - Electrolux.....
Wascomat begun by an immigrant to USA who saw Wascator machines onboard ship Stockholm that was damaged by colliding with Andrea Dora (the latter sank). He had the idea of bringing those washers to USA and installing them in coin operated laundries. This area was previously domain of Bendix and a few other American makers. Wasco came from "Wascator" Mat - From "Automat" restaurants that sold food "automatically". Wascomat is now "LaundryLux" and either way many commercial laundries don't have good things to day about modern machines. Wascomat washers and dryers once dominated many coin laundry markets in USA, now it's more Speed Queen or Dexter. www.liherald.com/stories/... www.wsj.com/articles/bernard-mil... CLICK HERE TO GO TO Launderess's LINK |
Post# 1107871 , Reply# 6   2/13/2021 at 16:43 (1,139 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Alliance Laundry Systems owns both Speed Queen and IPSO brands of commercial laundry equipment. Until recently Alliance sold both brands in North America, but now only Speed Queen remains. IPSO however is marketed and sold worldwide presumably where Alliance Laundry Systems does not also sell SQ.
americanlaundrynews.com/articles... Besides SQ and IPSO Alliance Laundry Systems also owns UniMac, Huebch, and Primus. Alliance Laundry Systems got their mitts on IPSO and Cissell by buying them from Belgian based Laundry Systems Group. ipso.com/about-us/... americanlaundrynews.com/articles... |
Post# 1107966 , Reply# 8   2/14/2021 at 17:51 (1,138 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Was leafing though old issues of "Which?" online reading about spin driers.
When the things first arrived Which? thought they were a godsend. And they were compared to mangles and washing machines with poor extraction. But as years wore on and washing machines upped final spin speeds Which? seemed to have less use for spin dryers. If one could lay hands on a commercial type extractor like what Martha Stewart and one member have (Motex), then might be inclined to love spin driers more. As things stand while my spinner is fine for certain things, find it a bother for larger linens. That and it creates creases something awful in jeans and some other fabrics. Where modern washing machines have it over spin driers is their extraction profile. All that messing about with short spins, tumbles, spin again, tumble, then getting on with final extraction while maddening to us waiting does serve a purpose. Extracting, stopping and fluffing, extracting, stopping and fluffing allows for more water to be removed and done so evenly. If you've taken things that have not been wrung or spun previously (such as washed by hand), and placed into spinner you'll often notice things emerge rather wet in some area, but nearly dry in others. Due to small diameter of domestic spin dryer drums everything is smashed together at once. In such tight quarters water does not pass through fabrics at even rate. To get round this some will leave things going in extractor longer than they should. Result is laundry with horrid creases that often no amount of ironing or tumble drying will totally erase. |
Post# 1107977 , Reply# 9   2/14/2021 at 19:22 (1,137 days old) by peterh770 (Marietta, GA)   |   | |
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Wascomat is now the more economical choice for laundries. Less flexibility with programming, and the good old fashion 100g spin. Wascomat dryers are very gas efficient but only allow 1-way tumbling,
Elux is upscale, with hardmount 200g and softmount 300g spins. They are also completely programmable, with internet connections for remote monitoring and alerts, both for the owner/manager and for the customer. Elux dryers are reversing, and can dry big loads in under 30 minutes. Elux has also developed a washer that weighs the load while loading, and changes price depending on the weight. These are very new, and I have not seen much info on them. |
Post# 1107979 , Reply# 10   2/14/2021 at 19:27 (1,137 days old) by peterh770 (Marietta, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 1107998 , Reply# 11   2/14/2021 at 21:24 (1,137 days old) by iej (.... )   |   | |
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The detergent dispensers are probably about reducing packaging waste. |
Post# 1108003 , Reply# 12   2/14/2021 at 22:16 (1,137 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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