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LAUNDRY APPLICATIONS With the increasing demand by the American public for additional services, new and different types of laundry applications have been created. High production washers, quick drying tumblers and faster finishing equipment have forced us to take another view of the horsepower requirements of laundry equipment. The high speed of the modern laundry is based on an adequate amount of hot water. Anything less will result in slowing down production or rewashing clothes. Laundry heat requirements are basically (1) hot water for washing and (2) heat for drying and/or finishing. The normal hot water requirement can be calculated based on 2-4 gallons of water per pound of clothes to be washed. 60% of this amount of water will be hot water at approximately 1690F. A source of hot water (heater, steam boiler, heat exchanger, etc.) must be capable of delivering at least this amount of hot water per hour. A storage tank of at least 2/3 the calculated hourly requirement should be used. If a modern washer-extractor combination unit is used, normally the washing formula should be checked and this formula used as the basis for selecting the hot water requirements. Frequently, the amount of water will be more than based on 2-4 gallons per pound of laundry. The basic laundry application is commonly called commercial, fluff and dry or family type laundry. This is general family type washing, without any finishing except folding the dried products. This is the most common type laundry but sometimes this laundry may do some shirt and sheet finishing. The usual equipment consists of a washer, an extractor to remove excess water prior to drying, and a dryer which tumbles and dries the washed items by hot connected air. The source of hot water may be a hot water heater, a storage tank with a steam heat exchanger, live steam from a boiler, etc. The dryer may be steam heated or gas fired, depending on the design of the unit. For normal family wash, water temperature will be 1400F to 1800F. A very common new type of specialized laundry is the shirt laundry. Many dry cleaners add a shirt laundry section after having had shirts washed through a local laundry for their customers. The equipment needed is a shirt unit, a washer, an extractor and a dryer. The washer usually is a small 2550 pound unit capable of washing 50-100 shirts at a cycle. The water temperature is normally 1600F to 1800F for best cleaning action. The steam supply to the shirt unit should be 105-110 PSI and therefore 125 PSI trim should be specified for the boiler for proper pressing temperatures. The dryer can be a gas fired unit or a steam heated, depending on the design. Another very common operation of laundry is the uniform supply operation. This business is based on washing industrial and commercial uniforms of various companies, essentially is a shirt laundry with additional equipment for pants finishing. Many uniform supply companies rent their uniforms to their customers who pay a fee for weekly washing and ironing. The same washing, drying and finishing requirements exist as for a shirt laundry plus the need for pants finishing equipment. Because this form of laundry is usually work clothes, higher temperature 1800F is required. Another form of very specialized laundry operation is the linen supply business. This operation does the laundry for hotels, motels, restaurants, smaller hospitals, gymnasiums, health clubs, etc. This business is primarily towels, wash cloths, sheets, pillow cases, tablecloths, etc. The addition to the previous equipment of a mangle or ironer is required to finish the sheets, pillow cases, etc. Here again, high temperature is required for production and a 125 PSI boiler trim should be required. The same requirements for 1600F to 1800F water for washing and drying should be anticipated.

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There is one type of laundry which encompasses the washing and finishing capabilities of the family style, shirt, uniform and linen supply. This is the institutional laundry. Large hospitals, large inresidence schools, prisons, etc. frequently have their own laundry facilities that combine the functions of many laundry types. Usually the production rates are lower than corresponding commercial laundries, but similar hot water and steam requirements exist. Care must be exercised that all steam loads are calculated for institutional boilers because frequently the laundry boiler may be used to supply domestic hot water, building heat or special application steam. Normally, laundry applications in institutions require 125 PSI steam and 1800F laundry water. A specialized type of washing that is increasing is the diaper service. Here a certain number of diapers are supplied daily and dirty diapers are picked up for washing. This is a specialized fluff and dry type operation that requires no finishing except drying. Washing is at 1800F to 1900F. The washing duty is heavy because of a number of rinses and high temperature involved. When a gas fired dryer and tumbler is used, an Indirect Heater and large Storage Tank can be used for hot water. A very special form of washing is the used rag laundry. Industrial cleaning rags are usually oily, greasy and extremely dirty. Very hot water, 1900F to 2000F is required. Frequently, a hot water boiler is used and live steam is used in the washer to boost to final temperature. No finishing except drying is required. A very specialized form of laundry is the coin-operated, self-service "Do-It-Yourself" operation. Commercial models of domestic type washers are used for smaller loads. Frequently one or more large washer extractors with fixed cycles are used for larger loads. Drying is usually by gas-fired dryers.
LAUNDRY EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT 4-Press two operator Shirt Unit Cabinet Sleeve Press Cabinet Body & Bosom Press, Single Cabinet Body & Bosom Press, Double Cabinet Shirt Unit Collar and Cuff Press Body & Bosom Press Yoke Press 51" Wearing Apparel Press Laundry Mushroom 54" Wearing Apparel Press Sleever 90" Hot Head-Linen Single Buck Double Buck 2 Roll Ironer - 120" Width 4 Roll Ironer - 120" Width 6 Roll Ironer - 120" Width 8 Roll Ironer - 120" Width 24" Single Roll Ironer - 120" Width * 30" Single Roll Ironer - 120" Width * 36" Single Roll Ironer - 120" Width * * For two cylinder Ironers, double above H.P. 36 X 30 - 4 Coil 36 X 36 - 4 Coil 42 X 42 - 4 Coil TOTAL LAUNDRY LOAD IN B.H.P.
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BOILER HORSEPOWER REQUIRED EACH UNIT 3.5 B.H.P. 2.5 B.H.P. 3.0 B.H.P. 3.5 B.H.P. 6.0 to 7.0 B.H.P. 1.5 B.H.P. 1.5 B.H.P. 0.5 B.H.P. 1.5 B.H.P. 0.5 B.H.P. 1.5 B.H.P. 1.75 B.H.P. 4.5 B.H.P. 1.75 B.H.P. 2.5 B.H.P. FLATWORK IRONERS 5.0 B.H.P. 9.0 B.H.P. 13.0 B.H.P. 17.0 B.H.P. 5.0 B.H.P. 6.0 B.H.P. 8.0 B.H.P. TUMBLERS 2.5 B.H.P. 3.0 B.H.P. 4.0 B.H.P.

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