For all the Spinner/Extractor guys. Here's a nice unit
http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/app/2800670549.html
http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/app/2800670549.html
Bock Extractor
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want one of those!
want one of those!
Bock Extractor
These are really cool, this looks like a newer version of the one my brother has. Do check the electrical requirements before buying this unit. The listing says 203 volts, that may be 208 volts and if so this may have a three phase motor and may not be usable for most of us. If it is 3 phase it would work at our warehouse, but I think I already have an extractor lined up for there.
These are really cool, this looks like a newer version of the one my brother has. Do check the electrical requirements before buying this unit. The listing says 203 volts, that may be 208 volts and if so this may have a three phase motor and may not be usable for most of us. If it is 3 phase it would work at our warehouse, but I think I already have an extractor lined up for there.
That one shown was like the Bock spinner at the laundramat in Florida when I was a kid-the place was near my Moms house that was in the Coco Beach area of Florida-Cape Caneveral.Mom Had to have her washer reapired so we used the laundramat for awile-the attendent showed us how to use the extractor and how to load it.We had no problems-but one other lady patron tried the spinner-she loaded it wrong-and it tore up her wash.she was hysterical and running around the place.Of course us boys couldn't resist laughing-we got our laugh session after we left the place-we were finished anyway-We did enjoy helping Mom do the wash-most of the fun was using that extractor!the spinup and spindown was so impressive.Most 3 ph motors should work on supplies from 208-230V.The motor may able to be strapped to 440-480V as well.Many motors around the worksite here are like that-The main "house" supply here is 208V 3 ph.another 230V 3 ph supply is here for running blowers,pumps,and a sideband transmitter.There are no provisions for tapping into it to run other things.I have noticed on new equipment-motors designed especially for 208V 3 ph supplies.The motors on our new air compressors are like that-1Hp and 5hp,10Hp.All are Century-Balder motors.So you would have to see if the motor on the Bock machine is 208V only or if it can be strapped to run from other supply voltages.
As Stated In Another Thread Regarding Extractors
While the nub in the center tub of this Bock extractor may have other uses it also reminds those loading that items go *around* the sides of the tub. That nub area should always be visable after loading and or one should be able to reach down (with the machine off!)the center and feel it.
If washing is loaded willy-nilly there is a great chance it will be torn if stretched across the center of the tub.
While the nub in the center tub of this Bock extractor may have other uses it also reminds those loading that items go *around* the sides of the tub. That nub area should always be visable after loading and or one should be able to reach down (with the machine off!)the center and feel it.
If washing is loaded willy-nilly there is a great chance it will be torn if stretched across the center of the tub.
arbilab
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There was a laundry on my way home from second grade and I hung out there. They would let me play with the 35# Cook washers. Fill, tumble, drain them. But I was not allowed to go anywhere near the Bock.
easyspindry
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In 1956 . . .
. . . i was in the 7th grade. And discovered a laundry at a shopping center which had 20 Bendix "Double Load" machines and 2 Boch extractors. These machines were not coin operated. The customers would leave their laundry with the attendant and the machines would be operated by the attendant. On Fridays when I got out of school, I could ride the bus to that shopping center and the lady that was working in the laundry would let me "help" her from then until they closed at 9:00. She and her husband would take me home, as they lived not far from us.
You could pack that Boch baby as tight as possible, and when it was finished there would be plenty of room in the tub around that knob in the center. There was a lever on the front of the extractor to turn it on and off. It also applied the brake and had to be used with care to slow down the spinner.
It was a fun time in my life.
Jerry Gay
. . . i was in the 7th grade. And discovered a laundry at a shopping center which had 20 Bendix "Double Load" machines and 2 Boch extractors. These machines were not coin operated. The customers would leave their laundry with the attendant and the machines would be operated by the attendant. On Fridays when I got out of school, I could ride the bus to that shopping center and the lady that was working in the laundry would let me "help" her from then until they closed at 9:00. She and her husband would take me home, as they lived not far from us.
You could pack that Boch baby as tight as possible, and when it was finished there would be plenty of room in the tub around that knob in the center. There was a lever on the front of the extractor to turn it on and off. It also applied the brake and had to be used with care to slow down the spinner.
It was a fun time in my life.
Jerry Gay
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Gotta love those three phase motors!
Gotta love those three phase motors!
the Bock extractor in the video is queiter than the one I used so long ago-The one That the florida laundramat had-that one had the 3 phase motor start "growel"-jet engine sound upon starting.Most of the large 3PH blower and pump motors at the transmitter site have the same startup "Growel"so love that sound.Will get to listen to that sound when I have to start the 20Hp pump motor and 15Hp blower motors for the older CEMCO transmitters-awesome when they warm up.The softstarter on the pumps gives the longer growels.This is required since the pumps feed into hard to get pyrex and ceramic water pipes-the water is pumpted into parts under high voltages.The best motor start up growel was from a Trane centrifical chiller at another site-was pretty awesome-like a jet engine winding up.It was on a reduced voltage autotransformer starter.
arbilab
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The best motor start up growel was from a Trane centrifical chiller
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YES IT WAS! Scary. Made me take a few steps back.
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YES IT WAS! Scary. Made me take a few steps back.
At that worksite before the Trane units-they had Carrier units-those had 700Hp Crocker Wheeler motors-never heard those wind up-would hve been neat to see and hear.Would always see them running or stopped.The Tranes had hermetic motors.Drew less power than the older Carriers.Was a Gov't office building in Wash DC.At a college semiconductor lab in South Dakota they had a Westinghouse induction heating supply motor gen set that when started-gave a nice warmup-when turned off,took over an hour to spindown to a stop.The unit isn't used-but still there.Was replaced with a diffrent semiconductor material heating furnance.
Launderess, when I used the Extractors back in the mid 70's into the 80's.
The instruction at the mat always ask to place one towel over the load and tuck around the basket. It was advise to keep cloths from flying out during use.
When did they stop doing this?
When I look at the basket holes, I wonder why they never used smaller holes to reduce fabric wear?
The instruction at the mat always ask to place one towel over the load and tuck around the basket. It was advise to keep cloths from flying out during use.
When did they stop doing this?
When I look at the basket holes, I wonder why they never used smaller holes to reduce fabric wear?
Yes, you still can or should cover the load with a towel or heavy flannel. However my comment were more directed as to how extractors should be loaded.
OK!
Jerry---
I have a Philco-Bendix double-load washer and a Bock extractor in my laundry room. You can get a lot of wash done in little time with this setup. Jeff
I have a Philco-Bendix double-load washer and a Bock extractor in my laundry room. You can get a lot of wash done in little time with this setup. Jeff
vacuumguy99
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Just imagine a Dexter twin tub wringer with a bock, I would be surprised if a load of laundry took more than 20 minutes with a set up like that.
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I guess I must have missed out on seeing laundromats that actually had semi automatic washers with extractors. I didn't actually go into a laundromat until I was probably 8 or 9 when we were on vacation somewhere and had to use one, since my parents had an automatic washer and dryer. I sure fixated on some of the neighbor's washers though. When my father got into the dry cleaning/laundry business He inherited an old Cook extractor with a couple of semi automatic front loaders. That thing really spun fast!!!!! It had the laundry shirts practically dry when they came out, ready to hot head press.
In commercial settings
Ideal soon became for most wash to emerge from extractors or final spin cycle of washer with just enough residual moisture to allow going straight to ironing/pressing.
Early on places had things called "cold tumblers" which were basically dryers without heat. The idea was to fluff up and loosen the often packed mass of wash that came from extractors before things could be finished/ironed. In lieu of such a machine workers called "shakers" would do the job.
Some laundries like in domestic settings simply put things into heated clothes dryers and took them out when "damp dry" for ironing. The heat and tumbling also remove a good big of creasing so it could be argued less ironing would be required.
Ideal soon became for most wash to emerge from extractors or final spin cycle of washer with just enough residual moisture to allow going straight to ironing/pressing.
Early on places had things called "cold tumblers" which were basically dryers without heat. The idea was to fluff up and loosen the often packed mass of wash that came from extractors before things could be finished/ironed. In lieu of such a machine workers called "shakers" would do the job.
Some laundries like in domestic settings simply put things into heated clothes dryers and took them out when "damp dry" for ironing. The heat and tumbling also remove a good big of creasing so it could be argued less ironing would be required.
