New Dream Machine Acquired!

[launderess]

"I prefer intermediate spins before rinsing. I want all the soap and muck out of my clothes."

Rinsing laundry is a process of dilution. Extraction is what pulls remaining detergent/soap/muck or whatever out of textiles.

One can rinse laundry several times then extract, or extract after each rinse. Either way when properly done will result in a good wash.

Not extracting after wash means there is going to be carry over of chemicals, muck, etc.. into subsequent rinses. At some point much of that is diluted out of fabric and rest is pulled out via extraction.

This explains why one can rinse laundry several times until water is "clear". Then upon extraction (by whatever method) water is has chemical residue and otherwise not totally clear. However if well rinsed once extraction is carried on for a bit water is indeed clear telling there is nil to low amounts of residue.

Many industrial/commercial laundries still run wash cycles that do not extract after main wash or subsequent rinses. A final extraction is all there is same as in old days. Only difference it machine itself handles the job instead of things having to be moved to separate extractor.

Tunnel/batch washing machines (which are rapidly taking over industrial/commercial laundries) cannot extract between cycles. Yet they are able to turn out wash that rivals or even surpasses traditional washers.

The Milnor Difference - Pellerin Milnor Corporation

www.milnor.com

 

[launderess]

Congrats again Jamie!

You now join that rarified club of AW members with commercial h-axis washing machines in their collections/homes.

There's only two or maybe three others IIRC.

https://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?68230

 

[adam-aussie-vac]

I’m gonna try and get my hands on a speed queen super 20

As honestly I think it would be awesome to have one of them plus it would complement my extractor and with only a 30 minute wash cycle. I would be very happy with doing the full 9 kg load in it.

 

[tomturbomatic]

Congratulations! I remember going to commercial laundries as a youngster and watching the big Milnors while my parents picked up dry cleaning and daddy's shirts. About a decade later a coin laundry opened that had 4 twenty pound Milnors and, unlike the big machines of earlier, these extracted. It was really exciting to watch the machines go into distribution while filled with water and then hear the dump valve snap open. There were forces involved that could tear down a frame building. We used to take our area rugs to coin laundries and, over the decades, that afforded me the opportunity to "test drive" many washers. Have fun!

 

[appnut]

Congratulations Jamie!!!! Super exciting.

 

[helicaldrive]

Wow

And I’d say you got the perfect size drum too. Once I helped some needy people get an immense amount of extremely filthy laundry to a laundromat, and into several 6-load Dexters it went. With astounding amounts of Persil Stain Fighter before any suds formed. It was amazing how much cleaning took place in those short laundromat cycles, presumably due to the very heavy weight of such a huge wet load squishing down on the clothes when they were at the bottom of the drum, but by the same token, some of the hoodies really took a very noticeable beating. If it were my clothes I’d wash them in the smaller machines like you bought, even if it did cost more quarters. I’m sure those uber sized commercial front loaders would be OK for sheets and towels and jeans but not for fine clothes.

It’d be a joy to have the machine you bought! Any time I’m in a laundromat I’m so impressed with how efficient those commercial front loaders are compared to my home model SQ FL.

 

[helicaldrive]

Also

It’s so nice that the commercial ones don’t have that rubber door boot that has to be dried off every time, and nooks and crannies cleaned out every couple weeks.

 

[launderess]

Short cycles

Commercial/industrial h-axis washers of all sorts including OPL and laundromat are designed to have rather aggressive wash action. This usually means substantial lifter bars/beaters that lift and drop (ok slap) laundry against itself and wash tub.

Such washers can do in a wash cycle of 8-12 minutes what takes domestic machines thirty, forty or more minutes. For badly soiled wash there maybe two or more wash cycles, but none are longer than say 12 minutes. This explains why commercial washers of all types including laundromat machines have are done and dusted with total cycle times of usually between 20 and nearly 40 minutes. My AEG washers allot nearly an hour just for rinse and spin cycles. *LOL*

Regarding rubber door boot around tub, industrial/commercial washers never had them for h-axis washers for most part. There is a gasket around porthole which allows the door to be sealed directly onto the drum assembly without protruding into the washing space.

On most if not all domestic front loaders glass porthole protrudes into tub and are even designed to become part of wash action via sloped design that keeps wash away from boot.

Asko is one of if not only domestic front loader that comes to mind who don't use gasket around tub, but rather gasket/seal around door porthole.

https://us.asko.com/products/laundr...M85-242B5-W6124X-W-U-ASK/p/000000000000578203

There are pros and cons to each. Some consider boots unhygienic and just something that sooner or later will need to be replaced.

OTOH not having boot and just seal around door can lead to a few issues.

One is smaller items such as infant clothing (socks) can slip between tubs. It is suggested such items be placed in mesh bag for laundering.

Other issue is full door gasket around tub seems to be slightly better at preventing leaks. If you go to any laundromat and look at front of machines often you'll see tell tale signs water has leaked from door down front.

Usually this is caused by operator error; customer or laundromat attendant using too much detergent causing huge issue with excess froth.

Was at local laundromat week or so ago and Asian attendants are famous for not measuring but pouring liquid Tide into dispenser in heaps. This time the large >50lb washer had so much excess froth it not only was overflowing from door but backing up into next three washers in that row of machines.

 

[pulsator]

Finally got a video!

Finally managed to get enough time to get a video recorded! This is just a play load of clean towels, so they didn’t rinse out super well… whoops.

You may hear some other noises throughout the video, sorry! lol

Cycle is one I created! “Towels”

 

[mark_wpduet]

Do you PEOPLE understand?? Do you PEOPLE UNDERSTAND how much I would LOVE to have this thing in my house?

 

[chestermikeuk]

Jamie & Unimac

Oh now thats nice Jamie, we do remember that young lad with a passion for washers and those pics and videos of that gym washer about to explode with the cracked spider and welded .

Looks an interesting washer , look forward to seeing you explain it all - Enjoy Your New Machine.

Cheers, Mike

LINK To Jamies Thread On The Fitness Gym Unimac Washer

Industrial Washer Failure

My summer job while I'm in college is working at a local fitness center as a locker room attendant. AKA, I collect, wash, dry, fold, and restock the towels as well as all the amenities our locker rooms offer. Our fitness center was designed to sustain an average of 1,500 - 2,000 active members...

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