Now This Is An Ironer
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After your recent troubles with the Pfaff, perhaps this could be used for backup in a pinch?
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It is a Ironer and Folder and Stacker combo. many are used just like it here in larger hospitals. A combo machine is really NOT a good way to go as when something breaks down on one section the ENTIRE machine is down.With Seprate units you can bypass and keep running. New ones cost around $300,000.00 up
It is a Ironer and Folder and Stacker combo. many are used just like it here in larger hospitals. A combo machine is really NOT a good way to go as when something breaks down on one section the ENTIRE machine is down.With Seprate units you can bypass and keep running. New ones cost around $300,000.00 up
$300K now thats a lot to pay to have pressed sheets and tablecloths for the home!Imagine the setup in the basement.and the three phase feed to your house.I am assuming a machine like that will need to run from 3 phase power.Looks interesting though.Looks like it needs two or more people to operate it.Get the family involved?
Truly a wash-day miracle.
You can see one or more of these at work usually at the Hotel & Restaurant Show at the Javitz Center in NYC every November (usually the second weekend in the month).(BTW, this trade show is usually full of industrial washers and dryers for those of you interested). I saw one of these about 15 years ago. It was probably from the same manufacturer and my first thought was, OK, how do I convince these people to make one small enough for the home market. It was truly miraculous!They demonstrated everything from bed sheets to a woman's blouse! and of course, since it was German-made....it worked.
You can see one or more of these at work usually at the Hotel & Restaurant Show at the Javitz Center in NYC every November (usually the second weekend in the month).(BTW, this trade show is usually full of industrial washers and dryers for those of you interested). I saw one of these about 15 years ago. It was probably from the same manufacturer and my first thought was, OK, how do I convince these people to make one small enough for the home market. It was truly miraculous!They demonstrated everything from bed sheets to a woman's blouse! and of course, since it was German-made....it worked.
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Euh this is indeed a combination machine sudsman, but the ironer, the feeder and folder are 3 seperate machines. Where I work during hollydays, they have a Kannegiesser feed and folder but a Lapauw ironer. Btw Lapauw is a Belgian company building lot's of industrial ironing machines. They even build ironers for Miele Professional (look at the LACO emblem on miele proffessional ironers)So bajaespuma; it not German made, it's made in Belgium 
While ironers can speed through much flatwork, those behemoths are truly for commercial use only. Suppose one could have one installed in a laundry wing of a huge house, but don't think they would fit down the basement of a typical surburban home.
Below is a more common ironer found in large European homes,B&B's, and so forth. Indeed some persons who run ironing services from their homes in places like Germany still use them. Of course on that side of the pond 220v and even 400v service is not uncommon for residential buildings.
Below is a more common ironer found in large European homes,B&B's, and so forth. Indeed some persons who run ironing services from their homes in places like Germany still use them. Of course on that side of the pond 220v and even 400v service is not uncommon for residential buildings.
Ages ago, when ironers were first being marketed for home use, one could find units with 40" or more rollers. The idea was to allow one to iron large bed sheets or table cloths with them being folded in half only once if need be. Of course aside from grand castles and other such homes, "king" sized sheets as we know them didn't really exsist.
Find today can do very large linens faster on my ironing table than faffing around with an ironer. It is very difficult to control a cloth once it's folded several times to fit the width of the roller.
L.
Find today can do very large linens faster on my ironing table than faffing around with an ironer. It is very difficult to control a cloth once it's folded several times to fit the width of the roller.
L.
Bajaespuma
There are small versions of the first flat work ironer I mentioned. Roller width is about 24" to 30" and they are mainly designed for small hotels, B&B's, catering firms and such for doing small table cloths, napkins and the like.
Only problem for home use is they most all use gas for heating, not 120V, though there might be a a 220v model out there.
People at Miele tell me that many small laundries and dry cleaners purchase their 220v rotary ironer, if they cannot have or afford one of the ones mentioned above.
Problem with the Miele ironer shown above, you need at least three people to process linens. Two in front to feed large items like sheets and big table cloths (so they go in straight), and someone on the other end to take up the ironed linens and help them onto a table for it to sit and air. In days of cheap labour (daughters, or otherwise), it would be four or more persons. Two feeding, and the rest taking up the ironed linen and moving it onto a table, perhaps even folding it in half so it could go over some sort of drying rack.
There are small versions of the first flat work ironer I mentioned. Roller width is about 24" to 30" and they are mainly designed for small hotels, B&B's, catering firms and such for doing small table cloths, napkins and the like.
Only problem for home use is they most all use gas for heating, not 120V, though there might be a a 220v model out there.
People at Miele tell me that many small laundries and dry cleaners purchase their 220v rotary ironer, if they cannot have or afford one of the ones mentioned above.
Problem with the Miele ironer shown above, you need at least three people to process linens. Two in front to feed large items like sheets and big table cloths (so they go in straight), and someone on the other end to take up the ironed linens and help them onto a table for it to sit and air. In days of cheap labour (daughters, or otherwise), it would be four or more persons. Two feeding, and the rest taking up the ironed linen and moving it onto a table, perhaps even folding it in half so it could go over some sort of drying rack.
