Recycling machines at job (todays find)

[fredriksam]

I have been thinking on showing you gyus the machines we collect and then recycle. This is a first post of this. See if people is interrested or not. This day i DID find a nice machine. A dryer from the 60´s or the 70´s. It has the name LIAB and was made in great britian. Seems to be a cool machine. I have uploaded the pics on webshots so you can see them there.

http://community.webshots.com/album/551382341fMYUeY

 

[fredriksam]

And here is the pic of that dryer. Anyone else that know this model?

 

[foraloysius]

I've never seen that dryer. It looks less wide than most dryers. I've seen two interesting machines in your pictures, the little toploader and the frontloader with the controls at the back of the top. Could you tell us what brands they are from?

 

[fredriksam]

Ah. The toploader is a Husquarna but its made by Upo in Finland. These were very popular here in sweden. The spin speed on these was very poor 420 rpm, but many uses them in their summer places still.

That frontloader with the controls in the back is a Cylinda (Asko)This machine was probably only sold in Sweden i belive. Also one of these "top" buyed machines in the 70´s. Spin speed about 600 rpm.

About that dryer; i plugged it on today just see if it still worked. Turned out the fan was in bad shape but the drum moved anyway. And it sounded really loud, not something to have if you live in a compartment. LOL. And you´re right, its not wide like other models. Its also smaller than most other models.

 

[seamusuk]

Hey

I think that was made by a company called Burco- its a mid 60s model

Seamus