Further to the thread about the unusual washer seen on the Austrian classified ads site, I had a look for anything else of interest and found this Miele spinner. I am on the lookout for a spin dryer but will probably find one nearer to home.
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These were used in laundromats.
arbilab
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A-B-C-D bolt holes? Definitely the industrial version.
Drehzahl (rpm): 1400
It does quite well because the drum is much wider than a household spinner. Besides, the Miele laundromat machines didn't spin very fast. Spinning the laundry in such spinners took a lot of water out of the laundry before drying them in the big gas dryers.
True That
Bock extractors do not spin *that* fast either. Well not anything >2000rpms anyway.
Bock extractors do not spin *that* fast either. Well not anything >2000rpms anyway.
Best argument for high speed extraction
"You can take an entire load of heavy towels and jeans out of a 30lb. washer and put it in one of my Bock extractors and then put it in one Huebsh dryer and the entire load will dry in less than 14 minutes! A regular hard mount washer generates about 85 G's with a spin of 510rpm. But a 35lb. Bock extractor generates nearly 800 G's and spins at 1725 rpm! After you take out jeans and towels from a washer it has about
55% water retention. But after just a 3 minute spin in a Bock extractor the cloths hold barely 20% water. So if you put a load of jeans and towels in a dryer that is 55% full of water then for the first thirty minutes that burner is on nealry constant.
But when you take a load of jeans and towels out of a bock ectractor with barely 20% water content in the cloths then for the first few minutes the burner is on as it reaches the high temperture quickly and the residual water in the cloths is heated, turned into vapor and expelled out the duct."
"You can take an entire load of heavy towels and jeans out of a 30lb. washer and put it in one of my Bock extractors and then put it in one Huebsh dryer and the entire load will dry in less than 14 minutes! A regular hard mount washer generates about 85 G's with a spin of 510rpm. But a 35lb. Bock extractor generates nearly 800 G's and spins at 1725 rpm! After you take out jeans and towels from a washer it has about
55% water retention. But after just a 3 minute spin in a Bock extractor the cloths hold barely 20% water. So if you put a load of jeans and towels in a dryer that is 55% full of water then for the first thirty minutes that burner is on nealry constant.
But when you take a load of jeans and towels out of a bock ectractor with barely 20% water content in the cloths then for the first few minutes the burner is on as it reaches the high temperture quickly and the residual water in the cloths is heated, turned into vapor and expelled out the duct."
You Can Find Bock Extractors On fleaPay
And other sources for used commercial laundry equipment.
Aside from a more robust build and larger capacity any of the standard domestic spin dryers will do.
That being said one tends to prefer older domestic spin dryers without braking systems. The newer ones make so much racket when ramping up and down due the plastic bits inside that are part of the locking system.
If you are really lucky some eBay sellers will ship spinners from Europe to this side of the pond. Your only worry then would be the difference in voltage and frequency. If you have a 220v outlet then that problem is solved, long as you change the plug. Depending upon how old the unit is it may or may not be bothered by the ten percent difference in frequency.
And other sources for used commercial laundry equipment.
Aside from a more robust build and larger capacity any of the standard domestic spin dryers will do.
That being said one tends to prefer older domestic spin dryers without braking systems. The newer ones make so much racket when ramping up and down due the plastic bits inside that are part of the locking system.
If you are really lucky some eBay sellers will ship spinners from Europe to this side of the pond. Your only worry then would be the difference in voltage and frequency. If you have a 220v outlet then that problem is solved, long as you change the plug. Depending upon how old the unit is it may or may not be bothered by the ten percent difference in frequency.
Contacted seller!
I emailed the seller of the spinner:
Hi there,
My apologies for contacting you in English but I don't speak
German. I am from UK but living in western Hungary. I really like
the spinner but could you tell me the approximate dimensions so
I can check whether it would fit in my car?
Many thanks,
Phil
Today I received his reply:
"%#@$ YOU"
I emailed the seller of the spinner:
Hi there,
My apologies for contacting you in English but I don't speak
German. I am from UK but living in western Hungary. I really like
the spinner but could you tell me the approximate dimensions so
I can check whether it would fit in my car?
Many thanks,
Phil
Today I received his reply:
"%#@$ YOU"
How pleasant of him??
I take it he was not pleased you spoke English?
I take it he was not pleased you spoke English?
I'd Report Him To eBay Germany
Sending along a copy of both emails, your message to him and the response.
There is no call for such behavior period. Personally would be inclined to let loose with a nice response in German, but then again it never pays to stoop to gutter level.
Sending along a copy of both emails, your message to him and the response.
There is no call for such behavior period. Personally would be inclined to let loose with a nice response in German, but then again it never pays to stoop to gutter level.
arbilab
Well-known member
Ah, the universal language.
I thought Euros were civil. OK, scratch that.
I thought Euros were civil. OK, scratch that.
I don't think it's fair to judge all Europeans on this one case.
arbilab
Well-known member
Of course you're right FA. But you have to admit, that response was extraordinarily abrupt.
I admit that, but others than Europeans never respond like that?
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