Who Made These Washers?

[qsd-dan]

like for oiled work clothes I use a little Lestoil....

One cup of ammonia works very well for oil/grease and it boosts overall cleaning performance. You can use it with STPP and oxygen bleach without negative reactions. DO NOT use it with chlorine bleach unless you're seeking to check out of this life (chloramine gas).

 

[lavamat_jon]

Wow

The local launderette where I grew up has 4 of these machines alongside 70s vintage Primus and Schulthess machines. I’ve been looking for years to find any reference to these machines.

They only tumbled one way like the old Bendix machines, and if I remember rightly they had 2 offset paddles which I thought very unusual. We would use these once a month or so to wash the bathroom rug and bedspreads/duvets as and when needed.

Thanks for posting the picture, it’s brought back great memories.

Jon

 

[Chetlaham]

Welcome!

 

I can imagine you having fond memories, just looking at these machines makes me wish I could use one. The mural is a beautiful compliment to them. Reminds me of how my user name came about lol. People merrily washing clothes and dishes in a bubbling hot river spring with water abound. 

 

[launderess]

"Regarding the original image, were these washer types ever offered ins of mount"

Someone else may know for certain, but highly doubt these "Duplex" washers were offered as soft mount.

Then and still today default preference for laundromat and commercial washing machines is hard mount for host of reasons.

Soft mount machines of all sorts are gaining interest because they usually offer greater extraction (at or above 400 g force level) than hard mount machines.

Physics of h-axis washing machines are same regardless of application. Forces generated during wash, rinse and certainly extraction have to go somewhere.

With hard mount machines those forces are sent down through machine via bolts to floor and distributed throughout building. At some point however if forces are great enough and depending upon construction of building there can be a whole lot of shaking going on.

Soft mount washer/extractor have their own internal suspension systems that are meant to take brunt of forces generated by machine. You still have some energy directed down to flooring, but not any where near same as hard mount.

 

[Chetlaham]

Yes, soft mount. Auto type / correct fails me yet again LOL!

 

 

Interesting to know soft mounts can achieve greater extraction. I'd imagine that make a lot of difference in a commercial or institutional environment when drying large loads of towels, linens and such.

 

 

[launderess]

Hard mount washers basically do not have a suspension system. Even low rpm spin speeds can cause the thing to shake and possibly go walk about.

Vintage Bendix washer in video is a hard mount washer.