2003 Lavatec LP581 Single Stage Press

Hot Tip #2 Air - Compressors

Compressed air leaks are costly.

Do you know how much of your compressed air is wasted? Air compressors are frequently the largest motor drive machine within a laundry. They are among the first machines to be turned on and the last to be turned off each day. A fifty-horsepower compressor will cost approximately $5.00 per hour to run! [Read More...]

Hot Tip #3 - G Force

Some newer washer-extractors can be programmed in G force.

G force is equal to: RPM2 * Diameter (inches) / 70,500 Example: If a washer basket is 65 inches...[Read More...]

Hot Tip #4 - Combustion Air

As the cold weather arrives, we frequently start closing doors in and around our boiler room.

This blocks off the needed combustion air to the boiler. The required make-up air opening is:

5 square feet per 1,000,000 BTU's per hour.

A 300 BHP boiler would require ...[Read More...]

Hot Tip #5 - Water Hardness

Has your plant ever run on hard water, even for only a day?

How damaging could 1 day be? If a laundry is using 200 gallons of water per minute with a water hardness of 20 grains: The total mass of hardness that should be removed if the facility were to run for 16 hours is? [Read More...]