January 2022 Bulletin

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We are proud to send out our January 2022 Bulletin—we hope you enjoy it. See Service Tips by Ed, Parts Ideas by Barb, Supply by Chris, and Our Customers.

New Updates: 

-2022 Calendars are in the mail—consult your salesperson if yours has not arrived yet!

ON-PREMISE LAUNDRIES in Hotels, care facilities, and Hospitals:  Energenics Lint Buster Lint Filters are now available with bacteria-killing UV LIGHT.  Clean lint from your indoor air and clean bacteria from your indoor air. 

LAUNDRY and HOUSEKEEPING Sanitizing Supplies:  We have hand sanitizer, disinfecting surface cleaners, and disinfecting laundry supplies by ECOLAB and Pariser.  Call Chris at 651-288-4845.

DRY CLEANERS:  Sankosha has an operating showroom just outside Chicago. Try out live equipment! And rest assured, Sankosha supports new or used Sankosha equipment with parts and service help.

MILNOR and HUEBSCH are two of our favorite vendors. Feel free to visit their websites (Milnor and Huebsch) for more details on their great products!

This bulletin includes information on:

• Our Customer — Grand View Lodge, Nisswa, MN 
• Supply Deals by Chris — Highlighted Products for Dry Cleaners   
• Service Tips from Ed Jensen — Servicing Chicago Finishing Equipment, Feeders, Ironers, Folders
• Parts Ideas from Barb — A Winter Poem (with a discount code inside)!

Additionally, we are pleased to offer the following:

SUPPLIES

We have you covered for Covid-19 issues to help make your workplace a safe place.  Ask us about surface cleaners, hand cleaners, and laundry chemicals from ECOLAB and Pariser.

Specials subject to supply on hand:

Pariser San-Man Hand Sanitizer with glycerin, 70% isopropanol alcohol, only $62.85 per gallon, call for Supplies — 800-328-5689

For your worn-out washers or dryers, we can install replacement equipment FAST - 800-328-5589.

Calendar of Upcoming Events

-2022 Calendars are in the mail—ask your salesperson if yours does not arrive by mid-December. 

January 3rd – MINNESOTA CHEMICAL OFFICES CLOSED for the holidays. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

COIN LAUNDRY ASSOCIATION – www.coinlaundry.org – will soon restart in-person events and has many online courses. 

Wisconsin Fabric Care – www.wiscleaners.com – held a number of events in 2021 and more will be scheduled in 2022. 

• April 9 — Brewer Baseball Game 
• June 12 — Golf Outing River Club Mequon
• October 7 — Annual Fall Conference

Minnesota Dry Cleaners – www.minnesotadrycleaners.org – held a number of events in 2021 and more will be scheduled in 2022. 

Upper Mississippi Valley Association for Linen Management Home (umvailm.com) will soon again host in-person meetings. The parent national organization Association for Linen Management (almnet.com) has many online events. 

Road Trip Idea: Visit the Sankosha USA Showroom in Elk Grove Village near O’Hare. Test run operating Sankosha laundry and dry cleaning finishing equipment by appointment. Sankosha USA (sankosha-inc.com) Call (888) 427-9120

July 30–Aug 2 – The Clean Show 2022, Atlanta, Georgia (messefrankfurt.com). This great event brings in vendors and speakers from all over the world with a huge exhibit floor and dozens of events. Plan now to attend this summer. 

Service Tips from Ed Jensen

Servicing Chicago Finishing
Equipment, Feeders, Ironers, Folders

Lubrication: Lubrication of chains is very important to help protect the chains from wear, rusting, and stretching. Be sure to clean up any excess grease as it attracts lint and soil.

Wearing of Mechanical Parts: Have a program to regularly inspect chains, pulleys, and sprockets for wear. Replace as needed to keep equipment operating at its best.

Ribbons: When replacing bad ribbons do not replace one or two at a time. Ribbons stretch so you must replace the full set or they will not ride properly. When replacing ribbons, be sure your hands are clean, so you don’t transfer grease or oil onto the ribbons - grease will transfer onto the linens.

Sensors: Inspect the sensors on the ironers, feeders, and folders for alignment, cleanliness, wear, and proper operation. Sensors “see” the linen as it passes so they must be kept clean and in proper operation and orientation or linens will not feed, iron, fold or stack properly.

New Featured Products 

Energenics UV-MAX is a portable UV-C sanitizer device to disinfect rooms, soiled sort areas, trucks and comes in two sizes. Call for equipment department sales.

Sanitizing supplies—we have hand sanitizer by Pariser HAND-SAN, ECOLAB products, and gloves. Call for supply department sales.

Lint Scrubber filters the air and encapsulates the dust and lint. With the UV Light option, the Lint Scrubber disinfects the particles collected.