July 2024 Bulletin

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We are proud to send out our July 2024 Bulletin—we hope you enjoy it. See Service Tips, Parts Ideas by Barb, Supply Ideas by Chris, and Our Feature.

New Updates: 

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 Featured Customer: The Laundry at Linens Limited
• Chris Schiefelbein, John Sullivan, and James Riopel — SHOT-SPOT: the do-all stain remover
• MCC Service Tips — Vibration Issues
• Parts Ideas from Barb — Parts Warranty

SUPPLIES

SPECIALS IN STOCK:

New R&B Wire RBSP-1000 Laundry Floor Scale, List $2,607, special $2,500 FOB MCC.

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

Calendar of Upcoming Events

• Drycleaning & Laundry Institute (DLI) July 23, 30 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 pm CDT.
  
  DLI Weekly Peer-to-Peer Zoom Meetings. Share ideas and brainstorm with other professional cleaners from around the globe with weekly Zoom open discussions. Members may click to register. https://dlionline.org/events/
  
  
• Drycleaning & Laundry Institute (DLI) July 23, 25, 30 @ 12:00 pm
  
  Virtual Stain Removal Course: Zoom Mix of live lectures, videos, and hands-on activities. Classes are given in English and progress is monitored by a series of quizzes and exercises. https://dlionline.org/event/virtual-stain-removal-course-2/
  
  
• Coin Laundry Association (CLA) August 6 at 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm CDT: FREE
  
  Virtual Workshop: Explore The Art of Work-Life Integration, presented by: Jill Yashinsky-Wortoman, CEO, Momentum Coaching & Consulting, LLC. Join women in laundry to experience a transformative workshop where we’ll explore The Art of Work-Life Integration. https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEqce-urzkuGdCNX41CizTxgl_ouXNIwBac
  
  
• DLI Member Orientation via Zoom: (DLI Membership required) August 7 at 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm CST
  
  Membership staff will walk you through DLI’s available resources. Any and all questions will be answered. Our goal is to help you get the most from your membership. https://dlionline.org/event/dli-member-orientation/2024-08-07/
  
  
• MWDLI Summer Summit August 9 - August 11
  
  The Mid-West Drycleaning & Laundry Institute’s 2024 Summer Summit will take place at the Belterra Casino Resort in Florence, IN. This annual gathering offers a unique chance to gain wisdom from industry leaders and engage in discussions about the business landscape. https://dlionline.org/event/mwdli-summer-summit
  
  
• MCC Free Fall Show – Menomonee Falls, WI October 15
  
  
• MCC Free Fall Show – Shoreview, MN October 17
  
  

MCC Service Tips

Vibration Issues

Is your commercial washer shaking more than usual, particularly during the extract phase?

Proper Loading

Check the easy things first: the most likely answer for this is the machine is significantly underloaded or overloaded. While there are many ways to determine whether a washer is properly loaded, a good rule-of-thumb is that once the load is totally saturated with water and the basket stops when changing direction, there should be an opening between roughly 11:00 o’clock to 1:00 o’clock at the top of the load. If you underload the washer, the goods will sit well below this imaginary line. If the machine is overloaded, the goods will tend to go around and around without being able to mix properly or get proper mechanical action during the wash cycle. Another way to test for this: watch the goods during the wash cycle, you should see a little bit of ‘drop’ in the goods as they approach the 11-1 line. If the goods are packed so tight that they don’t drop during the wash cycle, they are also not getting as clean as they should be.

Check Anchor Bolts and Grout

If improper load size is not the issue, check to see if all the anchor bolts are tight. Sometimes, over time, the grout on hardmount washers can break or vibrate loose over time, sometimes on old concrete, anchors can loosen—all this can lead to a looser seal between the machine and the concrete, and hence, more vibration. If you do find bad anchors, bad or broken grout, please call us and set up to reinstall that washer before your commercial washer is damaged or causes injury.

Shocks on Soft-Mount Washers

Finally, if your washer is a soft-mount/suspended-mount washer rather than a hardmount, you may have some bad shocks or similar supporting components that
have worn or damaged and in need of replacement. Please call us with your model and serial number for more information for proper troubleshooting. If you are unsure of the cause, please call us, we will run you through the above item

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.