Commercial Dryers & Washers

Commercial dryers and washers are often much larger than residential appliances.

Commercial dryers and washers can be found in businesses, such as hotels, hospitals and apartment complexes. They can clean and dry small amounts of private laundry or up to hundreds of pounds of fabric.

Considerations

Commercial washers and dryers can clean on-site laundry -- such as that found in hospitals, prisons or hotels -- as well as private and third-party laundry. Energy conservation is often a factor when considering an on-site or industrial appliance, while durability and reliability are paramount when considering the purchase of commercial coin-operated machines used for private laundering, like those found in laundromats, apartment complexes and some lodging facilities.

Washers

Commercial washing machines come in top-loading and front-loading varieties and can be standalone or stackable, manual control or coin-operated. Top-loading washers often combine large load capacity with front serviceability and ease-of-use. Users don't have to bend over to insert or remove laundry and repair personnel have an easier time servicing these machines. Smaller, coin-operated machines are often located in hotels and apartment complexes for guest's use.

Front-loading washers don't have agitators, the rotating paddle in the middle of the basket, and are often more energy-efficient than top-loading machines. They often have larger capacities, require less water and save in water heating costs. Stacked washers are often combined with stack dryers for use in smaller spaces such as apartments, condos and small motels.

Dryers

Commercial dryers range from small, coin-operated stack dryers with 7 cubic foot baskets to industrial dryers with 175 cubic foot baskets used in large institutions.

References

• Alliance for Water Efficiency: Commercial Laundry Facilities Introduction
• Huebsch: Products
• American Dryer Corp: Industrial
• Earth Easy: Front-Load Washers