You’ll find UniMac equipment at work in virtually any location that requires an industrial equipment solution to manage heavy volumes of laundry each day. In a recent article published in American Laundry News, Editor Matt Poe chats with Michael Arnold, coordinator of laundry services for the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC), about the unique challenges [...]
When you are looking for new laundry machines for your business, you have a lot of options. You need to consider factors such as available space, type and frequency of use, machine efficiency and capacity, technology and more. Not all these factors are a concern for each business, but for on-premises laundries where space is limited, a stacked washer-extractor/tumble dryer is the best solution. A stacked washer-extractor/tumble dryer unit [...]
These days, having an efficient, effective laundry operation is more essential than ever. While COVID-19 infection rates continue to increase across the country, individuals, families and businesses may have changed their laundering practices – such as waiting longer between loads if they are going to a laundromat, changing clothes throughout the day or even washing [...]
While your company’s laundry room may not be your idea of a fun place to hang out, it actually has a lot to do with the overall customer experience you offer. Whether you run a hotel, an assisted living facility, a restaurant, a spa or any other business that requires on-premises laundry services, the quality and maintenance of [...]
Baths are great when you just want to soak at the end of the day. But let’s be honest, are they effective for getting clean results? When it comes to clean and water efficiency, showers are just better. Therein lies the difference between a conventional bath rinse and a spray rinse. UniMac’s OPTispray brings those same advantages to its UW washer-extractor and [...]
We are used to hearing about racecar drivers and fighter jet pilots experiencing “Gs” or G-Force. So, what is it? And how does it relate to laundry? G-Force is quite simply a multiple of the force of gravity due to acceleration. Fighter jet pilots can experience upward of nine Gs, or nine times the force of gravity. [...]
Of everything going on in a busy on-premises laundry, drying should be straightforward, right? One tumble dryer should be pretty similar to another. That’s definitely not the case. While washer-extractors appear to have all the technology, tumblers have their fair share and can greatly impact efficiency, throughput and labor. Below are a variety of features [...]
N95 masks have never been more important and in shorter supply. Reusing this vital piece of PPE requires a fast and effective means to decontaminate masks. UniMac announced that specific models of its hugely popular 75-pound capacity tumble dryer can, with the correct programs, be used for viral decontamination of N95 masks and quadruple their [...]
How is it that the laundromat business has metrics such as turns per day, revenue, peak periods and even per-machine usage and profit, yet many on-premises laundries (OPL) are measuring success by whether or not all loads were processed? Far more goes into the degree of success a commercial laundry is achieving. As we operate through the current pandemic, managers [...]
UniMac prides itself on delivering the best products, services and support. We believe in what we do and surround ourselves with expert distributors, who are just as passionate about laundry and supporting customers. During the current crisis, clean laundry has perhaps never been more important. At firehouses across the country, the need for clean laundry has increased significantly, [...]
