Women and men engaged in households often face the need to perform monotonous and at the same time physically difficult work. It is to such classes refers to ironing linen. It would seem that in moving the iron on the fabric there is nothing complicated, and the device itself weighs quite a bit. However, the ironing of such major objects as bed linen or bath towels requires a large amount of time and considerable strength, especially if the number of family members is much more than 1-2 people.
Today, a special car comes to the rescue to facilitate the consumer life of a modern person, which is called an ironing rink.
Design specifics
Most often, large and complex ironing machines are used in large industrial enterprises and in various laundries or dry cleaning. Such complex devices are called calendars and are essentially predecessors of a small home rink. The technology of straightening the fabric and at a large plant, and in a small urban apartment remains the same. The fabric is tightened to the rotating drum and is skipped under the hot roller-iron or on a special gutter, which smoothes the folds on it.
Externally, such a car looks like a high narrow table where the drum is located and an ironing mechanism, and instead of the side of the sides, there are beans supplying heat. Management can occur both automatic and manual mode. In order to start the heating mechanism, you just need to turn on the rink to the network and click on the power button, and for the movement of the drum, you need to click on a special pedal. For convenience, it is located at the bottom, and the operator presses the foot to it.
Advantages
A rink ironing machine is much more expensive than iron and takes quite a lot of space in the apartment. In addition, it is impossible to stroke a shirt or pants, as it is suitable only for working with straight linen, such as pillowcases or curtains.
She has a specific list of advantages that outweigh these disadvantages.
- After leaving the ironing roller, the fabric surface is not easy to smooth out of the folds, it becomes perfectly smooth and enjoyable to the touch, which is almost impossible to achieve the usual iron without a steamer.
- A man in the process of working with an ironing roller takes a comfortable position, sitting on a pufa, chair or even in a soft couch. This is especially important for the elderly and those who have problems with the lumbar spine, since the usual ironing passes in a small slope, and the load on this site can lead to complications.
- The unfolded ironing roller occupies a fairly large area, however, there are folding models that are easily placed in the lower box of the chest or cabinet. In addition, such an aggregate is conveniently moved around the room and in the unfolded form due to small wheels to which it is installed.
- The speed of processing even the highest mountain of pure underwear is very high, and the efforts that the operator will spend are insignificant. During the time that occupies the usual ironing of one pillowcase, the roller skips 3-4 sheets or towels. At the same time, in contrast to manual operation, the density and composition of the fabric practically do not affect the speed of work.
- Unlike the usual iron, which is easy to burn the skin of the body and especially the hands, the hot parts of the ironing roller are located inside the mechanism. The feed drum also has protection that reduces the risk of injury to almost zero.
- Such a large number of advantages over an ordinary ironing board and an iron or more modern, but not such a fast paarer leads to the fact that an increasing number of owners even small urban apartments prefer to make this expensive purchase.
Varieties
All ironing rollers can be classified depending on the complexity of the mechanism, while they are divided into two large groups.
- First group Includes equipment with a heating stove located at the very top of the aggregate. From the bottom to the hot plate is pressed the roller, covered with heat-resistant material, which scrolls the sheet or towel along the hot surface.
Such devices are much faster wear underwear and require its pre-drying in air or in a drying machine.
- Second group - These are the so-called drying and ironing devices. In this case, the unit is equipped with a metal shaft, which heats up and smoothes underwear with high temperature or steam. Since in this case the pillowcase or duvet cover is not stretched over the surface, and rolled under a soft angle of 300 degrees, then the fabric is less wearing and remains softer.
For similar features, ironing rollers can be divided into:
- groove;
- Calendar.
The design of the first includes one heating element and chute or the shaft, according to which the fabric is supplied. Electric heating does not allow drier underwear when ironing and requires tissue, the humidity of which does not exceed 5-10%.
The second devices include two or more drums with electrical and steam heating, which must be connected to exhaust ventilation for removing hot steam. In such rims, you can simultaneously iron, and dry underwear after washing machines. However, most often such devices are cumbersome and small, therefore are installed in large laundries, not private houses and apartments.
How to choose a device for home?
To date, an increasing number of household appliances manufacturers offer iron rollers in the assortment.
To choose a quality product that lasts for many years and will be convenient to operate, You must decide on multiple basic parameters.
- Determine for which purposes the device is purchased. If there are a large number of simple simple items, such a purchase, indeed, will be justified. If the number of complex products exceeds the volume of bed linen, towels and curtains, then it is best to get a high-quality saparler or a good iron.
- Select the productivity of the unit. The productivity of the ironing rink is the number of things it can be processed in 1 hour. More high-performance machines are required to large laundries and dry-cleaners, and even the smallest is suitable for home use.
- Select the size of the rink. Before buying it is necessary to decide on the installation site of the ironing machine and calculate the maximum allowable dimensions of the device. Most likely, his dimensions will be such that the sheet or a duvet cover will have to stroke, twice as well, otherwise the skating rink will take almost the entire wall.
- Additional functions. In the event that, together with the washing machine in the house or apartment there is a drying, then enough buying the simplest rink without drying function.
- Shaft diameter. The larger diameter has a shaft, which heats up and smoothes underwear, the more qualitative will be the result. In addition, the productivity of the machine will significantly increase, since the re-ironing will not be required.
- The clamp of the roller to the hot surface can be both manual and automatic. In the first case, the operator itself regulates the force of adhesive underwear, and in the second - it is automatically adjustable. Of course, the second option is more expensive, but the quality of ironing will be higher.
- The speed of the roller can be adjustable and constant. The first devices are much more expensive, but much more convenient in operation. Depending on the thickness, quality and humidity of the fabric, it is possible to reduce or increase the rotation speed of the feed shaft, due to which the smoothness of the product comes from the roller.
Having understood with all the requirements, having studied the reviews on this or that model on the network, you can stay on 1-2 rink options, which is fully suitable for a particular person or family.
Rules for ironing
Different types of products require various appeals, but there are certain rules that are suitable for any ironing machine.
Even on high-quality devices with additional drying, the fabric can not be laid with which the water flows with jets. The percentage of humidity of a towel or curtains should not exceed 50.
During the downtime, the machine cannot be used as a hanger or a stand for other items.
It is undesirable to run the rink in good, as it flashes the surface of the rollers and contributes to the device breakdown.
Lingerie Before ironing needs to be dried (if an ordinary rink is used), slightly terminate with your hands and gently put on the feed roller. The product must be polished entirely or folded twice, deep folds and chances must be sealed with their hands. You should not pull the corners of the product in different directions and, especially try to pull the edge, which has already passed inside the rink. So that the lateral parts of the heating panel or roller do not overheat, it is necessary to alternate the supply of large and small products. The correct operation of the ironing apparatus will allow him to last a lot longer than the warranty period, while maintaining the original quality of linen for a longer period.
Overview of the ironing rink, see the next video.