News for JENSEN customers - Jensen Group

News for JENSEN customers
Jesper Munch Jensen
CEO JENSEN-GROUP
thinking Solutions
Today companies in the laundry industry must
adapt quickly to the changing en vironment.
It is the intention of the JENSEN-GROUP to
design and supply single machines, systems
and integrated solutions that generate competitive
advantages in providing high quality
textile services. Whether we provide a single
machine or turn-key laundry, we always
deliver a solution that considers reductions in
operating costs, improvements in quality and
flow and/or increased productivity. The aim
is to understand the various business models
of our individual customers in order to find
the best solution.
JENSEN is more than just a supplier. We have
experts all over the world with in-depth
knowledge of the latest production processes,
laundry flow, plant layout and pay back
analysis. You can draw on the combined
experience and expertise of JENSEN-GROUP’s
engineers and supervisors, and also of course
on the skills and knowledge of our local partners.
We don’t just believe in «selling», we
believe in a loyal partnership before, during
and after the project. Our continued in vol-
vement reflects our policy for maintaining
open and constructive dialog with our
customers. This issue of Jenfo includes a few
new references; you are welcome to visit.
Jesper Munch Jensen
textile rental companies process a wide range
of different types of garments and uniforms,
ranging from gowns, to trousers and t-shirts,
to producing them in high quantities, reduced
time scales and with less staff. textile rental
customers require excellent finish, accurate
sorting, various folding templates and particular
dispatch methods, but how can these
requirements be met in a complete system?
We are proud to introduce one of our most
recent system solutions for garment handling
and sorting at ALSCO Italia S.r.l. in Padova. The
plant processes approximately 11,000 garments
per day. The Metricon ® sorting system sorts all
garments based on route and sort criteria ID’s,
such as account, customer, size, locker bank and
wearer. All garments are transported on automatic
system hangers (Lobster hangers), as most of
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Faster garment handling and sorting process using less space
LatESt INNOvatIONS the Metricon ® 6000 conveyor system
Die Enthüllung der UNIvERSaL HighLine
aLSCO Italia S.r.l., Padova: Pre-sort garment storage using the space beneath the laundry ceiling
the garments are automatically folded, wrapped
and labeled before leaving the plant. Only a small
quantity of garments is delivered hanging on a
wire hanger. All garments are equipped with an
RFID chip so that information regarding sorting
specifications and location for exiting the system
can be received from the garment RFID reading
at the loading/Cross feeder/Re-Introduction
sta tions that are connected via the Metricon ®
Control PC «MCPC», and be sent to the garment
database at the Metricon ® File Server «MFS».
Loading process
After the centrifugal process, the garments are
transported on conveyor belts to the Metrifeed
garment loading stations. Each station is equipped
with an RFID reader and big flat antenna in order to
identify the garment, and an RFID antenna to read
the RFID hanger chip. At each loading station, the
operators can check the data matching (marrying)
process on a touch screen where different destinations
can be addressed manually. A manual
code can be entered if there are garments to be
processed that do not contain a chip.
Finishing
The identified garments are allocated to one of
the two Omega Plus finishers, depending on the
determined finishing category in the customer
data base. The finishers operate at two different
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LatESt INNOvatIONS 1, 2
REFERENCES 3
ExHIBItION REvIEw 4
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temperatures on the upper floor, in order to save
as much ground floor space as possible. Garments
with special finishing requirements are
transported directly to the «press» area via a bag
system. After the garments have been pressed,
the operator puts the hanger on the «pick up»
conveyor, which automatically transports the
hanger to the automatic marrying station. The
RFID in the garments and the RFID on the Lobster
are automatically read. The information about the
garment is matched up in the hanger database
from this position.
Inspection and repair
All finished garments must be sent to the four
inspection stations to be passed. The stations
have an automatic and manual mode, each with
visual inspection and re-addressing possibilities
on the touch-screen, such as repair, rewash,
exchange, no read, stock and A-Sort.
Pre-sort buffer
Before sorting, the garments are allocated into
Pre-Sort (A-sort), according to the following
criteria:
1. The same route is found
2. An empty rail is found
3. The rail with the least amount of garments
is found
Up to 40 Lobster hangers can be stored per meter
on the Metristore in A-Sort. When A-Sort clearly
reaches its capacity, feeding into the A-Sort is
automatically stopped. A configurable amount of
garment-free space must be set up to allow
re-circulating garments to re-enter A-Sort.
automated marrying station
Recirculation sorting system
The Recirculation sorting principle was the most
appropriate of the four existing types of sorting
systems, due to space-saving reasons, as well
as productivity and versatility. Different solutions
have been requested, including processing
significant portions of individual garments and
garments only sorted by article and size. The
Recirculation sorting system has a sorting
capacity of up to 2000 garments per hour.
A special buffer with a capacity of 1000 garments
has been set up between the Pre-sort and Final-
Sort in order to increase the sorting capacity.
As soon as a route enters the final sorting stage,
the next route stored in the special buffer can
then directly enter Final-sort. Thus, time is saved
with regards to discharging a route that can be
split up over 2-3 rails in the Pre-sort and transporting
it to the Final-sort, as sorting can con tinue
immediately.
automated de-loading and folding
Directly after sorting, a complete route is dispatched
to one of the three fully automatic
garment folders, Maximat Industrial, thus it is
significant to maintain route integrity. The routes
are automatically allocated to the three folding
machines after sorting, depending on their classification,
or are manually allocated by the operator.
Folding template/program and stack change
information is sent directly to the folder via the
hanger chip. Maximat Industrial automatically
carries out full hanger de-loading, garment feeding,
folding and stacking. Directly after folding,
a sticker is printed and placed on each stack.
The empty Lobster hangers are returned on an
express rail to the Metrifeed stations as quickly
as possible.
Re-hanging station
Garments requiring hanging delivery are sent
directly from sorting to the re-hanging station.
Here the Lobster hanger is fixed by an Easy-Load
un-loading station at the exit, where the garment
is then taken off to be re-hung on a wire hanger
with a Metrifeed station.
Display of garment system on MFS computer and handheld device
Empty hanger return
Empty hanger return
Metrifeed
Finisher 1
Press
Finisher 2
Inspection
station
Pre-sort
Recirculation
Sort
Metricon Live
The supervisors at the Alsco plant use the Metricon
Live application on a handheld device and on
the MFS computer at the central desk. It displays
the entire Garment finishing system, including
alarms and real-time production statistics. Quick
trouble-shooting is possible from anywhere in
the laundry. Full mobility allows the operator to
take immediate action.
Press
Cross feeder
station
Bypass
Recirculation
Recirculation
Re-introduction
Destinations:
Repair, Rewash
Exchange, Stock
Maximat 1 Maximat 2 Maximat 3 Hanging delivery
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La Blanchisserie Centrale yverdon, Switzerland: Fully automated, space-saving laundry process in the washroom area
High-quality textile service for Swiss hotel business
REFERENCES La Blanchisserie Centrale yverdon, Switzerland
In close co-operation with Mr. Kratzer, Managing
Director of La Blanchisserie Centrale
yverdon and laundry in Sierre and Mr. Schwab
from Bardusch, JENSEN has developed a complete
laundry solution to fit the new building.
Mr. Carl Bardusch, who is majority shareholder
of La Blanchisserie Centrale, personally
decided to go ahead with the huge project
with JENSEN-GROUP in December 2006. Six
months later, the new automated laundry
was fully operating in production.
La Blanchisserie Centrale Yverdon specializes in
the hospitality sector. The company provides a
high-quality textile service for four and five star
hotels in Switzerland. Personalized and pool hotel
linen are processed together. At the entrance to
the delivery area, all dirty linen is sorted into different
categories, such as customer or finishing
category and the washing program, with the
Futurail Tri-Sort system. The dirty linen is thereby
filled into hanging bags, which are stored on
various rails in the Futurail Classified system just
beneath the laundry ceiling. Thus the laundry
entrance area is cleaned up quickly and kept
free for incoming carts with dirty linen.
Approximately 2.5 tons of hotel linen is processed
at La Blanchisserie Centrale Yverdon every hour.
Two washing tunnels, Senking Universal are con-
tinuously loaded with 72 kg batches which are
automatically fed from the bag storage system
beneath the laundry ceiling. The two washing
tunnels are able to operate with minimum
water and energy consumption due to the dirty
linen sorting process, well-planned washing
process and integrated heat-recovery and waterrecycling
system. After removing the water from
the washed linen in two high-pressure presses,
Senking SEP 72 HD (51 bar), the linen is raised by
3.5m to a mezzanine with two lift-conveyors, one
per washing line. At this height, there are 16 gasdryers
Senking DT 90 installed on one line, which
crosses the building along the laundry ceiling.
This position saves space on the laundry floor
and reduces the cost of exhaust ducting for each
dryer. In addition, working conditions have also
been improved, as the vacuum of fresh air for
the dryers no longer causes a draught on ground
level. The linen batches from both washing tunnels
are transported using a shuttle, which automatically
takes the batches to the next free dryer.
The dried linen is discharged on the other side
of the dryer line onto four conveyor belts, also at
3.5m. The belts forward the linen batches to two
loading stations where the batches then drop into
a bag. The full bag is automatically transported on a
rail system to the determined finishing destination.
The bags containing fully dried towels are sent
directly to the folding station, which consists of
six Tematic Pro towel folders. Bed linen and duvet
covers are routed to the ironer lines designed for
large pieces. The bags are directly discharged into
the Viking 2000 separators that prepare the linen
for fast and ergonomic feeding into the versatile
feeder Logic Plus. A 3-roll EXPress ironer with
flexible chest and an Universal folder at the back,
ensures fast processing and high-quality finish.
Small pieces are sent to the finishing line, which
contains the Basic-I feeder, EXPress ironer with
Fully automated transfer of clean linen to finishing stations
flexible chest, and the Magic + Napkin-Bottomup
folder. Table cloths are sent directly to the
ironer line, with Variant 2000 at the front for the
smooth and high-quality feed of delicate pieces.
The entire laundry process is flexible. All finishing
stations can be reached from every dryer. Bags
containing clean linen can be stored at each
finishing station to ensure a continuous process
flow. The final destination of each linen batch in
the Finishing area has already been determined
at the dirty linen sorting station.
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Marketing
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High interest in latest JENSEN developments at texcare asia ’07
ExHIBItION REvIEw texcare asia in Shanghai, September 19–21, 2007
the magnificent city of Shanghai Chinese laundry visit at Chanzhou ai xin Laundry Co. Ltd.
JENSEN-GROUP has been sparking interest from
numerous visitors with the most significant
JENSEN equipment currently on the market.
The live demonstration of the brand new Maximat
Bathrobe Folder was of particular interest. This
was sold to a Chinese laundry owner on the first
exhibition day. The new Maximat is the unique
combination of a towel and garment folder with
fully integrated sorting options. On the third
ex hibition day, Chinese customers and potential
buyers were taken to visit one of the recent installations
of JENSEN equipment at a private textile
rental laundry outside Shanghai. It was amazing
to see how fast the European state-of-the-art
laundry system had been adapted and professionally
used by the Chinese laundry managers.
Development of the Chinese Market
JENSEN set up its own Sales and Service Center in
Shanghai, working with well-trained local per-
sonnel in order to become closer to the emerging
market. The office in Singapore has now
become the Regional Headquarter, handling all
Sales and Service matters in the region, supported
by distributors and their own JENSEN companies
in China and Australia. Initially the center
acted as a support for individual machines,
which are still being sold, but with the rapid
development of the market, and the complexity
of projects today, the design and project department
at the Headquarters in Singapore has
become increasingly significant.
Those who believe the Chinese market is not
developing are very wrong; today the Chinese
market is swiftly becoming more sophisticated.
For serious laundry operators, China is no longer
just an initial investment. This is particularly
small in comparison to the cost of long-term
operation. We are seeing professional operations
switch very quickly from using washer extractors
to implementing CBW systems in order to save
and preserve water, as well as switching to the
most advanced CBW systems where the traditional
Counter flow systems have been abandoned.
Clearly the equipment must be high-quality here,
however it must also work in synergy to support
the increasingly significant usage of natural
resources such as water and energy, which are
constantly decreasing.
The majority of capital in China is located in the
cities, which is where the people want to live.
It is a challenge for the Chinese government to
supply such huge cities with energy and water.
Electrical power is mainly produced in power
plants operated with coal. The CO2 emissions
cause acid rain, which affects natural resources.
China must control its environmental pollution.
Operations consuming high quantities of resources,
such as laundries, will need to invest in
water and energy saving equipment.
Kaj andersn, JENSEN asia, tang Gui Fang, Chanzhou ai xin
Laundry Co., Cao ya Chuan, Shanghai Denwise Co.,
thomas yin, JENSEN China
Exhibition schedule
MEEtING POINt
May 31 – June 4, 2008
texcare International
Frankfurt am Main, Germany