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An American style clothes dryer with a rear control panel A European style clothes dryer with a front control panel. A clothes dryer (tumble dryer, drying machine, or simply dryer) is a powered household appliance that is used to remove moisture from a load of clothing, bedding and other textiles, usually after they are washed in the washing machine.
This was a drawback that was inherent to the washer dryer combo design since the dryer had to work longer to dry the drum and its enclosure as well as the clothes inside the drum. On an average, clothes that weigh between 1.8–2.3 kilograms (4.0–5.1 lb) would have kept the machine working for no less than 4.5 hours. [ 8 ]
Laundry hung on a clothes line in a drying room (dehumidifier in the background and duct for ventilation in the ceiling) Drying room with clothes pegs on the walls and clotheslines in the ceiling. A drying room is a room intended for drying objects. It can act as a replacement or complement for drying cabinets, tumble-dryers, and outdoor drying ...
There are also combo washer dryer machines that combine washing cycles and a full drying cycle in the same drum, eliminating the need to transfer wet clothes from a washer to a dryer machine. In principle, these machines are convenient for overnight cleaning (the combined cycle is considerably longer), but the effective capacity for cleaning ...
Laundry is hung to dry above an Italian street. A self-service laundry in Paris Laundry in the river in Abidjan, 2006. Laundry is the washing of clothing and other textiles, [1] and, more broadly, their drying and ironing as well.
Whirlpool Corporation is an American multinational manufacturer and marketer of home appliances headquartered in Benton Charter Township, Michigan, United States. [2] In 2023, the Fortune 500 company had an annual revenue of approximately $19 billion in sales, around 59,000 employees, and more than 55 manufacturing and technology research centers globally.
A rotary dryer is a type of industrial dryer used to reduce or minimize the moisture content of the material it is handling by bringing it into contact with a heated gas. [1] The dryer is made up of a rotating cylinder ("drum" or "shell"), a drive mechanism, and a support structure (commonly concrete posts or a steel frame).