Now a huge selection of home appliances is offered to help housewives, among which only begin to gain popularity drying clothes for clothes, which allow to quickly dry clothes . Manufacturers offer drying machines for laundry in the form of cabinets or drum type, which are similar in appearance to washing machines .
Principle of operation of a tumble dryer
In the working chamber, which has the shape of a drum, clothes are loaded, things are constantly mixed there, blown through by a powerful stream of warm air and dry out, without any wrinkling at all.
Depending on how the moisture is removed from the machine, the drying machines are divided into:
- exhaust;
- condensing;
- with a heat pump.
Separately, there are washing machines.
Exhaust Drying Machine
They are also called ventilated, since air, which has collected moisture from the laundry, is led outwards through a flexible hose of the duct, taken out to the street or connected to the ventilation system. Exhaust dryers use less energy than condensation dryers, and the drying program is shorter.
Condensation drying machine
The process of moisture removal in it occurs differently: heated air enters the drum with laundry, and moist air passes through the heat exchanger, where it cools and gives collected moisture. The moisture accumulated in the storage tray after the drying process is finished should be poured out. They do not need to be connected to ventilation and can be installed anywhere.
Drying machine with heat pump
According to the principle of action, it is also condensational. It works as follows: the heat pump entering the car heats up and pumps into the chamber, the moist exhaust air passes through the evaporator, where moisture condenses, and the dry air again flows into the condenser and heats up. Moisture is drained or drained into the reservoir. Dryers with a heat pump are very economical (energy costs are reduced to 50%).
Washing-drying machine
Has a closed cycle of drying without the release of steam, with the withdrawal of the condensate formed into the drainage. The disadvantage is that you can launder "without crushing" 5 kg of laundry, and dry - 2.5 kg, which means that the linen will have to be laid out and dried in two stages.
How to choose a drying machine?
When choosing, pay attention to:
- Drum capacity : If you have a spacious bathroom or a separate laundry room, you can install a machine with 7-8 kg of laundry, for a small family without children - for 5 kg. In a small apartment for a bathroom, a narrow drying machine for clothes with a vertical load of 3.5-4 kg or a built-in washer / dryer in the kitchen is suitable.
- Drum characteristics : the tank is better than stainless steel or carborane. The internal surface of the tank in appearance should resemble bee honeycombs, so that the laundry is protected from mechanical damage, and the presence of side blades allows to dry the laundry evenly.
- Power consumption : the power consumption of the machine is 1.5-2.3 kW, you should pay attention to the economical models of class A.
- Process control : In simple models, only the treatment time of laundry is set, and in expensive it is sufficient to indicate the level of residual moisture and the type of fabric, and the machine will choose the program itself ("wet laundry", "extra drying", delicate drying, drying "in the cabinet" and others .).
In drying machines for laundry, there may be additional functions:
- indication of tank filling;
- a basket for wool, which will not allow the material to crumble;
- delayed start;
- backlight of the drum;
- lock buttons and protection from children.
Installation and connection of a drying machine
The installation of the dryer is similar to the installation of a washing machine, for this purpose it is necessary to connect correctly to electricity (a grounded outlet is required) and according to the instruction for ventilation or sewerage.
In a private house for home laundry, you can select a separate well-ventilated room in which to place a washing and drying machine for laundry and drying cabinet.
For apartments it is more convenient to install a drying machine over a washing machine. When installing the dryer on a washing machine for docking, special frames and fasteners are used.
Whichever model you choose for a laundry dryer, the main result is clean dry laundry and extra time for the family.