Commercial Laundry

Traditional laundry services use hot water to aid chemical activation and provide thermal disinfection. The First Ozone cold water wash system achieves these objectives while reducing a facility’s energy consumption and extending linen life by as much as 20%. In addition, steps within a wash cycle can be shortened and some even eliminated, which reduces overall water use, electricity, and cycle times. These reductions allow facilities to be more efficient, allowing personnel to provide labor for other tasks.
Since ozone is an oxidizer and sanitizer, soils are oxidized and microbes are eliminated and removed rapidly with improved chemical effectiveness. First Ozone systems are designed specifically for commercial laundry applications and can provide a return-on-investment within 8-18 months. They incorporate diagnostic and status indicators that deliver the precise amount of ozone and oxygen. Our systems do not require extra plumbing or water lines, reducing equipment space, simplifying installation, and saving maintenance costs.

How Ozone Works

With oxidizing power 3,000 times more effective than chlorine, ozone is the most powerful oxidizer and disinfectant commercially available that can be safely used in water treatment. Due to the instability of the ozone molecule, it is generated at the point of use and is easily converted back to oxygen. When ozone gas is introduced to an environment with bacteria, mold or any other organic material. It readily donates one of the oxygen atoms in its structure to oxidize or destroy that material.
Additionally, ozone is a catalyst for chemicals and is a natural disinfectant, which Permits reduction in conventional laundering chemicals and hot water usage,
Due to the manner in which the combination of ozone and oxygen assist to relax fabric Weaves, this allows water and chemistries to be more effective, which consequently, Reduces the amount of total water needed.
Reducing total water and enhancing chemical effectiveness provides for lower water demands and a healthier waste system. Furthermore, the relaxed cloth weaves allow the extract phase of the wash cycle to pull more moisture out of the laundered material, permitting shorter dry times and not only improving the quality of linens but also Extending their use-lives.

Benefits of Ozone in Laundering

• -Economic (cost) savings,
• -Significantly lower environmental impacts, and
• –Microbiological kills/inactivation, of all known microorganisms and viruses Commonly found in laundry environments and systems, including the currently Super-bugs, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MSRA) and Clostridium difficile.
• -Proven monthly savings
• -Reduced wash and dry times
• -Improve quality and life of textiles
• -Complete sanitation
• -Less environmental impact
• -Reduced effluent wastewater
• -Energy rebates available in some states