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Posts Tagged: Rich Fitzmorris

  • Taking Charge of Wash Quality  

    Taking Charge of Wash Quality  

    By Rich Fitzmorris — Many times if you ask who is responsible for wash quality, owners, GM’s, production managers, department heads and team members will answer – the chemical company. Although chemical companies supply chemistry, often program the washing equipment and sometimes have service technicians offer ‘value added’ help — a chemical company is not

  • Winter Is Here So Is Our Nemesis – Static Electricity  

    Winter Is Here So Is Our Nemesis – Static Electricity  

    By Rich Fitzmorris — The summer months offer relief from the laundry monster ‘static electricity’ because in general, humidity is high enough to combat the charges generated between textiles and a converting source.  But winter brings the ‘shocking’ return of static to our laundries. During winter months, most of the country experiences low moisture and relative humidity.

  • The Effect of Water Reuse on Linens

    The Effect of Water Reuse on Linens

    By Rich Fitzmorris Water reuse and how it can affect textiles via the washing process is the topic in today’s discussion on how to keep linens/textiles white. Water is an important resource world-wide. However, it is a resource that is dwindling – so we in the laundry industry must show good stewardship in our use

  • How Do I Keep My Linens Looking White?  Part 2

    How Do I Keep My Linens Looking White? Part 2

    By Rich Fitzmorris     No matter what segment of the laundry industry a facility services – on-premise hotel, nursing care, hospital, linen plant or large cooperative – quality is extremely important. Quality is what customers look for and what laundry facilities strive to produce. In part one of my article, “How Do I Keep

  • How Do I Get Iron Out of Water?

    How Do I Get Iron Out of Water?

    By Rich Fitzmorris

    Question: How do I get the iron out of my water? It is turning my towels yellow.

    Answer:  Generally .5 ppm of iron will stain and discolor white textiles. Chlorine is not a good choice for…