Where have all the dirty linen moved from the hotel gone?

? I have been a hotel for more than 4 years, and I am familiar with the linen in the guest room. Every day, you will see cloth wagons and staff who come to receive and send goods from time to time. But we never saw or noticed where the dirty linen we took went and how to wash it. On Wednesday, I was lucky enough to visit the flax washing plant in Qingshan with the company leaders and solved the mystery.

? At present, 90% washing companies in Wuhan are concentrated in Qingshan District of Wuhan. When we drove to our destination, Mr. Wang warmly received us, showed us around and explained.

? This is a long row of three-story factories, divided into two parts. Both are washing companies. Our cooperative teacher Wang's washing factory is in the left half, entering the factory of Nuoda, with clear partition. Mr. Wang told us that in order to avoid the secondary pollution of linen, the factory building is divided into three areas according to the linen situation: the first floor is the washing receiving area, the second floor is the sorting area, and the third floor is the ironing finishing area. So in the warehouse on the first floor, we saw the masters who had just returned from collecting dirty linen unloaded the linen from the car and carried it directly to the conveyor belt. The conveyor belt slowly goes up to the second floor, and then we go up the stairs to the second floor. There are three big characters hanging on the hanging beam on the second floor, which are divided into picking areas.

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? I saw the workers removing bags of linen from the conveyor belt and unpacking them for sorting. Generally speaking, there are four kinds of flax classification, 1 and product classification. 2. Pick out pillowcases among the same kind; 3. color classification; 4. Classification according to different pollution levels. Here, I mainly explain why pillowcases of the same material should be sorted out from the quilt cover. Because there is hair oil in the pillowcase, it is difficult to clean it, so it is best to use strong detergent and soak it alone. After sorting, they are put into a big blue rectangular box and weighed. Mr. Wang said that all the workers washed according to the standard weight and were equipped with corresponding detergent. I saw a manual cleaning table with various detergents and tools beside it. This is linen that needs special treatment, such as blood stains or stains such as pen oil and lipstick. Please put it here for local cleaning first. Clean it up before making a summary. ?

Second, the washing area

? Their washing area is on the first floor, and there is a long queue as soon as the large washing machine enters. Although it is a super enlarged version of the family drum washing machine, its volume and momentum are still spectacular. I asked Mr. Wang how to sort on the second floor and wash on the first floor. She looked up and pouted and said, "well, see those blue cloth bags?" They just climb up and down. " I immediately understood, and she also said that our transit bags were all separated, that is, dirty linen and clean linen were packed separately, although she only had one bag, each with 654.38+100000. Then she introduced their detergent to us. Although the interlacing is like a mountain, I don't know the brand of her detergent. She said it was designated by a 5-star hotel. At that time, people came here to inspect the manufacturers. In addition to watching detergent, they also asked to see the purchase invoice of detergent, which was reassuring. The control is strict. In addition to detergent, there is water in the washing process. Then she took us outside the factory. She pointed to a house and said, Look, this is our soft water storage tank. It turns out that this is a giant water tank. She said that all the water is treated soft water, that is, after removing calcium and magnesium ions from the water by some methods, it will not cause secondary pollution to the linen, and then use this water for cleaning. No wonder every time the linen sent from the washing company is so white, except for the detergent, even the water has been treated. I really learn everywhere.

Third, ironing and finishing area.

This ironing opened my eyes. I have seen the small video sent by the small partner of the washing company in the circle of friends before, and it feels quite fresh. This time I witnessed it with my own eyes, but I still can't help feeling that technology is the primary productive force. The quilt cover just taken out of the washing machine is directly hung on the fixed hook of this oversized ironing machine. It goes in from this side, and after several fully automated processes, the quilt cover that has been ironed quite neatly and folded into the shape of tofu blocks comes out from the conveyor belt of the machine in turn, in groups of five. Mr. Wang reminded us to look at their lining ironing equipment. She said that there are two kinds of equipment in the factory at present, one is the previous flat ironing and the other is the recently purchased vertical ironing. Vertical ironing is not only faster, but also better. "Look, it's crisp, just like it's been starched." She said. However, linen from another ironing device will collapse. They are all the same batch of washed linen, and different ironing machines have different feel and visual effects. This is the power of technology. She also said that this new equipment can buy several ironing machines.

? In modern production, manual labor only needs to purchase and ship, and the rest is given to the machine. Other workers in the sorting area are busy sorting and packing in an orderly way according to linen categories and different hotel logo. In this way, these clean and tidy linens are passed from the third floor to the first floor through the transfer bag and transported to various hotels.

? Watching them work reminds me of Haier's "no light factory" mentioned by general manager Run in "New Retail", because it is full of robots and there is no need to turn on the lights for production. I wonder if one day, the people's union involved in the delivery process here will be replaced by machines and become a "factory without lights".