Garments, dry cleaned

In order to dry the dry cleaned garments from the solvent residue which remains after spinning, a fan extracts air out of the cylinder into a condenser, where solvent vapor is condensed out of the air. From there the air is blown into a heater and directed by fan back into the cylinder. In this way the solvent is vaporized away from the garment and after condensing, reused for cleaning. 

The replacement of toxic solvents used in professional garment dry cleaning and critical/precision cleaning of manufactured goods... 

A recent EU-funded study examined the operation of 2 full-scale liquid carbon dioxide (LCO ) pilot units in Denmark and the Netherlands, based on 38 different textile materials and 9 different garment types. The study identified several advantages of LCO textile cleaning compared to perc dry cleaning ... 

Trichlorotrifluoroethane (CFC 113) was widely used in the electronics industry for the removal of soldering flux residues from printed circuit boards, for degreasing components in the precision engineering industry, and for the dry cleaning of garments. 

Industrial Processes and Appl i cat ions Uti lizing Carbon Dioxide Conventional Garment Dry Cleaning... 

One of each garment was dry cleaned 20 times in perchloroethylene, one was dry cleaned 20 times in the Micare liquid carbon dioxide system, and one was used as a standard control sample and was not cleaned. The color change in the cleaned garments was measured using a high-resolution color reflectometer, and the changes were scaled versus the noncleaned identical garment. 

High permanence for washing and dry cleaning for garments and most household textiles... 

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