WATERLESS WASHING MACHINE

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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTIONHISTORYWORKINGADVANTAGES AND

DISADVANTAGESCASE STUDYCONCLUSIONREFERENCE

INTRODUCTION

The Xeros Washing Machine is a new kind of clothes washing technology that cleans laundry using primary nylon polymer beads and very little water.

The machine releases nylon polymer beads into a main compartment where laundry is washed. These beads are small and super absorbent which allows them to go through clothing to absorb dirt and stains.

This technology is invented by University of Leeds professor Stephen Burkinshaw, who currently has partnership with Xeros Ltd. in perfecting this technology. 3

Xeros Washing Machine

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HISTORY

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L.G Styler.

XEROS Ltd.

Laundry Orb.

L.G Styler

LG unveiled something similar to a waterless machine back at CES in 2009. Dubbed the LG Styler, the appliance — amusingly referred to by LG as a clothing management cabinet — is the company’s new solution for making your life more convenient, and your clothes fresh. It looks like a cross between a thin closet and a refrigerator. You put your clothes inside the cabinet, and it uses steam to blast the bacteria from your clothes that cause foul odor, as well as smooth out any of the clothes’ wrinkles.

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Xeros Ltd. In the year 2010 Xeros Washing Machine is a new kind of clothes washing technology that cleans laundry using primary nylon polymer beads and very little water. The machine releases nylon polymer beads into a main compartment where laundry is washed. These beads are small and super absorbent which allows them to go through clothing to absorb dirt and stains. This technology is invented by University of Leeds professor Stephen Burkinshaw, who currently has partnership with Xeros Ltd. in perfecting this technology.

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Laundry Orb The concept is by French designer Elie Ahovi(2012), but it's not hard to imagine these types of cleanerballs in apartments of the future. Anything that will cut down on time spent doing laundry. The Orbit uses a battery-filled ring to levitate a supercooled superconductive metal laundry basket. The basket is coated in two layers of shatterproof glass and chilled using liquid nitrogen. The batteries inside the ring produce a magnetic field, and the basket levitates inside this field as its electrical resistivity drops.

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WORKING

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WORKINGThe Washing Machine cleans using nylon polymer beads

and one-tenth of the water used by traditional washing machine.

Instead of cleaning clothes with water, the machine uses reusable nylon for its cleaning process.

Nylon polymer beads are more absorbent than water, which allows them to absorb stains right into their core.

The Washing Machine creates a humid condition in the clothes compartment.

This process causes the polymer chains in the nylon to separate slightly, making the beads absorbent.

The beads then absorb and lock the stains in their core.

Nylon Polymer Beads

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Cleaning Process

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ADVANTAGES

Save Water

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Sustainability

Garment Life

Save Money

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Superior Cleaning

Absorbs Stray Colours

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DISADVANTAGES

If 100% humidity is not attained polymer bead doesn’t acts as an absorbent.

Difficult to attain complete a sterile cloths.

Cannot be adapted to conventional machines.    

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CASE STUDY

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CONCLUSION

Water is one of the most vital and precious natural resources on the planet.

Every man, woman and child needs water to live, so conserving water is a critical step in ensuring the survival of humanity.  

At Xeros, they are dedicated to creating and promoting technologies that prevent water waste and help protect the environment.

So, we started by re-examining the way we wash our clothes and created a new kind of commercial laundry system that dramatically reduces the need for water in the washing cycle.

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REFERENCE

[1] "Waterless Washing Machines". Washing Machine Wizard. Retrieved 25 January 2011.

[2] Jha, Alok (9 March 2010). "The 'waterless' Washing Machine That Could save You Money".

[3] Quick, Darren. "‘Waterless’ Washing Machine Cleans Using Nylon Beads".

[4]"Waterless Washing Machines by Year 2011- Providing Solutions to Our Environmental Problems".

[5] Suddath, Claire (11 November 2010). "The (Almost) Waterless Washing Machine".

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