This is why industrial laundries and dry cleaners cannot do without industrial wire mesh carts.
Industrial laundries find themselves handling large amounts of laundry on a daily basis, requiring practical and efficient logistics solutions to manage their work. Roll Containers for industrial laundries are an indispensable ally, offering support not only during collection of dirty laundry, but also during on-site processing, and redistribution to customers. Let’s find out together how these carts can validly support work in laundries.
Logistics optimization in industrial laundries with Roll Containers
The customers of industrial laundries are indeed many, many more than a layman might imagine:
- hotels and accommodations,
- restaurants,
- spas and sports centers,
- hospitals and residential communities,
- shipping, rail and airline companies
- military barracks, industries and so on.
Given the volume of work of cleaning professionals, optimizing linen storage and handling is a crucial point on which no compromise is possible, and Roll Containers offer perfect support throughout the work process.
- Facilitating linen collection: Roll Containers are iron carts covered with a shiny chrome film. They are easily washed and do not allow dirt to stick as they are completely smooth.
- Optimize space and work: the Roll Containers are on wheels, which not only allows heavy loads to be moved easily, but also allows the cart to be brought to the location and clean laundry to be loaded easily. IC’s Roll Container carts are all removable without tools, which allows for a smaller footprint when not in use. They also have no bumps or spots where laundry could snag and tear.
- On-time deliveries without address errors: one wrong delivery can invalidate the entire laundry business, which is why IC’s industrial trucks are equipped with plates and document holders that travel with the load. A nice advantage for those who handle many customers and absolutely must avoid wrong deliveries.
Industrial laundries: better plastic carts or Roll Containers?
The goal of this article is to provide evaluation tools for those who must choose how to manage the logistics of an industrial laundry, and Roll Containers are not the only option available on the market. Plastic skips on wheels are a viable alternative to the use of Roll Containers; let’s look together at the strengths and weaknesses of both solutions.
Feature | Plastic skips | Roll container |
| Content protection | Excellent (closed structure). However, it may accumulate moisture with the resulting bad odors. | Discrete. If the laundry is not packed, Corrugated panels or custom-made bags can be used to protect the contents. In contrast, they offer more ventilation. |
| Load capacity | Lower. Average 150 kg. | Upper. Up to 600 kg. |
| Impact resistance | Medium, particularly at low temperatures. | High, all the time. |
| Moisture/chemical resistance | High | High |
| Content visibility | Poor | Excellent |
| Handling | Good (bass and voluminous) | Excellent (treble and well balanced) |
| Stackability | Good, but many times lids are not included. | Not expected |
| Durability over time | Medium (higher wear with heavy loads) | High |
| Cleanliness and hygiene | Medium. Smooth surfaces are easy to clean on the inside, but dirt settles more easily and requires more frequent cleaning. Also, the outside is often neglected because it is difficult to clean, which can detract from the image of your business | Medium. The mesh structure is not conducive to dirt accumulation and requires less cleaning. Washing a Roll Container is easy with a pump or lance, but less easy with paper and sprayer. |
| Space optimization | Good. They are stackable, but they need to be lifted and a forklift is needed when fully loaded. Usually not collapsible or removable. | Excellent. The load spreads in height, they are foldable or demountable. |
Roll Containers for industrial laundries are an indispensable solution for optimizing linen management in a labor-intensive industry. Thanks to their versatility, robustness and practicality, these tools facilitate daily work, improving efficiency and reducing operating costs.
If you are looking for the ideal solution for your industrial laundry or hotel, don’t hesitate to contact IC because Roll Containers are the perfect answer to your logistical and operational needs.
