STEAMGARD® helps
reduce your energy
consumption 8-20%
now – with immediate
gains in productivity

STEAMGARD®: With no
moving parts, you're
assured of long-term
performance – plus
guaranteed reliability

STEAMGARD's® 5-year
product warranty
saves money – there's
no need to inventory
spare parts, repair kits

www.steamgard.com
STEAMGARD, LLC
730 Forest Edge Drive
Vernon Hills, IL 60061
847-913-8400
800-258-6771

In the highly competitive commercial laundry business, where just a penny or two per hundred pounds can be the difference in winning business - or losing it - every cost has an impact on the bottom line.

STEAMGARD® Technology/Applications

• Washers
• Dryers
• Ironers
• Boilers
• Heating Systems
  
  

STEAMGARD® Technology/Summary

Commercial laundry achieves six-month project payback, saves more than $73,000 annually and enhances product quality and plant productivity

Working with a progressive commercial laundry operation, STEAMGARD® helped the organization achieve three goals:

• Upgrade flatwork finish quality
• Increase productivity
• Reduce fuel and maintenance expenses
  
  

When a mechanical steam trap failed unexpectedly, the only choice was to shutdown the line and wait for the equipment and the area to cool before it could be replaced. That's no longer necessary, thanks to THE STEAMGARD SYSTEM®.

Malfunctioning mechanical steam traps failed to remove condensate, which resulted in uneven heat distribution across the ironer rollers. To compensate, the rollers demanded excessive steam, but the temperature disparity resulted in poor flatwork finish quality.

STEAMGARD® Technology/Results

By replacing more than 60 traditional mechanical steam traps on an array of equipment throughout the laundry, the firm reported:

• Higher quality production and reduced reprocessing while using less steam
• Reduced therm/cwt of processed laundry by 45%, generating project payback of six months
• Reduced natural gas costs
• Improved average surface temperature of rollers by more than 50° F, boosting production capacity by 15%
• Eliminated water hammer and minimized consequential equipment damage
• Minimized corrosion from the formation of carbonic acid
• Extended useful life of pressure reducing valves and control valves by eliminating seat erosion caused by condensate in steam lines
• Improved steam quality by eliminating 'wet steam' issues
• Reduced requirements and expense of make up water and water treatment chemicals by eliminating steam losses