Chicago Dryer is the leading flatwork finishing company in the industry. Chicago and HK combine together to solve your finishing needs! Chicago's complete line include folders and stackers offering productivity in your laundry room!

CHICAGO ONE SOURCE A WORLD OF SOLUTIONS

Chicago ironers are designed to dry and iron sheets, pillowcases and table linen made from polyester/cotton, cotton, and other quality flatwork fabrics, including VISA'. No commercial ironer will produce a finer quality finish because ironing is performed by continuous contact between wet linen and Chicago's revolving heated cylinder, compression roll and return ribbons. Flatwork is placed on the feed ribbon conveyor and carried under the spring tension compression roll (which smoothes and flattens it) and into contact with the revolving ironing cylinder. The key to the Chicago ironing system is that the padded compression roll and return ribbons run faster than the revolving heated cylinder and feed ribbons. As the heated cylinder continues to move, the faster running return ribbons create a stretching action which pulls linen tight to remove wrinkles and improve flatwork finish. Return ribbons hold flatwork in firm contact with the heated cylinder until the discharge point is reached at the other end of the circumference of the heated cylinder for a total linen-to-roll ironing contact of approximately 300'. This sliding contact of linen with the highly-polished revolving heated cylinder creates a fine gloss finish comparable to hand ironing. Type F models can be placed directly against a rear wall because all finished linen is discharged to a front receiving shelf. Type R models allow the user to select front or rear discharge by turning a switch. In rear mode, a lower conveyor delivers finished flatwork to a rear shelf or optional automatic folder. Type R models are desirable for laundries with adequate space behind the ironer, where load demand requires increased production and justifies rear operators.

Chicago is one of the few finishing equipment manufacturers in the world that designs and fabricates all of its own products, including electronic controls, rather than relying on outside sources. This vertical integration gives Chicago complete quality control of manufacturing from start to "finish," the ability to offer additional standard features while retaining a competitive price, the flexibility to promptly respond to changing customer needs, and single source responsibility for the entire finishing system.

Because flatwork finishing is Chicago's specialty, our designers are always interested in finding creative ways to accommodate a user's special needs. Throughout our product range, you will find "Chicago Originals" developed in response to these customer requests. Many are patented; others are just a better way of doing things. It requires additional time and investment to develop and build products incorporating these innovations, but the gains in efficiency and finished linen quality for our customers are well worth the extra effort.

Extensive Manufacturing Facility

Chicago's factory has the widest assortment of high production lathes, press brakes, and metal working tools in the industry, providing Chicago with the production capacity to offer its broad range of models and value added features. Chicago also owns the U.S. laundry industry's only computer operate laser cutting center. This 2000 watt laser with flying optics and servo drive precisely positions and cuts openings for rolls, bearings, and other components. After the basic structural and mechanical parts have been fabricated, experienced teams individually assemble each Chicago model, integrating the highest quality electrical, pneumatic, and heating components into the assembled product. The final step before shipment is the testing and inspection of each unit under load conditions with an assortment of prepared or sample customer linen.

Our World Is Flat. Our Ideas Aren't

Because Chicago concentrates all of its efforts on flatwork finishing, it is the industry leader in developing innovative products and technology. This long list of "originals" continues to grow as a result of Chicago's ongoing commitment to research and development in this specialized field. This is your assurance that a capital expenditure for Chicago equipment is an investment in a properly sized and matched system with excellent long term value.

Finishing Is Our Only Business

Chicago specializes in designing and building systems to feed, dry, iron, and fold washed sheets, pillowcases and table linen, as well as tumble dried towels, blankets, patient gowns, scrubs and specialty items. Just as important as the hardware and software installed in any project are the knowledge, dedication, and creativity of the people in the organization chosen to provide the most efficient system to perform the flatwork finishing task. As you will see, technical expertise, product innovation, quality, and tradition are powerful reasons to choose Chicago as your single source for a world of flatwork finishing solutions.

Why We Finish First

Chicago is one of the few finishing equipment manufacturers in the world that designs and fabricates all of its own products, including electronic controls, rather than relying on outside sources. This vertical integration gives Chicago complete quality control of manufacturing from start to "finish," the ability to offer additional standard features while retaining a competitive price, the flexibility to promptly respond to changing customer needs, and single source responsibility for the entire finishing system.

We Create Solutions

Because flatwork finishing is Chicago's specialty, our designers are always interested in finding creative ways to accommodate a user's special needs. Throughout our product range, you will find "Chicago Originals" developed in response to these customer requests. Many are patented; others are just a better way of doing things. It requires additional time and investment to develop and build products incorporating these innovations, but the gains in efficiency and finished linen quality for our customers are well worth the extra effort.

Mid Range Ironing MODELS II, 14, 1 8, and 24 (280 mm, 350 mm, 450 mm, and 600 mm)

Traditional workhorses with new updated features, including exclusive power burner with Surefire ignition on gas heated models, ASME certified roll on steam model's, and high output heaters on electric heated models. Each delivers extra drying power when needed and reduces energy consumption when production demands are lower. Complete with AC frequency inverter variable speed drive and speeds up to 65 FPM (20 ml min) in a choice of five roll lengths and four diameters to match the needs of any mid- size commercial, on-premise, or institutional laundry requiring production of I00 to 400 pounds (45 to 180 kg) per hour. Choice of space-saving front or versatile rear/front return models.

Ironing and Folding in Limited Space

For higher volume on-premise laundries with limited space, TRI-STAR finishing systems are offered in a choice of 32",28" or 24" (800 mm, 700 mm, or 600 mm) ironing roll diameters with built-in CHI controlled primary folder, crossfolder, and stacker that provides complete finishing of up to 800 pounds (360 kg) per hour in less than half the floor space of a separate ironer and folder. Optional built-in multi-lane folding is also available. TANDEM one piece units are offered in a choice of three roll diameters that offer compact drying, ironing, and primary folding. Designed to bring automated finishing to limited floor space on-premise laundries that need to produce 150 to 300 pounds (70 to 135 kg) of finished linen per hour.

Compact Ironing

For processing 50 to I 00 pounds (23 to 45 kg) of high-quality restaurant, banquet, or club linen, the full-length BREEZE, compact COMET EXECUTIVE, and CHAMP DLX offer the same type of heavy duty construction, quality features, and lasting value as the higher production models for which Chicago is well-known.