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This explains how the plastic chips remove dirt, but what about stains and smells?
by river_styx 18y ago
This explains how the plastic chips remove dirt, but what about stains and smells?
- sh1mmer 18y agoWashing machine generally work on a couple of principles, * beating wet fibres to remove unwanted particle mater (stains, dirt, etc) * centrifugal force to extract water It looks like by adding the plastic chips the surface area and frequency at which the laundry is beaten is increased. This allows for the reduction in water. Depending what kind of "plastic" is used it may be something biodegradable. The stains and smell associated with dirty laundry is because of the foreign contaminants in the cloth. If those are removed and absorbed by the plastic particle then the clothes won't smell any more. Personally I wonder how many plastic particle would 'escape' each wash though. That could be a bit of a pain. But this seems like a great improvement to washing machine technology.