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DRAPER, UT — Westgate has announced its new web design and hosting service which can eliminate problems drycleaners may have had in the past with creating and maintaining a web site.

Westgate said it has teamed with a major web design firm, The Digital Ranch, to create a product that even the smallest of drycleaners can use to create a polished and professional presence on the internet.

The content is totally maintained by the drycleaner with a simple, self-guiding user interface available under password access from the internet. Content changes can be made in minutes and the actual web site will be updated in real-time in seconds, the company said.

To give each drycleaner’s web site a unique look, the initial drycleaner logo graphic is professionally designed and maintained by The Digital Ranch. Cleaners can also create their own.

The technology is available to any drycleaner for a small initial fee and monthly web hosting fee. Westgate Software manages the web hosting service as part of the monthly fee in the same $40 million commercial data center that houses SPOT Application Hosting, a 99-percent uptime facility with full 24-hour facilities management and backup redundancy.

For a first-hand look at this new web site management technology in action, visit www.WestgateSoftware.com. To visit The Digital Ranch web site go to www.Digital-Ranch.net/wsi.

RIPON, WI — UniMac has designed its new QT dual digital control for tumblers to be user-friendly, predicated on the understanding that laundry rooms are more productive when staff spends less time having to learn to operate laundry equipment controls.

UniMac’s dual digital control has simplistic features, including variable temperature controls, manual time adjustment and time-remaining display.

Operation is as simple as selecting the desired temperature, heat and cool-down times and pushing the start button. The machine does the rest, clearly indicating on its display the cycle time remaining. The control also offers an anti-wrinkle mode at the end of the cycle, a feature normally only found on tumblers with microprocessor controls. The anti-wrinkle mode alternates between the stop position and rotation until the door is opened or 60 minutes has elapsed.

Further simplifying the drying process is a one-touch start button to repeat the previous cycle. The feature is helpful in drying identical loads back-to-back.

A move to QT-controlled tumblers by UniMac means laundry room staff will spend less time learning and programming machines for operation and more time on productive tasks. The dual digital control is offered on UniMac’s 25- through 170-pound tumblers. Adding to the focus on productivity, 25- through 75-pound tumblers have reversible loading doors to improve workflow.

TULSA, OK — Royaltone Company Inc. has announced its all-in-one Detergent Plus Conditioner with an odor eliminator for neutralizing bad odors and a dye set to stabilize colors in drycleaning of cloth items. It also offers the option to clean suede and leather.

Royaltone said the product prevents color bleed and ensures odor-free drycleaning for cloth as well as suede and leather articles in any drycleaning fluid including perc, petroleum and DF 2000. It can be used for designer jeans, denims, corduroys, velvets, surface prints, silks and sleeping bags. Colors can be mixed without color bleed, fade or color loss.

Royaltone Detergent Plus also eliminates swales on silks, eliminates blotches on down filled items, reduces wrinkling in all fabrics for easier pressing, gives a smooth hand to all fabrics and longer life to all types of filters. It contains a detergent complex with other additives like an odor eliminator, sizing, brightener, deodorizer, antistatic, conditioner and softener and has no fillers like perc, petroleum or other hazardous solvents.

It can be used as a charge detergent in charge systems or it can be injected in injection systems.

FREDERICKSBURG, VA — Kaeser Compressors, Inc., has announced its new AS-T series rotary screw compressor package 20 and 25 hp models. This complete packaged system features the new AS-T series compressor with integral refrigerated dryer, condensate drains and filters — all tank mounted to reduce space requirements while providing a quiet, efficient source of clean, dry air.

The AS-T units feature Kaeser’s “split cooling air flow” design that improves cooling and reduces noise levels. All units feature the Sigma Profile airend and deliver flows from 59 to 112 cfm and pressures from 80 to 217 psig. The AS-T models also include a new space-saving cabinet design that provides easy access to service points.