CLEVELAND, OHIO—Green Lodging News has added a new case study to its website. The case study focuses on the Hilton Concord in Concord, Calif., and its success using the Pillow-Vac pillow renovation machine from Harris Pillow Supply. The Hilton Concord’s cost to purchase new pillows is $18.00 to $24.50 per pillow, depending upon the size and style. The overall average cost of a new pillow is $20.70. The average cost of renovating a pillow with the Pillow-Vac is $8.56, providing an average net savings of $12.14 per pillow. This includes labor, energy and other associated costs associated with the operation of the Pillow-Vac. The annual savings from the Pillow-Vac is estimated to be $15,842, a return on investment of approximately three months.
The Pillow-Vac, with a small 2’ x 4’ size, is designed specifically for pillow renovating. It uses an ozone-emitting germicidal light to kill bacteria, sanitize and deodorize the filling. The old pillow is cut open and emptied into a tumble chamber which has rotating brushes that expose everything to germicidal lights while breaking up clumps that have formed. It fluffs up the down clusters, and sifts out the dust that has been trapped in the pillow. If it’s a feather and/or down pillow more new filling is added to bring it back to the density of a new pillow. At the end of the cycle all the filling is blown back into a new, 100 percent cotton feather- and downproof ticking. The entire process takes an average of three-to-four minutes per pillow.
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