Spin driers work due to the inertia of the water in the clothes.
The law of inertia states that an object in motion tends to stay in motion in a straight line, unless acted on by an outside force.
What most people call "centrifugal force" is not actually a force at all, but an inertial reaction to cirular motion. This is the principle of a spin dryer. The drum has holes to allow the water to escape, but obviously the clothing is too large to pass through these holes. The apparent "forcing out" of the water is in actuality the clothes being pushed away from the water by the walls of the drum, allowing the water to continue its straight-line path out of the drum, leaving behind dry clothes.
2007-12-14 19:49:59
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answered by phoenixshade 5
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A dryer acts like a centrifuge and essentially flings the water outward away from the clothes. The water gets accelerated out of the cloth by the circular motion, well that and the warm air work together to remove water.
2007-12-14 19:46:55
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answered by eggman 7
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when wet clothes are spun at great velocities, the water droplets too will have that velocity.... due to centrifugal force , since they travel in a circular motion they go off in a tangential direction to the circle... thats the reason for holes all along the water dryer..
for a home experiment...spin a bit loosely tied string to a ball...
you can see that if you start spinning it, at a certain velocity the ball will fly off in a tangential direction
2007-12-14 22:52:44
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answered by toby 2
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A drum filled with the clothes rotates as heated air flows over them. There are many sensors to provide safety and to stop the dryer when the clothes readh th level of dryness required. Most driers are either gas or electric.
2007-12-14 19:47:15
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answered by justforfun_1811 3
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air passes thru a set of electric elements
they consume 25 amps to make 6000 watts at 240 volts
then the air is heated up and thrown out side thru an exhaust tube
very simple really electrically speaking
LOL
2007-12-15 00:55:52
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answered by JavaScript_Junkie 6
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2016-07-11 01:15:47
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answered by Eugenio Butron 1
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