Touchless towel dispensing
August 1st 2003

Lotus Professional has launched a state-of-the-art, touchless hand towel dispensing system, which will provide businesses with cost-in-use-savings. enMotion, part of a new generation of automated dispensing systems, allows for a cleaner and more hygienic washroom environment by reducing contact between the user and dispenser. Companies can make as much as a 50% cost-in-use saving on hand towels with enMotion, as the system lowers wastage, controls usage and reduces maintenance.

enMotion has several features which combine to create what is claimed to be one of the most revolutionary yet stylish systems in hand drying. The system offers several adjustable functions, including a sensor proximity function and adjustable sheet sizes, which offer controlled usage and flexibility to suit individual washroom requirements. The system also operates a simple stub roll transfer system, which cuts wastage and ensures that the dispenser need never run out of paper, resulting in high user satisfaction.

Karen Halifax, trade marketing manager for enMotion at Lotus Professional comments: This product is part of the next generation of touchless dispensers that will set a standard for excellence in washrooms. End users will love enMotion due to its innovative nature and reliability is guaranteed so that companies installing the system will be providing their customers and employees with a high quality hand drying facility.

enMotion is a stylish product that is especially suitable for a wide variety of premium commercial premises including private healthcare, health farms, hotels and offices. The numerous features combine to give both purchaser and end user satisfaction, through a dispensing system that provides a cleaner, more hygienic environment and significant cost-in-use savings. enMotion is a modern solution to an age old problem.

enMotion began development in late 1999 in Columbus, Ohio with the objective to develop an innovative concept in hand drying. Extensive research was undertaken in areas including focus groups and concept testing to ensure that the enMotion model was as suited to the market as it could be. In Europe the product has already been launched in Germany, France and Norway. It is the first in a line of automated bathroom dispensers due to take the market by storm.

The system dispenses quality paper towels via a sensor, eliminating the need for end users to touch the system. By waving a hand in front of the sensor a length of towel is automatically dispensed. As enMotion is touchless it reduces the risk of cross contamination between users. The automated system creates an environment, which limits the amount of germs that are picked up from surfaces. Also as the paper roll is contained within the dispenser it eliminates germs collecting on the paper towels, which would otherwise have been hanging down outside the system. The Hydratek towels reflect the hygiene of the enMotion system. The paper rolls are manufactured in a controlled clean environment to minimise the microbial count and no dust particles are created when the paper is torn making enMotion especially suitable for the catering, hospitals and healthcare industries.

Cost in use savings are as much as 50%. Many of the enMotion features are designed to save the purchaser money. The system makes cost savings by reducing paper towel wastage and controlling usage. enMotions perspex cover makes it easy to see when the paper roll is running low. As rolls are running to the end often purchasers are left with the choice of throwing the roll away or risk the dispenser running out of towels, however enMotion operates a very simple stub roll transfer system. When the paper roll is running low the carousel simply rotates forward. This enables the paper roll to be used to the end, while a new roll is loaded on the main arms, ready to feed through the machine automatically when the stub roll has finished. This feature cuts wastage as no part rolls are thrown away and the dispenser need never run out of paper, resulting in higher user satisfaction.

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