Miele Washing Machine PWM 906 [EL DP MAR 3 AC 230V 50-60Hz] – 6 kg, 230 V, Lotus white

Six kilograms in a 57 litre drum spun at 1,600 rpm with a g factor of 704 defines the Miele PWM 906 as a compact high‑spin marine washer. Residual moisture is specified at 48% with a cold rinse and 45% with a hot rinse, so laundry leaves the machine already part‑dried and ready for short dryer cycles.

On board, those residual moisture figures translate into heat and time in the dryers and into HVAC load. The PWM 906 is specified with heat dissipation into the room of 1 MJ/h, so the ventilation and air‑conditioning calculation can use a published value rather than an assumption. The machine stands 850 mm high on a 596 x 714 mm footprint and has a maximum floor load of 2,820 N at a net weight of 100 kg, which lets the naval architect check deck loading, plinth design and any coaming detail against the data sheet.

The PWM 906 sits in the Little Giants series and the Performance Plus range as a front loader with a Lotus white front and stainless steel control panel. It is specified and approved for shipboard use, specified for offshore installations and carries Lloyd's Register approval, so it is aimed at marine and offshore laundries rather than adapted from a domestic platform. Tested operating hours are stated at 30,000, which aligns with continuous professional duty in a crew or officer laundry where the machine runs several cycles per day. Door opening is 300 mm with a 167° opening angle and a right‑hand hinge, a combination that needs reconciling with bulkhead clearances and adjacent machines in a tight laundry.

Supply is 3~ 230 V 50/60 Hz with a total connected load of 4.4 kW and a 4.2 kW electric heater, protected on a 16 A fuse. That configuration fits vessels with a 230 V three‑phase distribution already in place and avoids additional transformers or converters. One cold and one hot water connection are provided, each as 1x 1/2" hose with 3/4" threaded union, so the washer can either heat from cold on its own elements or be fed from a ship’s hot‑water system. Drainage is via a DN 22 drain pump, which helps where there is no gravity fall to the grey‑water main. Emission sound pressure level is quoted at ≤70 dB(A) re 20 µPa, which matters where the laundry backs onto cabins or workspaces.

Water and energy consumption are fully quantified. With a cold water connection the PWM 906 uses 45 litres and 0.95 kW for a 59 minute programme, equivalent to 7.5 l/kg and 0.16 kWh/kg. On a hot water connection it uses 42 litres and 0.38 kW over 49 minutes, or 7 l/kg and 0.06 kWh/kg. Specific water consumption values of 7.5 l/kg on cold and 7 l/kg on hot matter aboard where bunkered water or desalinated water is a costed resource, and where generator loading is planned rather than left to chance.

Build and control

• Maintenance-free synchronous motor
• Stainless steel honeycomb drum with perforated rear panel
• Specified for offshore installations
• Specified and approved for shipboard use
• Independently tested virucidal efficacy
• Verified hygiene performance
• M Touch Flex control system, programmable
• Remaining cycle time display
• Display language switchable at any time
• Detergent drawer with 3 compartments
• Detergent empty sensor
• Three-dimensional imbalance monitoring
• Thermal disinfection rinse programme
• EcoSpeed wash rhythm for reduced water use
• Emission sound pressure level ≤70 dB(A) re 20 µPa
• Recycling rate 95%

This configuration fits smaller crew laundries, officer areas and specialist items where 6 kg batches and 59 minute cold‑water or 49 minute hot‑water programme durations match the workload. It is the wrong choice as the sole washer for a laundry carrying the vessel’s full hotel linen load, where larger capacity bodies in the same marine programme should take the base duty and this format, if used at all, sits as a support machine. Ordered under Miele product designation PWM 906 [EL DP MAR 3 AC 230V 50-60Hz], article number 51906186MAR, material number 11251370.