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Yeah, but not for this or similar tasks... (unless I'm out of date?)

Working with fabric is notoriously difficult. Doubly so when we're talking random unknown pieces of fabric already sewed together by some third party and not simple rolls of it that need to be transformed in known ways into clothing.

I think they mean something like at laundromats. Or those large commercial laundry services should be using them behind the scenes.