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Scrubber Driers

A Comprehensive Guide on Scrubber Driers

The act of manually scrubbing floors was labour intensive and expensive in terms of time and energy. Around the middle of the 20th Century mechanical floor scrubbers made their appearance to make floor cleaning more thorough and efficient; keeping pace with the enhanced requirement for cleanliness in the workplace.
The scrubber drier uses rotating brushes and cleaning solution to agitate the dirt away form the floor and the residue can then be captured by squeegees and sucked into a holding tank in the body of the machine for later disposal. It is on the face of it a straightforward operation, however in selecting the right machine consideration has to be given to a variety of factors to ensure that the correct one is chosen.

Types of Scrubber Drier

There are two types of scrubber driers, one pushed along manually by an operator and known as a “walk behind” or pedestrian operated machine and the other is a ride-on machine where the operator drives the machine around the floor to carry out the cleaning. The level of sophistication of both types of scrubber driers varies and it is important to select one that suits its purpose.

Selecting a Scrubber Drier

For instance, not all machines have a vacuum recovery system and rely on the squeegees alone to mop up the residue, which in small areas requiring a lighter duty may be adequate. Perhaps the most important part of a scrubber drier is an efficient brush system as without that the dirt cannot be effectively lifted from the floor. Many machines on the market today have self levelling brushes or brush pressure adjustment capabilities to ensure that they can cope when the floor is not level which is often the case in industrial environments. Scrubber driers are powered by chargeable battery packs and so the length of time that they can work is determined by the size and efficiency of these packs, so careful selection of machine is important to make sure there sufficient energy in the machine to complete the job. The size of the solution and recovery tanks should also be considered to ensure there is enough capacity to clean the required floor area. Because scrubber driers work in an industrial workplace they can come in for rough treatment therefore the body of the unit should be durable and resilient to the possible hard knocks that may come its way.

The selection of the right scrubber drier needn’t be a problem if you talk to the knowledgeable experts at B & G Cleaning who have the answers.