Are your operators rotating the brushes?  Have you ever noticed that a good push broom has two holes on the broom block?  Obviously, this extra hole is so that you can move the handle when the bristles become bent in one direction and the broom does not sweep any more.  We have this same issue with the scrub brushes on your floor scrubber.

Floor Scrubbers and Sweepers are traditionally neglected and abused by many end users.  Think about it, a floor scrubber literally spends its entire life in dirt, water, and sometimes corrosive chemicals or salt.  Floor Sweepers live in a constant cloud of dust.  Sweepers powered by internal combustion engines live or die depending on how their engine air filter is maintained. 

It never ceases to amaze me.  We get a call from a past customer that they are ready to trade in their old floor scrubber or sweeper.  The customer tells us things like, “The old machine just isn’t getting it done” or “I have decided to get this place clean and keep it clean once and for all.”

Factory Cleaning Equipment gets several calls each day about service for floor scrubbers and sweepers.  What can you do to keep your machine in service and not needing service?

Not sure what all the terms mean when you’re looking for a cleaning agent, detergent, soap, or floor cleaning chemicals?

The sweeper that you purchased was designed to sweep up quickly without generating dust as it works.  Odds are that is why you bought it.  If your machine seems to just move the fine dust off the floor and into the air it probably can be easily fixed.

If you use a floor scrubber or sweeper on a daily or weekly basis you probably know that ongoing maintenance costs are a big part of ownership.  Even the best, most heavy duty, floor cleaning machines need constant daily, weekly, and monthly maintenance.  These machines literally live in dirt every day.

If you have a fleet of battery powered Material Handling Equipment or Floor Cleaning Equipment you probably know that acid spills are inevitable.  Batteries leak, technicians overfill cells, and sometimes acid spills out due to the charging process.

Used floor cleaning equipment sales have skyrocketed over the last few years.  We have sold hundreds of rebuilt floor sweepers and floor scrubbers to large and small companies.  Everyone is looking to cut costs.  Buying a used floor scrubber or sweeper may be a great way to do that.  However, if a deal looks too good to be true…

Schedule Cleaning – Every day at the same time a designated person should clean your plant floors (sweep, mop, run the floor scrubber, etc.)  All employees will get their departments ready making cleaning easier and more effective.  More importantly, scheduled cleaning actually gets done.