While the carpet in your building might be getting daily attention through vacuuming, what have you been doing for the hardwood floors or linoleum that you need to keep clean? It can be tempting to just sweep those surfaces and call it good, but you would be missing a lot of grit and grime by doing so.
View Details
If you work in a hospital or clinic setting or your business is industrial in nature, you will need to make sure that all of the floors in your business get daily attention, not just the carpeted ones. This is where a good floor scrubber machine comes in. Having one of these devices on hand can make all the difference between a safe and healthy workplace and one that is not pleasant to work in.
What is a Floor Scrubber Machine?
Floor scrubbers are industrial machines that are used to accomplish the task of scrubbing and cleaning the floors without requiring a mop and a bucket or asking an employee to clean on their hands and knees. These clever devices often use a floor scrubber brush that is inside of the machine to scrub the floor.
A floor scrubber machine will dispense a cleaning solution, use the internal scrubber brush to scrub the floor, and then vacuum up excess water. This leaves the floor squeaky clean and dry. Most of these scrubbers are made to accomplish all of these steps in one simple step, saving time and energy.
What Types of Floor Scrubber Machines Are There?
These machines come in three basic styles:
- Upright Scrubber: This is perfect for smaller areas from 500-1,200 square feet. They are lightweight, are operated just like a home vacuum cleaner, and are great for smaller office spaces, classrooms, and entryways.
- Walk-Behind Scrubber: This model of scrubber comes in many sizes but is usually made for areas that are 1,000 to 15,000 square feet in size. The operator walks behind the scrubber, directing it as they go. This is a great model for large open areas but will not work in small, confined spaces.
- Ride Automatic Scrubber: These are the biggest model of scrubber and they usually come in sizes that are made for square footage. You can get 15,000-40,000 square foot, 25,000-50,000 square foot models, or 50,000-150,000 square foot models. These are not going to be used in any non-industrial space or where there is furniture to navigate around.
What About Tile Floors?
The great news is that these floor scrubbers can also be used on tile. You will not need to get a separate machine to use as a tile floor scrubber, although you may need to pick one of the smaller machines if you only have a small area of tile to keep pristine in your business.
Tile floors have always been a frustration point for any cleaning crew, but with a floor scrubber machine, they are a piece of cake! It can save a lot of maintenance on your tile floor needs to keep them spotless and free of grime and grit.
Watch here: What You Need To Know About Tile and Grout Cleaning Machine
How Are Floor Scrubbers Powered?
You can buy most machines in either a corded power version or a battery-powered version. The benefits to battery-powered units are that you will not have to deal with a cord or having enough plug-ins available to use while you are cleaning the entirety of the floor in your business space. The downside to this style is that the unit will have to be recharged periodically.
Units with battery power can have enough charge for 1 to 7 hours of use. The size of the machine can have an effect on the duration of time it can be used before it needs to be charged and bigger batteries equate to a more expensive unit.
Corded units will have to be plugged into a power outlet and the usual length cord that is included will be around 50 feet long. Plugging and unplugging the cleaner can add time to the cleaning process but you will not have to charge your floor scrubber machine and it will be able to be used for long continuous periods without issue.
Cleaning Hard Flooring Is Easy with a Floor Scrubber Machine
If you have a large space in your business that is not carpeted, there is no better option for cleaning that space than using a floor scrubber machine. These are the most efficient cleaning units to use for this process and they will ensure that your flooring will be cleaned thoroughly and effectively every day.
Being able to ensure that your business is safe, clean, and sanitary is a huge benefit to utilizing these kinds of cleaning machines. If you have a large space that is hard flooring in your business, you need to pick the right floor scrubber machine to take care of your cleaning needs.
What is an automatic floor scrubber?
An automatic scrubber is a cleaning machine that can be used to efficiently and effectively clean floors in your commercial space, replacing traditional mops and buckets. IPC automatic floor scrubbers work to apply cleaning solution and aggressively scrub and dry surfaces in one pass. That means significant time savings with the ability to clean more square footage per hour than you would with old fashioned cleaning tools.
IPC has a scrubber line with cleaning paths from 14 inches wide to 42 inches wide, and 44 different scrubber models giving you a wide range of floor scrubber products so you can purchase the floor scrubber that&#;s appropriate:
- For your specific application and business type
- The square footage you need to clean
- How quickly you need to clean your facility
How do you use an automatic scrubber?
Before using an automatic floor scrubber, you&#;ll want to take a steps to get the best results, cleanest floors.
Felici Machinery are exported all over the world and different industries with quality first. Our belief is to provide our customers with more and better high value-added products. Let's create a better future together.
First, you will want to make sure that your automatic floor scrubber battery is charged so you can complete your cleaning job. Charge batteries only when needed to extend battery life.
Second, make sure you sweep or dry mop your floors to gather all surface debris. Significant dust or loose dirt on your floor can cause damage to the floor scrubber squeegee and can cause wear and tear on a brush and/or pad driver. Not to mention, dirt that becomes wet will turn to mud making it more difficult to remove.
Once your battery is charged and you&#;ve swept or dry mopped your floor you&#;ll want to fill the automatic scrubber solution tank along with your desired cleaning solution&#;neutral cleaners generally provide the best results on sealed floors, and alkaline cleaners work well on concrete floors&#;then turn your automatic scrubber.
Pick your desired settings, then attach the brush, which is quite simple with IPC&#;s spin-on and spin-off brush that works to self-attach.
Next, lower the squeegee and begin automatic floor scrubber operation.
You typically can run the scrubber with a single pass, though for dirtier surfaces you may want to run a &#;pre-scrub&#; or &#;double scrub,&#; first cleaning with the squeegee in the up position off the floor with your preferred cleaning solution, then running the scrubber as you typically would to clean the same area a second time.
While you are running the machine, the automatic floor scrubber works hard to clean the floors. The automatic scrubber will distribute water inside the brush activating the cleaning solution, and then down through its solution tank to the solenoid valve. Then the squeegee along with the scrubber&#;s built-in powerful vacuum system will work to recover the water and distribute it to the recovery tank. The squeegee and vacuum scrubber leaves floors dry immediately so they&#;re safe for staff, patients and/or customers.
What types of floor scrubbers are available on the market?
There are a wide variety of scrubbers available in the marketplace, which can make it difficult to determine which scrubber best fits your unique application.
When choosing an automatic floor scrubber the main features to consider are:
Cleaning width
The speed of the machine
The tank size
And battery run time
In areas with large square footage, ride on floor scrubbers are ideal because they run at a consistent in speed. With the ability to sit while cleaning an operator needs fewer breaks than they might with a walk-behind scrubber. The CT230, for example, has the ability to clean 58,000 square feet per hour and 192,000 square feet per charge.
Using a CT230 in a large area, like industry cleaning in a warehouse or cleaning a large area like a gym requires less time than to mopping, in which only 1,667 square feet can be cleaned per hour (ISSA Cleaning Study). The CT160 and CT230 floor scrubbers are available with cylindrical heads, which allows for a sweeping (only for smaller debris) while the floor is being scrubbed.
There are often times, though, where smaller surfaces need to be cleaned where large ride on floor scrubbers won&#;t fit. For these areas you&#;ll want a walk behind floor scrubber. IPC&#;s compact floor scrubber line features small turn radiuses that allow machines to squeeze into and turn around in narrow spaces. Our walk behind floor scrubbers also have adjustable handles that fold down so you can clean of under tables, desks, and other low surfaces.
After choosing the proper type of machine you&#;ll want pick a brush or a pad driver for your automatic floor scrubber.
- A brush works well when cleaning surfaces with hard to reach areas like tile with grout, concrete, or sidewalks.
- Pad drivers are great for cleaning indoor floor surfaces like hardwood or tile.
Calculate the square footage you need to clean and how much time is available for cleaning and the IPC team will help you select the &#;right size&#; scrubber for your specific needs. Whether you want a walk behind scrubber or a ride on scrubber, a cylindrical head or a disc, a brush or a pad, IPC has it all and will help you find the scrubber right for you and your business.
Why should you consider adding commercial floor scrubbers to your cleaning equipment inventory?
Cleaning with an automatic floor scrubbers leaves your floors cleaner and dryer than cleaning with a mop and bucket. You&#;ll prevent the risk of slips and falls and improve the appearance of your facility. All in far less time than you&#;d spend cleaning the old fashioned way.
Click here to learn more about IPC floor scrubbers, get answers to outstanding questions about floor scrubber features and options, and other professional cleaning equipment, and to get a quote on the IPC scrubber right for you and your business.
The company is the world’s best Residential Quarters Cleaning Machine supplier. We are your one-stop shop for all needs. Our staff are highly-specialized and will help you find the product you need.
Comments
0