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A Guide to Floor Scrubber Machine Features

In the floor scrubber market today there are a great number of manufacturers making scrubbers and each brand has its own set of unique selling points and feature set. The bigger brand names such as Karcher, Numatic and CleanFix have a range of different machines specifically designed for differing floor cleaning requirements.

Floor Scrubber Features:

Fold-away Floor Scrubbing Units

A number of smaller scrubber machine models have been designed to be folded away when not in use in storage cupboards and the boot of a car.

Battery Powered Scrubbers

As well as being convenient without wires which can easily get tangled, battery powered floor scrubbers are able to be used in water without any risk of electrocution.

Cylindrical & Twin Disc Scrubbing Brushes

Some scrubber dryers have cylindrical brushes which enable them to operate right up to the edge of walls and skirting boards. Scrubbers with this wide brush tend to be the smaller machines which have been developed to fit into small inaccessible areas that larger machines are unable to operate in. Whilst others have twin disc brushes which thoroughly scrub floors both forward and backward.

Forward & Reverse Scrubbing Action

In order to maximize the cleaning performance of floor scrubber machines some are fitted with squeegee dispensers both in-front and behind the scrubbing brush. This enables the operator to save time and money by being able scrub a floor space in less time by using the machine in both directions.

Multi-surface Scrubbers

Some floor scrubbing machines can even be set to work on not just hard floors but a range of other floor surfaces besides such as soft floor coverings, woven short pile carpets, carpet tiles, travellers, escalators as well as entrance matting surfaces.

Pump Multi-wash Scrubbing Machines

Pump multi-wash machines use a pump and a much larger cleaning fluid tank capacity which minimises the number of times the machine has to be refilled. In addition the pump enables the floor scrubber to be able to scrub, clean and dry floor surfaces in one pass leaving them ready to walk on in minutes.

Ride-on Floor Scrubber Dryers

Some larger floor scrubbing machines have been designed to carry the operator and are classed as 'ride-on' and typically the operator is provided a comfortable but simple seat along with easy to use operational controls and steering. You would be forgiven for thinking that scrubber dryers lacked traction on wet surfaces but as 'ride-ons' have the added weight of the driver as well as the machine they are surprisingly good on wet conditions. Usually ride-on floor scrubber machines are rear wheel steering to provide extra stability as the operator is usually positioned at the front.