If you simply enter the area of building maintenance or office cleaning, you are sure to decide whether to use a floor buffer or floor scrubber for your floor cleaning work. You may think first: “It must be the same cars, right?” Well, not really.
As a rule, the floor hopper is a machine with a horizontally rotating head, which is located directly on the floor. Think of a large circular scouring pad rotating in a circle. The rotation of the cushion is powered by a small engine, usually directly above the center of the site. Some buffers are provided with a solution tank, which can force the cleaning solution directly into the cleaning pad and onto the floor. This additional feature allows the user to apply a small amount of cleaner to the floor, if necessary, without having to stop and pour it out of the bottle - in real time and back. But the buffer cannot “vacuum” this solution as soon as it appears on the floor.
Floor buffers are also known as rotary floor machines, because the cleaning surface constantly rotates in a single direction in a circle. Automatic floor scrubbers MAY have a rotating head similar to buffers, but many models offer a cylindrical brush head. We will look at this difference in a minute. Just know that you are running through the terms "floor buffer" and "rotary floor machine", which means the same thing.
Buffers are created to rotate at various speeds. The speed of rotation of the pad or brush directly affects the floor cleaning work you want to do. Low-speed buffers are designed to handle cleaning work when there is dirt in the ground on your floor that you need to dry. Low-speed machines are also your choice of machine when you need to remove old wax from a hard surface, for example, on tile floors, which you often find in grocery stores. Low-speed buffers will rotate at a speed of about 175 rpm. Variable speed buffers will range from 175 to 350 rpm.
Low-speed buffers are also suitable for cleaning or forging - carpeting, provided that the machine has sufficient power (or two capacitors) to handle this kind of rotation with a high coefficient of friction. Be sure to follow the manufacturer's instructions on whether to use a floor buffer for carpeting or not. Many manufacturers will void your warranty if you used the car on carpets that are not recommended for use in this way (they are not worried, they can tell if you are sending your machine in for warranty work!)
High-speed buffers are designed for polishing hard floor surfaces. They rotate at a very high speed, in any case from 1000 to 3000 rpm. You CAN'T use high-speed buffers for any cleaning job. With the help of a suitable polishing pad and a small polishing spray, you can bring excellent shine to the hard surface of the floor. You just can't do it with a low speed or variable speed machine.
Most floor buffers operate from a direct connection to a power source, but some of them have internal batteries or a propane-powered engine for moving a rotating cushion. The advantage of the battery model or propane engine does not contain power cords that interfere with your cleaning work. The advantage of electric models is a constant source of energy, without worrying about draining the battery or fuel tank. Battery-powered models are often used in LEED and green building maintenance programs.
Floor scrubbers, also known as automatic floor scrubbers or automatic scrubbers, are a completely different animal. They not only have a cleaning head, but also an automated system for dispensing a cleaning solution, and then vacuum it. Thus, in a single pass over the floor, you can refuse to clean or scrub the solution, scrub it into the floor and vacuum it all with a squeegee in the back of the machine. The auto scrubbers have a separate dispensing tank and a collection tank to keep your clear water from dirty water.
Despite the fact that automatic scrubbers are usually more expensive cars in front, the time spent on cleaning your floors can be very different from the original cost. Saving operator time (and money) is the most frequent reason for buying these efficient machines for building maintenance programs.
In the end, there are many factors to consider when determining which type of machine, floor buffer or floor scrubber is best for your particular situation. If you have a very large room with wide open spaces (for example, in the center of a shopping center) and narrow spaces (for example, in bathrooms), then perhaps your best tool for work is BOTH kinds of machines.
