Commercial Sweepers an Essential Appliance for Squeaky Clean Businesses
Most business cannot afford not to have a means to keep their premises clean, apart from the aesthetic value of keeping floors clean, there is also the safety aspect as well. Unkempt floors are a hazard to workers and impede their efficiency and productivity to a great extent. Making use of commercial sweepers is an important tool with long term benefits which will encourage a higher standard of production.
Can you imaging what it must be like for a worker to work when the floor is strew with dust, dirt and rubbish. Walking through this becomes a hazard as the walker will carry this debris to other parts of a workplace therefore spreading it further. Apart from the staff walking through imagine what would happen when machinery such a fork lift trucks wade through this. The chances of an accident increase because pieces of junk can get embedded into the machinery and cause the derivers to lose control and crash. Another aspect to consider is dust and dirt can get into products, especially food stuffs, which can cause a health hazard, or equipment, appliances etc, could be come damaged and not function properly. All these aspect will have a negative impact on a business.
There are many different types of commercial sweepers to choose from, each one designed for a specific function. It would depend on the area to be cleaned. From a small office to a large factory or warehouse, there are commercial sweepers that can do the job efficiently.
The range is vast and varied from one that is pushed by a janitor to one that is ridden by an operator and can cover a large area such as a warehouse. The hand operated sweeper is a self powered commercial sweeper that can be pushed by a single operator. A pair of rotating brushes will pick up small bits and pieces of material as well as the dust; it then forces what it picks up a large hopper. The contents of the hopper can disposed of later. These devices can quickly clear areas up to 32” wide at a time. They are usually lightweight enough to be able to be carried up and down stairs easily.
For a large area such as a warehouse of factory larger and more robust commercial sweeper would be required. On such Commercial sweeper is a fork lift truck mounted brush sweeper, this can clear a large area very quickly. One advantage is that it makes use of existing equipment, most large warehouses and factories already have fork lifts in place therefore the brush sweeper is just attached to the fork lift, and can clean large areas at a time.
There are also Commercial Sweepers which are called rider sweepers one such is the Advance Terra® 4300B, Rider sweeper, this rugged commercial sweeper can clear areas 43 inches in its sweep path, it is battery operated, has automatic main boom height adjustment.
Another addition to the Commercial sweepers is the truck mounted magnetic cleaning equipment. This can be hung from either a fork lift truck or a regular road vehicle. This piece if equipment is ideal where there are metal objects such as nails, bolts and screws on the floor surface, because of its powerful ceramic magnets it is able to pick up these metal pieces off any flat surface. One of the benefits is that it can save money on maintenance of machinery such as damage to tires.
Clean premises not only ensure the safety, health and well being of employees but also boosts moral and encourages production. Clean premises encourage staff to adopt a good work ethic and better standard of hygiene.
