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Care of hard floors = hard work?
26th of October 2013
Architects are thinking big when it comes to hard floors and there are now more options than ever before. These floors can have a number of different benefits including style, durability, ease of maintenance, slip resistance and insulation.
Hard flooring also needs to stand up to a significant amount of varying traffic – from the footfall of
Stand on scrubber dryer from Nilfisk
25th of October 2013
The Nilfisk SC1500 is a new stand-on scrubber dryer from Nilfisk, offering up to three-and-a-half hours battery run time and area coverage of almost 2,500 square metres per hour.
Suitable for daytime cleaning, the new scrubber requires minimal training thanks to the OneTouch scrub on/off switch and intuitive dashboard - the operator simply steps
ECN-S is new Dibo cold water high pressure cleaner
25th of October 2013
New from DiBO is the ECN-S compact industrial cold water high pressure cleaner - a smaller version of the ECN-M and ECN-T ranges. This model incorporates a new type of high pressure pump, the Evolution 2 from Interpump.
The cover is made of impact-proof rotation moulded polyethylene combined with a stainless steel protective front - mounted on a
Gumwand chewing gum remover claims to cut costs
25th of October 2013
Gumwand is a new product whose manufacturer claims will slash the cost of removing chewing gum from pavements and floors. It is a lightweight, one-man operated, self-contained machine that works on all surfaces - indoors or outdoors.
Gumwand uses a steam process to break up the gum and create a powder from the residue. This can then be simply
Hard floor care - ergonomics for efficiency
25th of October 2013
When it comes to purchasing new cleaning solutions – whether for manual or mechanical cleaning – procurement managers increasingly consider aspects such as ergonomics, safety and cost-efficiency in addition to a good cleaning performance.
Particular attention is given to the ergonomics of cleaning machines – for instance vacuum
Tomcat Edge Orbital scrubbers
25th of October 2013
For maintaining, resurfacing and polishing of wood, tile, terrazzo, marble, concrete and gym
floors Tomcat has developed Edge Orbital floor scrubbers. These allow the operator to
add or remove weights as well as use a variety of specialty pads.
Training can be carried out in less than two minutes, says Tomcat. The company also claims the Edge
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