What is a floor scrubber?

With the development of society, people’s pursuit of a better life has grown, and the importance of a clean and tidy environment has increased. Alongside technological advancements, floor scrubbers have found widespread application in our lives, liberating our hands and significantly enhancing cleaning efficiency and effectiveness. Let’s provide a brief introduction to floor scrubbers.

A floor scrubber is a cleaning machine designed for hard floor surfaces. It simultaneously cleans and dries, as well as recovers wastewater. It generally comes in two types: manually operated walk-behind floor scrubbers and ride-on floor scrubbers. These machines offer environmental friendliness, energy efficiency, and high productivity. They are well-suited for cleaning large hard floor areas found in places such as stations, airports, workshops, warehouses, schools, hospitals, hotels, supermarkets, and more. Floor scrubbers are suitable for cleaning various types of flooring, including terrazzo, marble, granite, engineered stone, ceramic tiles, PVC, epoxy flooring, wear-resistant stone, porcelain tiles, and plastic flooring.

Floor scrubber workflow:

Now, let’s delve into the working principle of floor scrubbers and Floor Scrubber Squeegees. When a floor scrubber is started, a mixture of clean water and detergent flows automatically onto the scrubbing brush at the front of the machine. As the brush rotates vigorously, it physically scrubs the floor, creating wastewater. As the floor scrubber advances, a vacuum motor at the rear of the machine creates a vacuum state between the wastewater tank and the squeegee blades, effectively suctioning the wastewater into the wastewater tank. This process ensures thorough water recovery, leaving the floor clean, dry, and streak-free. Therefore, the sealing performance of the squeegee blades and vacuum system is crucial for the cleaning efficiency of the floor scrubber. The squeegee blades consist of two separate rubber strips installed at the front and rear. A good seal between them creates a larger vacuum state, which is necessary to ensure effective wastewater extraction. This prevents situations where the floor scrubber might fail to recover water or leaves water streaks.

Therefore, the key to the efficient operation of a floor scrubber lies in balanced squeegee blade pressure, proper installation of the rubber strips, good elasticity of the rubber, and the quality of the blade edges. Regular cleaning and maintenance of the floor scrubber are also essential factors.

When the Floor Scrubber Squeegees on the floor scrubber wear out significantly, it is essential to replace them with new ones to ensure continuous and efficient operation. Here’s a tip from DEF Rubber: Sometimes, when the squeegee blades are seriously worn, rendering the floor scrubber unusable, and you cannot immediately replace them, you can try flipping the old blades and reinstalling them. This temporary measure might just get your machine working again.