Why a Factory Cat 34 instead of other sweepers?
As air pressure is generated by the rapid rotation of the sweeping broom,
it causes air to want to escape the broom chamber through gaps in the rubber
skirts, and end up surrounding the operator and the sweeper. Dust filters
are installed in sweepers to divert the air flow and screen out this dust.
Typical commercial floor sweepers use a paper panel filter to screen this
air. However, extreme dust can clog the folds of a paper filter blocking the
air flow at the filter’s paper surface. Even the use of a mechanical shaker
will not totally clear the imbedded dust from these closely packed leaves.
It is this point where the paper filter is replaced. This can be a
significant expense at 40 to 80 dollars per filter.
The Factory Cat 34 has a very effective dust screening design not seen on
other walk behind floor sweepers. It uses a permanently mounted
polyester felt filter to capture large amounts of air born dust from inside
the broom chamber, without blocking the passage of air through the filter.
When the dust reaches a point a of saturation on the filter, it will fall
back into the debris hopper. A hand operated mechanical filter shaker is
used to assist this process. This style of filter is called a "bag house"
filter and is often seen in wood shops and industrial plants.
We have installed these durable machines in Norfolk VA shipyards, bagged
chemical warehouses, lime mines, concrete bag plants, machine shops, and
kitty litter factories with great success. No other small walk behind
will work as well at controlling dust and also handle the rough use
applications. If it works well on these tough jobs, you can be assured that
it will work great in more typical applications, and keep your
maintenance costs low as well.
Pricing: About $ 6300 - LOW
initial price, LOW
maintenance expense, and HIGH performance.
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