Floorcare maintenance starts with machine selection

Daniel Took, head of professional product marketing at Kärcher UK, discusses the benefits of using scrubber dryers to clean large surface areas and what facilities managers should look for when choosing a scrubber dryer.

As part of the highly effective PDIR (preventative, daily, interim and restorative) cleaning method, the daily cleaning of internal spaces is a must to ensure overall cleanliness. When dirt enters internal spaces, swift removal is key to preventing long-term damage and particle build-up. Whilst carpeted areas can be easily cleaned using a vacuum cleaner, larger laminated and exposed surfaces require a time efficient and effective solutionmaking scrubber dryers a crucial part of any facilities manager’s cleaning arsenal.

Offering great reliability and exceptional overall cleaning performance, scrubber dryers are ideal for open spaces and corridors as they effectively tackle dirt by loosening it in a single pass, leaving surfaces dry, clean and safe to prevent trips and falls. Depending on the size of the facility there are two different types of scrubber dryers that should be considered. Walk-behind scrubber dryers are ideal for narrow spaces as they offer greater manoeuvrability, allowing users to get closer to vertical surfaces. For large open spaces ride-on scrubber dryers are most effective due to their large onboard water tanks that enable users to clean for longer and tackle a wider area.

Added technologies such as speeddependent water dosing technology makes these machines particularly adept for cleaning workspaces. The speed-dependent Continued on Page 24.