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WHEN IT COMES TO CHOOSING
hat do you sweep or plan to sweep 80 % of the time ? That ’ s usually the first question our application specialists ask to determine if we ( Bucher Municipal ) are a good fit for a contractor or municipality . After we understand the application , if we have a solution that meets the prospect ’ s needs we proceed , if not we refer them to someone we think has a solution for their challenge . Pretty direct and simple approach .
There are three sweeper technologies : pure vacuum , mechanical , and regenerative air as well as three sizes / platforms ; truck mounted , mid-vac , and compact . ( Next time we ’ ll talk
about electric powered sweepers and their place in your sweeping program .) Yes , even in the contracting world !
When it comes to the folks we ’ ve spoken to from APE Magazine , no surprise , the majority are contractors . Those contractors are mainly , again no surprise , focused on cleaning up after paving jobs and also now , projects dealing with infrastructure improvements .
Mechanical sweepers are the traditional sweeping solution for the large cleanup tasks , asphalt , chipseal , millings , etc . with the sweeper picking up the debris “ live ” behind the paving equipment . They use rotating brushes to move large debris to a large broom , which send the debris to the hopper . The mechanical sweeper then has a high dump hopper capable of emptying into a high dump truck bed . Mechanical sweepers are a blunt force type of solution to a hot , hard , and tough work paving byproduct mess . The mechanical sweeping technology is the right sweeping solution for the application .
We ’ ve seen more and more requests and need to pick up the fine or smaller debris . Thinking of this more finessed and precise cleanup challenge , both pure vacuum truck mounted and mid-vac sweepers are purposely designed for this kind of challenge .
The truck mounted pure vacuum sweeper technology capabilities allow them to pick up the fine particulate matter all the way down to PM 10 and PM 2.5 . PM 10 are a common air pollutant found in roads , construction
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