In the professional floor cleaning field you can find many types of machines. But there is one that all professionals have tried at least once in their life: the single disc floor cleaning machine. In fact, single disc machines are used very often for cleaning, maintenance or treatment of flooring for home or business. So, let’s explore a fundamental cleaning tool like the single disc machine: what it is and how it works.
- What is a single disc machine
- What does a single disc machine consist of?
- How does a single disc machine work?
What is a single disc machine
A single disc machine is a professional equipment used for treatment and cleaning of floors. It’s a tool that was created with the aim of mechanizing cleaning operations, in particular scrubbing and treatment on very heterogeneous flooring such as marble, wood, cotto, linoleum, terrazzo… In fact, thanks to the movement of the brush, the pad or the specific accessory installed, the single disc machine can scrub, smooth, polish, wax, de-wax or crystallize floors, thus becoming an extremely versatile machine suitable for working in many environments. This is why cleaning professionals use single disc floor machines for the cleaning and maintenance of floors in places such as hotels, restaurants, shopping centers, schools, public offices but also in hospitals or industrial environments.
What does a single disc machine consist of?
Now that we know what a single disc machine is, before seeing how it works, it is important to understand what it is made of.
Generally, a single disc floor cleaning machine consists of:
- The handle and the handlebars.
- The base, which is composed of the electric motor and the transmission components. The transmission can be direct drive, gears drive or belt drive. This is the component that grants a correct number of revolutions from the motor to the brush or the pad.
- Some single disc machines can be equipped with a tank for the cleaning solution.
- There are models equipped with a spray system to vaporize and distribute water or cleaning solution during working operations.
- Some single disc machines can be equipped with a vacuum system to eliminate the dust that is generated during certain types of intervention, such as polishing.
- The cable for connection to the electrical outlet, unless it is a battery-powered single disc machine such as the mini orbital floor machine CM Mini Orbital B.
In addition, a series of accessories such as brushes or abrasive discs of different types allow the single disc machines to deal with both deep cleaning on industrial surfaces and delicate maintenance or polishing operations on fine floors. Among the accessories we also find the weights which, with a minimum expense, allow the single disc machine to become even more effective in heavy treatments.
How does a single disc machine work?
Before understanding how a single disc machine works, it is important to remember that there are low speed, high speed, double speed, ultra-high speed and orbital single disc machines available on the market. Obviously, each version is suitable for different types of treatment. This is because the type of treatment, and therefore the material on which it can be carried out, changes based on the speed of the single disc machine. Therefore, to understand how a single disc machine works, it is important to know that the type of floor and treatment determine the relationship between the number of revolutions and the pressure exerted on the surface.
Now that you have some more information on the single disc machine, you know what it is and how it works, don’t forget to contact us if you need support in choosing the one that best suits your needs. A worldwide network of Comac authorized dealers is ready to help you and find together the perfect professional cleaning solution!
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