Equipment for mechanized vehicle washing

Abstract

EN: Mechanized equipment is divided into jet, brush and jet-brush equipment. Jet equipment (without mechanical contact with the vehicle surfaces being cleaned) is used mainly for washing vehicles with a complex configuration: trucks and dump trucks, truck tractors, and some specialized vehicles. Less commonly, it is used for washing vans and cars. Jet installations for washing passenger cars are made with a swinging arch or in the form of a portal moving on rails. Along the inner perimeter of the arch (portal) there are nozzles through which water or soap solution is supplied. The washing process is carried out with a stationary car and a cyclically swinging arch or a moving portal. The movement is controlled by the operator. A complete washing cycle for one car takes 6…10 minutes. The disadvantages of these installations are high water consumption (up to 3,000 liters per car) and insufficiently high quality of washing work.