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Exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the labor shortage in the janitorial and sanitation industry and across all industries has made a lasting impact on how facilities operate and work is performed. Facilities management teams have made many adjustments to simplify processes to make jobs easier and more efficient with fewer employees. Continue reading to learn how using an auto scrubber, including a tanjie Auto Scrubber, helps combat labor shortages.
1. Shorter Cleaning Times
Every second counts while on the job. An auto scrubber with the proper performance specs for a facility adds automated mechanization to the floor scrubbing and drying processes compared to the manual mop and bucket process.
Squeegees located on the machine direct the dirty water into the vacuum chamber on the auto scrubber. Squeegees must be durable and effective, or they will leave puddles or streaks of water, essentially reversing the work being done. Also, leaving any sort of liquid on the floor is a safety risk. A recovery tank stores the dirty water and must be large enough to avoid frequent trips to empty the tank.
2. Better Specs, Better Cleaning
Cleaning is linked to 4 components: chemical, heat, agitation, and time. With auto scrubbers, there is typically no heat included, but there is chemical and agitation over a short period of time. Because of the short period of time, the chemical action and agitation must work quickly to get the job done in one pass.
Agitation is created from a combination of down pressure and RPM. The higher the RPMs, the more times the floor is agitated, which effectively cleans it in less time. Down pressure is how hard the brush or pad pushes against the floor. With more down pressure, an auto scrubber with more horsepower is needed to turn the pad or brush under the force. The employee can operate the machine at a higher speed and still get excellent cleaning results. They do not need to make multiple passes to completely clean the floor, ultimately saving time and labor.
An orbital auto scrubber uses the same specifications but can strip a floor with an abrasive pad attached. Compared to the traditional way of using a mop and bucket, an auto scrubber can quickly remove old floor finish without manual labor. This is a huge advantage because it shortens the stripping time and can cover more floor area.
Battery-powered auto scrubbers are mobile and can operate upward to 7 hours before needing to recharge the battery. Batteries also allow the freedom of taking the auto scrubber anywhere in the facility without needing to be connected to a power source, making project work more convenient and easier.
