Riding Pressure Washer Recycles Water

The Cyclone 4500 riding pressure washer from Nilfisk-Advance Inc. is designed to reduce labor and operating costs, boost productivity and recycle water as it cleans concrete and other hard surfaces.

The Cyclone 4500 riding pressure washer from Nilfisk-Advance Inc. is designed to reduce labor and operating costs, boost productivity and recycle water as it cleans concrete and other hard surfaces.

Using water heated to 160 degrees F by a 250,000-Btu/hr inline heating system, the machine deep cleans surfaces by generating 4,000 psi/6 gpm. As it works, a high-speed, cast aluminum, hydraulically controlled cleaning and recovery head, traveling within 1/4-inch above the surface, spins fast enough to draw the water into a closed-loop system. There it’s filtered and recycled for reuse.

“It’s very environmentally friendly,” says Michael Larsen, industrial market manager. “It recovers almost all the water used in cleaning, which is great for contractors who need to comply with increasingly restrictive stormwater runoff regulations.”

Because little water is left behind, drying time is reduced. That’s important on sites where standing water is detrimental, such as parking garages, open-air malls and airports. One person can operate the machine. “Plus you don’t have a lot of water hoses and trailers on the jobsite,” Larsen says. “It’s less complicated and not as cumbersome.”

The unit has a 66-hp, 4-cylinder, liquid-cooled diesel engine; a 34-inch cleaning path; three plastic 40-gallon water tanks; three plastic 40-gallon reclaim tanks; hydraulic 4-wheel power steering with a tight turning radius; disc front brakes; a 16-gallon fuel tank; and a joystick-controlled hydrostatic drive.

It weighs 4,000 pounds empty and 6,000 fully loaded with water, and can travel at up to 5 mph. The unit measures 135 inches long, 52 inches wide and 75 inches high. It can change from surface-cleaning mode to hand-wand cleaning with the turn of a lever.

For information: www.advance-us.com; 800/850-5559.



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