About This Item
Why We Like This Machine
Why a Factory Cat 48 instead of other sweepers? The Factory Cat 48 has a very effective dust screening design not seen on other small rider floor sweepers. It uses a permanently mounted polyester felt filter to capture large amounts of air born dust from inside the broom chamber, without blocking the passage of air through the filter. When the dust reaches a point a of saturation on the filter, it will fall back into the debris hopper. A hand operated mechanical filter shaker is used to assist this process. This style of filter is called a "bag house" filter and is often seen in wood shops and industrial plants.
We have installed this style sweeper machine in Norfolk VA shipyards, bagged chemical warehouses, lime mines, concrete bag plants, machine shops, and kitty litter factories with great success. No other small rider sweeper will work as well at controlling dust and also handle the rough use applications. If it works well on these tough jobs, you can be assured that it will work great in more typical applications, and keep your maintenance costs low as well.
Advantages & Specifications
- Cleaning Path: 48 inches + dual side brooms.
- Battery Operated: (2) 185 AH batteries will operate the sweeper for 4 hours.
- Speed: .2 hp drive power 0-4 mph.
- Capacity: A 4.0 cubic foot hopper slides from the side of the frame to manually dump accumulated debris.
- Dust Control: 5182 inch filter area - The bag house dust filter is shaken clean by a motorized paddle.
- Brush System: 1.0 hp motor, 400 RPM speed.
- Sound Level: 71 dBa.
- Dimensions and Weight: 850 lbs shipping weight, 64 L x 37 W x 50 H
- Caliber Warranty: 60 days parts and labor coverage.
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VP of Sales - The Caliber Team
Dave Booth, Vice President of Sales for Caliber Equipment, Inc. has been with Caliber Equipment for over 20 years, helping expand us into both a local east coast sales, rental and repair hub as well as a vast online supplier and resource for floor cleaning machine information.