LOTUS WASH SYSTEM PROJECTS

EXPRESS BRUSHLESS TRUCK WASH MACHINE

The Lotus plant built for washing trucks is designed to clean road film off normal road trucks to a bright and shiny appearance in a short time frame with no manual intervention or damage to the truck.

Automation – there is no requirement for any manual involvement in the operation to achieve the express wash. (A total valet wash requires some additional hand cleaning). Once the machine is set for the type of truck unit it is then activated by the approach of the truck to the wash and the process is automatic.

Speed of operation – The machine is a brushless express wash and carrys out a complete wash cycle on a standard truck in approx. 8 minutes and a truck and single trailer unit in less than 15 minutes.

Contamination – The cleaning process deals not only with physical grime on the truck surface but also treats other contamination such as brake and tyre dust and with the use of a range of special detergents cleans brightwork as well as painted surfaces and vinyl lettering and curtainsides.

Undercarriage – The wash plant initially cleans the underbody and wheels as the truck drives in to the bay with a high pressure blast to clean off any heavy grime.

Main clean - Once the truck is stationary in the bay the machine moves back and forth over the unit and a horizontal spray bar moves up and down spraying on a series of detergents then blasting clean with a high volume medium pressure blast.

Surface Coating – After the cleaning process the machine applies a surface coating to protect all the substrate surfaces and, help to keep fresh contamination from sticking to the surface and give the truck a very clean and shiny appearance.

Drying – A drying plant can be added as the truck exits the shed using a high pressure air shear system if required.

Water recirculation – Approx. 80% of the water used in the wash process is collected for reuse with minimal losses of water taken away on the trucks. The water is treated through mechanical filtration and a biological treatment plant to bring the water back to a high standard potable water for reuse through the system.

Water collection – External water is collected and treated to use as make up water and reduce the requirement for mains water supply.

Longevity – Lotus machines are built for a minimum 25 year life with all steel components being not only galvanised but also epoxy coated to prevent corrosion. Design focus is on creating strength and durability into the machine.

Reliability – The best available components are used in the building of the equipment and where possible are oversized and engineered to give the greatest available reliability.

Installation – Once the site is prepared and the plant delivered the installation of the unit is carried out by the Lotus engineering team.