Instant quoteWhy construction machinery cleaning and demucking from professionals offers real added value for you
Contamination on construction vehicles, which occurs on landfills, mines or construction sites, often settles as film on the surfaces and in large quantities in the chassis of the vehicles. There they accumulate more and more with the time. If the substance is retained for a longer period of time, it is attacked and corroded.
The resulting insulation may also cause engine ventilation to suffer, resulting in increased cooling or even overheating with consequential damage that can result in costly repairs. Regular cleaning of construction machinery prevents such scenarios and the resulting delays effectively and comparatively inexpensively.
Effectively reduce maintenance effort and intervals
Heavy soiling inevitably leads to more defects and longer downtimes on the construction machinery, which under unfavourable circumstances can even delay the entire process at the place of operation or service. Regular cleaning of construction machinery is therefore much less time-consuming and costly. Even if maintenance or repair is actually required, careful cleaning of the construction machine is essential. Only in this way can the mechanics inspect all the parts in question, assess their condition and take the right measures to ensure that the machine continues to run smoothly.
Solutions for cleaning construction machinery
In smaller businesses and on most landfills, mines and construction sites, the construction machinery is still cleaning by hand. Knocking off large pieces of dirt with a hammer and chisel is usually a thing of the past, as this inevitably results in damage to the protective lacquer, which significantly increases the wear of the machines. Instead, high-pressure radiators are still often used today, whose pressure, water temperature and flow rate can be adapted to the existing contamination.
They are suitable for the partial cleaning of construction machines, for example when only the wheels need to be cleaned in order to avoid the pollution of public roads. Cleaning with water has the advantage that even areas that are difficult to access can be cleaned of the mostly water-soluble dirt without great effort. Special cleaning agents maximise the effects achieved and ensure that even stubborn impurities are removed.
At the same time, the effort required to clean construction machinery with a water jet is rather low. The only disadvantage is that it takes a lot of time, which is actually more important for the company than, for example, the cost of water consumption. If there is a shortage of labour due to bottlenecks or illness, time is often saved, especially during cleaning, which has a negative financial effect later if defects and increased wear occur as a result.
Automation of construction machine cleaning reduces costs in the long term
Frutiger develops automatic washing units for cleaning construction machinery under the brand name MobyDick. The so-called demucking systems are adapted exactly to the needs of the individual customer and therefore work extremely efficiently. The one-off investment is undoubtedly worthwhile above all for companies that have to clean construction machinery on a daily basis.
A demucking system is an investment that pays for itself quickly. But even if no daily cleaning of construction machines is necessary, the automation of the cleaning process can pay off. It ensures consistent quality with low resource consumption and is not dependent on the current personnel situation and planning.
Innovative demucking systems from MobyDick
MobyDick demucking systems that clean construction machinery work with moderate pressure and plenty of water. As a rule, no cleaning agents are used, because even so all water-soluble impurities, including large quantities of sludge, earth and clay, are carefully removed from the vehicle without damage to the surface coating.
Non-water-soluble lubricants such as oils and greases are generally not washed off, so that the washed-out sludge is often not or only slightly contaminated with lubricants and can usually be disposed of at low cost. The nozzles travel the entire length of the vehicle to be cleaned and ensure that it is cleaned from top to bottom.
Depending on the degree of soiling, the duration of the washing process is adjusted so that an optimum result is always achieved when cleaning construction machinery. The washing area can be kept surprisingly small and compact by this procedure, which is a great advantage especially when space is limited.
Environmentally friendly construction machines clean through water recycling
In daily construction machinery, many vehicles use high-pressure water jets to clean a considerable amount of contaminated wastewater, whether automated or not, which causes additional costs for its disposal. Demucking plants, on the other hand, are closed systems that reduce the consumption of fresh water many times over by reprocessing the waste water.
This not only protects your budget, but also makes an important contribution to environmental and water protection. Since only water-soluble soiling with sludge, soil and dust dissolves during washing with a lot of water and moderate pressure, the disposal of the sludge is relatively inexpensive.
Materials that are expensive to recycle, such as oils and fats, remain on the vehicles and, if necessary, are removed separately as part of a fine wash. This separation ensures that the environment is not unnecessarily polluted by hydrocarbons and that the running costs of the demucking plant are low as no hazardous waste has to be disposed of.
Alternatives to complete demucking – MobyDick Wheel Washing Systems
When cleaning construction machinery, e.g. on a construction site, is all about avoiding soiling on public roads, wheel washing systems are also worth considering. They do not clean the entire vehicle, but only the lower area and are mostly used for trucks that deliver material and dispose of overburden.
In contrast to demucking systems, they are designed for high-frequency operation and are intended to make a vehicle roadworthy again in the shortest possible time. Their modular design ensures quick and uncomplicated installation.
