Instant quoteAnyone who uses heavy equipment in landfills, military training areas, and other dirty environments knows the problem: Wheeled and tracked vehicles get dirty over time. Therefore regular cleaning is necessary. This can be done by hand but is extremely cumbersome and time-consuming – and therefore not economical. Your vehicles are cleaned effectively and cost-effectively with a resource-saving demucking system that is optimally adapted to your needs.
Why you should clean your wheel and track vehicles regularly
When heavy vehicles such as excavators, wheel loaders, dumpers, or tanks are used in an unpaved environment, dirt will inevitably stick to them. Railway wagons with bulk goods can also become soiled during loading. The consequence: Dirt settles in the chain links, wraps itself layer by layer around the wheels, and covers the chassis and other vehicle parts.
Regular coarse cleaning is essential to extend the life of your wheeled and tracked vehicles. Adhering dirt can cause the engine of a construction vehicle to overheat more quickly – it can be cooled less well by the layer of dirt. This allows it to wear out more quickly, which makes malfunctions and defects more likely. Dirty vehicles also consume more fuel. When the dirt dries, it often spreads throughout the environment – and covers buildings, vehicles, and objects as a fine layer of dust.
Demucking systems solve your dirt problem
Tracked vehicles, tanks, and construction machinery that are well maintained and clean can be used not only longer but also more reliably. Your employees can, of course, clean such vehicles by hand. However, this is cumbersome and involves the employees concerned for a more extended period. It often takes several hours until the spray lance has finally removed the coarse dirt.
During this time, the employees involved cannot devote themselves to other, possibly more important tasks. Last but not least, manual cleaning is often an unpopular task that is perceived as annoying and can even be dangerous. The solution: A demucking system that cleans your vehicles automatically. Demucking systems are coarse dirt washing systems that can be used profitably, especially in workshops and military training areas.
International mining companies also appreciate demucking methods for cleaning their vehicles. Demucking serves to clean the entire vehicle. The dirty wheeled and tracked vehicles are driven into the demucking plant for cleaning. For this purpose, low-pressure technology is used in the coarse dirt washing systems. By using a lot of water, it is possible to roughly clean heavily soiled wheels, chains, chassis, and underbodies within a short time. Dirt, sand, coal dust, and other dirt are removed.
Demucking technology: Much water, no chemicals
Because no aggressive cleaning agents are used during cleaning in MobyDick systems, there is usually hardly any oil or grease dissolved. The low pressure used also ensures that these remain on the vehicle. As a result, the sludge produced often does not contain hydrocarbons that would be problematic to dispose of. This makes the disposal of the cleaning water cheaper and thus saves further costs. To maintain vehicles and prevent defects, coarse washing by demucking is usually sufficient.
The vehicles should not shine bright and clean, but be functional and work reliably. Of course, you can still do a delicates washing after the rough cleaning. This cleaning can be done by hand with hot water, high pressure, or a combination of both. An oil separator can also be used to remove oil and grease from the vehicles. Thanks to the pre-wash with demucking, the “fine-tuning” of the vehicle are very quick. Instead of several hours, it only takes a few minutes until the vehicle is immaculate.
No hot water is required for demucking, which saves additional costs during operation. The use of water is particularly efficient if the water used is recaptured in a water cycle. The water is recycled via natural sedimentation. If necessary, the addition of a flocculant can be used to ensure that solid substances settle faster. The resulting sludge is removed by an automatic scraper conveyor and can then be easily disposed of. The next time the demucking plant is needed, the treated water is available again.
Demucking: Durable and economical solutions from MobyDick
Our demucking systems have been developed for the daily cleaning of wheeled and tracked vehicles. We rely on proven low-pressure technology. There is often no significant time pressure when cleaning wheeled and tracked vehicles. This makes it possible to slowly move the vehicles back and forth in several passes in a demucking system.
This means that coarse dirt washers can be built in a space-saving manner, as there is no need for a large washing plant that is several wheel revolutions long. For this reason, such systems can usually be installed in areas where space is limited. Depending on how many vehicles need to be cleaned regularly, larger installations can also be considered. There you can have several wheeled and tracked vehicles cleaned at the same time if necessary. Waiting times are thus avoided.
Cleaning of wheel and track vehicles with flexible demucking systems
In demucking systems, water is sprayed from many nozzles at low pressure onto the vehicle to be cleaned. In MobyDick’s demucking systems, the nozzles are aligned precisely as it makes the most sense in each individual case. Sometimes the vents are fixed, sometimes they oscillate. This ensures an optimal cleaning effect. The design of the washing unit and water recycling are also flexible. It depends on the type of vehicles to be cleaned, which solution is appropriate in this respect.
Where the wheels or chains are located makes as much of a difference in the planning as the outline of the vehicle. Only with optimally adjusted nozzles are the respective vehicles and construction machines reliably cleaned of dirt in the best possible way and within the shortest time. Of course, the degree of pollution also plays a role here. Last but not least, it depends on the throughput to be expected and how much time is available for cleaning.
FRUTIGER Company AG: Demucking systems that meet your needs
MobyDick is a brand of the FRUTIGER Company AG, which has its headquarters in Winterthur, Switzerland. As early as 1986, we developed the first system to reliably clean the tires of trucks. Since then, we have commissioned thousands of plants in countries around the world. We have become the global leader in emission control. The demucking sector has enjoyed increasing popularity for several years.
More and more operators appreciate the advantages of an automatic coarse dirt washing system and the associated cost savings. If you are interested in a demucking system, you can look forward to a tailor-made offer that exactly matches the specifications of your vehicles. With MobyDick, the price-performance ratio is right, which is why the purchase of a demucking system usually pays for itself quickly with frequent use.
The demucking systems are designed for use over many years and are of correspondingly high-quality construction. Not only are they durable and not prone to wear and tear, but they also require little maintenance. The experts of FRUTIGER Company AG are at your disposal for questions or further information at any time. Take the opportunity to get comprehensive and transparent advice before purchasing a demucking system. So you will find a method for cleaning your wheeled and tracked vehicles that really meets your needs.
