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WHAT CUSTOMERS WANT: THE SCRUBBER DRIER SUCCESS STORY


The beginnings of mechanical floor cleaning date back over 100 years. From the outset these machines were developed to simplify what had until then been arduous manual work. Here Kärcher talks us through a brief history and how customers’ needs have helped shape the voyage of innovation.


A wet floor cleaner was first introduced in the 1930’s, followed two decades later by a version including a vacuum function. However it wasn’t until 1986 that the first walk- behind machine akin to today’s models arrived; featuring roller brushes it scrubbed, vacuumed and swept in a single pass, greatly improving cleaning performance.


Since then the scrubber drier has become an integral part of floor cleaning, and fresh customer requirements have shaped its evolution. There have been models with disc or roller technology for different floor textures, machines for heavily-furnished areas and the smallest surfaces, modular concepts for improved flexibility and efficiency, eco-concepts for protecting the environment and conserving resources, as well as innovative solutions for better ergonomics.


Today, digitisation has found its way into fleet and process management systems, leading the way into the future.


ROLLER OR DISC? A QUESTION


OF FLOOR TEXTURE. Scrubber driers have been used since the 1950’s for interior hard floor cleaning. Initially the tried-and-tested single- disc technology was prevalent but this all changed in 1986 when Kärcher – then chiefly known for pressure washer technology – launched a walk-behind roller brush machine onto the market.


This was the company's answer to a regional challenge: whilst floors in Asia, Southern Europe and the USA are often smooth and easy to clean with disc technology, floors in Northern and Central Europe tend to be more textured, i.e. grouted tiles or natural stone with rougher surfaces. Roller brushes, irrespective of the floor texture, deliver improved scrubbing and polishing performance and therefore a more uniform result, even on heavily soiled floors.


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