Magnetic attraction of heavy duty attachment
October 1st 2004

Broadwood International, distributor of the SweepEX modular brush system, has increased the capabilities of the SweepEx product with the introduction of a new heavy duty magnetic bar attachment.

Capable of picking up nails, screws, steel shards and other metal refuse while sweeping, the magnet helps to increase safety while reducing tyre damage to distribution and service vehicles.

The magnet assembly quickly fastens to the SweepEx broom frame and hangs in front of the bristles using a chain mount system.The non-rigid mount allows the magnet to readily adjust when encountering obstacles without sustaining damage during use.

Mounted in an aluminium casing, the magnet is said to be ideal for general construction sites, distribution centres, loading bays, timber and builders’merchants and anywhere else where metal debris poses a hazard to people and/or equipment.

The industrial strength margent can pick up debris from as high as 10cm from the road or floor surface.

It saves companies and their customers call-out charges to repair punctures caused by nails and metal debris.After use, metal fragments are easily collected manually from the magnet.The attachment can be retrofitted and comes with a fixing kit.

Broadwood SweepEX is a range of modular broom attachments that can be mounted onto a wide variety of vehicles, including skidsteers, forklifts, loader buckets, three-point hitches or pick-up trucks.

With no moving parts, SweepEx brooms are a simple low maintenance solution for many sweeping applications.

The compact design allows a powerful sweeping action both forwards and backwards, allowing rapid, efficient and economical sweeping of large areas.

The tough system is able to withstand the severest of environments as the broom heads and mounting hardware are made from industrial strength steel,with heavy duty powder coat finish.

The easily replaceable hi-grade polypropylene brush section has 11 rows of 30cm bristles for effective sweeping.The robust brushes are said to provide about 450 miles of sweeping before they need changing.

Broadwood International says the SweepEx unit is capable of handling all commercial and industrial sweeping applications and is suitable for use both indoors and outside.

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