Carpet cleaning machine is used for cleaning soft surface such as mats, carpets and seat upholstery. There are lot's of machine available in the market of various company. It is quite difficult to select a quality machine out of those machines. It is possible for those unfamiliar with the machine to have trouble to choosing a quality machine. It is important to understand the features of the machine which is best for your cleaning needs.
A good carpet cleaning machine cleans every dust with low water injects. A carpet cleaning machine injects a mixture of water and cleaning solution onto the carpet surface. The cleaning mixture penetrates the carpet or mat and breaks down the dirt and impurities present on them. The machine then extracts the dirt and impurities from the carpet. The efficiency of carpet cleaning machine depend on mainly two factors quality of the carpet cleaning machine and and type of cleaning solution used.
Major Components of a Carpet Cleaner
Heating Element
Solution Tank
Recovery Tank
Low Flow Technology
Solutions Used
Heating Element
The heating element produces the output temperature of the water or steam. But the not heated carpet cleaner do not contain heating element. For commercial carpet cleaning it is necessary to have a heating element. Some more powerful machines contain two inline heating elements, instead of one tank heating element.
Solution Tank
Mixture of water and a cleaning solution is kept in solution tank. The size of the solution tank is depending on the cleaning process for which the machine is designed. The size of tank varies from 4 gallons to 17 gallons.
Recovery Tank
The extracted dirt and impurities are dumped in recovery tank. After the cleaning process the tank is usually emptied. The recovery tanks capacity is around 15 gallons and is mainly used in most commercial rug cleaners.
Low Flow Technology
Low flow technology controls the water output of the machine without affecting its productivity. Where water is scare such machine are handy. It is mainly used to insure that the carpet and mats dry very quickly. This technology limits the water waste and shortens.