Pick up metal debris easily
August 1st 2006 Broadwood International, distributors of the SweepEx modular brush system, has launched a magnet attachment for its ValuSweep system. Able to pick up nails, screws, steel shards and other metal refuse while sweeping, the magnet helps to increase jobsite safety while reducing tyre damage to distribution and service vehicles.
The magnet assembly quickly fastens to the ValuSweep 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 aimed distribution centres, packaging companies, loading bays, timber and builders merchants or anywhere where metal debris poses a hazard to people and/or equipment. The industrial-strength magnet can pick up debris from as high as 8cms from the floor surface.
Smaller than the SweepEx the ValuSweep is available in widths of either 1.2 or 1.5 metres and can be used for both interior and exterior commercial sweeping. Suitable for a range of cleanup applications in warehouses and yards, the ValuSweep is safe and easy to control and requires minimal operator training. The ValuSweep is quickly and easily attached to a forklift using the Quick-Tite Fork Pockets and Broadwood claims it is guaranteed to dramatically reduce clean-up costs.
No moving parts means maintenance and downtime are minimal. The compact design allows a powerful sweeping action forwards and backwards allowing rapid, efficient and economical sweeping of large areas.
The new ValuSweep magnet will save companies and their customers call-out charges to repair punctures caused by nails and metal debris, says Broadwood. After use metal fragments are easily collected manually from the magnet. Retrofit-able, it comes with a fixing kit. More articles from Broadwood International: | 
