As the name implies, gutter brooms are used to sweep gutters (and curbs) and are subject to a lot of wear because to do an effective job they must forcefully scour the surfaces they are cleaning.

Schwarze Regenerative Air Sweepers utilize single or dual digger type gutter brooms. These brooms are hydraulically driven and positioned laterally and vertically by a single hydraulic cylinder.

Each gutter broom has an automatic hydraulic pressure sensing adjustment for downward pressure compensation and is full floating. Each gutter broom also has the ability to swing inward under the chassis to eliminate damage when encountering an immovable object.

When the sweeper is in transit the gutter brooms are held up by hydraulic lock valves.

Available options for the gutter brooms are a hydraulic tilt feature that allows adjustment on the fly from the cab for varying curb, gutter and debris and the Gutter Broom Extension Override™ (GEO™) that allows the gutter brooms to be moved under the chassis to scrub the area in front of the head and provide agitation to adhered road debris prior to the air blast being encountered.

Schwarze® Regenerative Air Sweeper gutter brooms also incorporate an open recessed broom disc. This recessed disc allows for water to immediately drain from around the broom torque motor, therefore extending the life of the torque motor seals and motor in general. Additionally, this design virtually eliminates wire, string and twine from being wrapped around the pump shaft, which could also cause a pre-mature seal failure and motor failure.

If you have any additional questions or would like to know more about Schwarze® products. Please contact us here. And one of our Schwarze sweeper specialists will be glad to help you.