Specifications on Car Wash Machines

Consumers are turning to professional services for car washing needs. Car washes have come a long way since washing cars in the driveway at home. Today's car washes whether it is full service or self-service have a variety of high-end equipment and better technology in order to get your car clean inside and out.

• Vacuum System: Vacuum systems at a car wash are coin operated and must be robust enough to handle a lot of vehicles everyday. Vacuum systems can run on 10 to 25 horsepower and the size of vacuums can range from 60 inches-by-30 inches to 72 inches-by-32 inches. The nose and nuzzle can be 15 feet or longer with a potential extension hose. There is a pin lock system, filter system and adjustable timers.

• Pressure Washers: The pressure washer commonly has access to a hot wash, hot rinse for winter months and cold rinse for summer months, hot or cold wax and spot-free rinse. Self-serve car washes use a foaming brush. Specifications on a pressure washer include: a motor at two horsepower and working pressure of 750PSI and it yields at 12 liters per minute and works on a specific valve. There are two-piston pump with the speed of 1700 ramps per minute and an adjustable four head opening with a three feet handgun. The size of the pressure hose is 3/8 inches-by-22 feet with a water inlet size of ¾ inches-11.5 thread. The overall weight of the pressure washer is 44.5 kilograms.

• Car Washing Machine: Most car washing machines come in all sizes for many different types of car washing jobs that include buses and trucking equipment. The most common specification for a general car wash machine has the unit dimension of l220 cm-by-530 cm-by-533 cm. The machine weighs about 2500 kilograms. The rail measures at 9 kilograms of a meter or 1800 centimeters. The horsepower is 10, and water consumption is around150 liters per minute. It typically takes about six minutes for one car to get completely washed and cycled out.