TRAINING IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS
Spitwater, Australia’s largest manufacturer and distributor of industrial and commercial pressure cleaners, industrial LPG and Diesel heaters and dryers as well as importer of heavy duty industrial and commercial vacuum cleaners is training the bush.
Over the last few months the Spitwater Travelling Road-Show has visited a number of rural centres throughout the country. Main objective of the Spitwater Travelling Road-Show is to train people in understanding many different applications of pressure cleaners and the role that pressure cleaners play in conserving the most precious of all resources… water! It is not a well known fact that high pressure water cleaners can reduce the amount of water used in agricultural and industrial cleaning jobs to around one third. This means real savings in these critical climate change times.
At this year’s Ag-Quip Field days, Spitwater representatives plan to spread the water conservation message to all its customers. “What we are doing transcends brand lines,” said Dale Provan, Spitwater Director of Training and Development, “We are about teaching our customers features and benefits of pressure cleaners and how they can help contribute towards better overall management of our water.”
Pressure cleaners are more than just implements for general cleaning. Using them in conjunction with a wide variety of accessories and attachments available, turns them into modern, high-purpose tools that can carry out a wide variety of maintenance jobs. It is precisely this knowledge that Spitwater is trying to pass onto its customers.
“Most pressure cleaners are supplied standard with a multipurpose lance,” continued Dale Provan, “Most such lances have a high and low pressure valve which enables pressure cleaners to apply various chemicals to speed up the cleaning process. This in turn completes the job quicker, resulting in water and time savings.”
Turbo Lances Save Time and Water!
Optional attachments such as Turbo or Rotomax lances also assist in the cleaning process giving the operator additional cleaning force. Other water saving and labour saving devices are also available. Attachments, such as Rotary Floor cleaner help cleaning flat surfaces quickly and efficiently without splashing water everywhere. They are ideal for cleaning footpaths of town centres, particularly around food serving areas.
“And you don’t need to send dirty water down storm water drains either,” added Dale Provan, “Optional vacuuming attachments, attached to powerful wet and dry vacuum cleaners, can collect waste water and recycle it by watering council parklands or gardens – a 21st century solution.”
Other knowledge that Spitwater is trying to pass onto its customers is that there are many uses for pressure cleaners. Clearing blocked drains is another. An unfortunate by-product of the drought is leaking drains, mainly cracked or broken by moisture seeking tree-roots. A number of pressure cleaners in the Spitwater range, equipped with a variety of optional root-cutting nozzles can cut and clear tree roots from blocked drains. Once roots are removed and the blockage cleared, pipes can be sealed again, from the inside.
Another task that pressure cleaner can carry out is rust removal. “Clearing rust from machinery and bins for example can be a real chore,” added Dale Provan, “With a sand blasting attachment for your pressure cleaner and correct grade of blasting sand, you can remove rust and obtain the surface finish you need, ready for priming and painting, very quickly.”
Use of hot water pressure cleaners is another important issue. People using self heating hot water pressure cleaners will generally complete their cleaning tasks in half the time it would ordinarily take the same strength cold water pressure cleaner to complete it. This results in further savings in both water and labour time.
“Locally produced Spitwater hot water pressure cleaners have longer heating coils and larger diameter seamless pipe than the imported models,” continued Dale Provan, “This means cleaner burning, less sooting, more hot water for your energy dollar and a longer service life of the machine.”
Spitwater is the largest manufacturer of pressure cleaners in Australia. The company manufactures its products at a large factory on the outskirts of Albury in southern NSW and it has been doing so quietly for almost 25 years.
Spitwater distribution network spans the entire country with distribution centres in Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Hobart, Sydney, Brisbane, Darwin and Alice Springs and dealers in all major country centres in each state.
“As we take the Spitwater message to various country centres, we are experiencing a huge thirst for knowledge. People are genuinely interested in saving water and, at the same time, protecting our precious environment,” added Dale Provan, Spitwater Director of Training and Development.
“Likewise with Ag-Quip. The message we bring is simple: we want to teach the end users how they too can save water, save labour and save money,” Dale Provan concluded, “We are fair dinkum about it, and remember Spitwater – because that’s what it does!”
