Car wash systems.
Four systems for cars, vans and light commercials: a touchless six-axis rollover, three and five brush rollovers, and a modular conveyor tunnel, 9 to 30 m modules or longer to order, washing and drying up to 130 vehicles per hour.
Key features.
- Touchless rollover
- Acrobat 2X: two movable arms on a supporting bridge moving in six axes, no brushes, 3 to 5 vehicles per minute of operation time, water pump pressure 100/200 bar.
- Brush rollover
- Ephesus: 2 vertical and 1 horizontal brush with Brush Swing, 2 to 2.5 min per vehicle. Cirrus 5N: 4 upright and 1 horizontal, 24 to 32 vehicles per hour wash only.
- Conveyor tunnel
- Modules from 9 to 30 m or longer to order, up to 130 vehicles per hour, 17 HP drying on the standard set, dual-speed conveyor, pre-soak, power-brushing, wax and contour-following overhead drying.
- Control and safety
- Centralised industrial PLC, digital pressure control, soft start and stop on every brush, collision control, and emergency stops at entrance and exit.
System details.
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Ephesus rollover chassis-wash equipment.
The systems.
All models and specifications-
Acrobat 2X
Throughput: 3–5 vehicles/min (operation time)
Full specification
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Ephesus
Throughput: 2–2.5 min/vehicle (operation time)
Full specification
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Cirrus 5N
Cirrus 5N (2500/3000 model)
Throughput: 24–32 vehicles/hr (wash only); ~14 vehicles/hr (wash + dry)Full specification
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Conveyor / Tunnel System
Throughput: 30–60 vehicles/hr
Full specification
Specifications.
Send us your site and we will confirm these against it.
Acrobat 2X touchless rollover
High-pressure washing with no brush contact, for vehicles whose finish or livery must not be touched.
| Specification | Unit | ACROBAT 2X |
|---|---|---|
| Maximum machine width | m | 4.20 |
| Maximum machine height | m | 3.20 |
| Maximum washing height | m | 2.20 |
| Maximum washing width | m | 2.20 |
| Plant length | m | 6.5 – 15 |
| Operation time | vehicle/min | 3 – 5 |
| Water pump pressure | bar | 100 / 200 |
| Feedwater pressure | bar | 3.5 / 4 |
| Water consumption | lt/vehicle | 18 – 250 |
| Air pressure | bar | 6 |
| Air requirement | lt/min | 20 |
| Operating voltage | V | 400 |
| Installed power, washing only | kW | 35 |
| Installed power, drying only | kW | 33 |
| Installed power, all units | kW | 75 |
| Electricity | kW/vehicle | 0.75 / 2.50 |
| Chemical foam | gr/vehicle | 20 – 30 |
| Wax | gr/vehicle | 20 |
Ephesus three-brush rollover
The vehicle stays still and the machine travels over it on rails. Two vertical brushes and one horizontal, under PLC control.
| Specification | Unit | EPHESUS |
|---|---|---|
| Maximum machine width | cm | 365 |
| Maximum machine height | cm | 400 |
| Maximum washing height | cm | 300 |
| Maximum washing width | cm | 220 |
| Rail gauge | cm | 300 |
| Rail length | m | 10 |
| Power installed | kW | 3 |
| Voltage / frequency | V / Hz | 380 / 50 |
| Operation time per vehicle | min | 2 – 2.5 |
| Water pressure | bar | 3.5 |
| Water consumption | lt/min | 60 – 80 |
| Air pressure | bar | 6 |
| Air requirement | lt/min | 56 |
| Electricity | kWh/vehicle | 0.15 |
| Brush units, vertical / horizontal | none | 2 + 1 |
Conveyor tunnel
The vehicle moves and the machinery stays put. Built to the length of the bay available, from a short express tunnel to a long custom line.
| Specification | Unit | Conveyor tunnel |
|---|---|---|
| System length | m | 9 – 30 standard modules; longer to order |
| Washing capacity | vehicles/hour | 30 / 45 / 60 by model and speed; up to 130 on long tunnels |
| Maximum vehicle width | cm | 220 |
| Maximum vehicle height | cm | 250 |
| Overhead drying power | HP | 2 × 3, profile-tracking |
| Side drying power | HP | 2 × 5.5, fixed multi-angle |
| Drying power on long tunnels | kW | Up to 12 × 11 |
| Warranty | months | 12 |
| Automation | none | Centralised industrial PLC |
Drying power is customisable on both axes.
Conveyor tunnel: installation and utilities
What the building has to provide. These are the figures a contractor and an electrician ask for first, taken from the general arrangement for a full length tunnel. Shorter lines scale down.
| Specification | Unit | Conveyor tunnel |
|---|---|---|
| Machine installation area | none | 124'-0" × 18'-04" |
| Equipment room | none | 38'-06" × 11'-5" |
| Conveyor length | none | 112' |
| Pit depth | none | 8'-2" |
| Wash stations | none | 24 |
| Supply voltage | V | 480, 3 phase, 60 Hz |
| Control supply | V | 110, 1 phase, 16 A |
| Lighting and ancillary distribution | none | 110 / 208 V, 100 A minimum |
| Protective earth resistance | ohm | 0 – 2 |
| Branch circuits | none | about 30, 0.58 – 50 A, drives on nine |
| High pressure pump | kW | 22 (30 HP) |
| High pressure wheel wash | kW | 7.5 (10 HP) |
| Lower chassis wash | kW | 4 (5.5 HP) |
| Drying fans | kW | 12 × 11 (15 HP), 132 total |
| Wheel and body brush motors | kW | 0.75 – 1.1 |
| Wheel wash pressure | bar | 100 |
| High pressure washing unit | bar | 20 |
| High pressure water arch | bar | 15 |
| Chemical dosing pressure | bar | 7 |
| Reclaim tanks | US gal | 3 × 2,000, in series |
| Oil and water separator | US gal | 750 |
| Treated water storage | US gal | 2,650 |
| Softened water tank | US gal | 1,325 |
| Pit drain | none | 8" PVC |
| Reclaim suction lines | none | 2 × 3" SCH-80 PVC |
The 480 V transformer is supplied by the customer. Reclaim tanks more than 60 feet from the reclaim unit need a larger suction line.
Figures are for the standard build. Optional equipment, water recovery and cold-weather packages change the installed power and water requirement, and are quoted per site.
- Door to door shipping on every machine
- Free installation
- 12-month warranty
What we need to quote it.
Send as much of this as you have. A partial answer is enough to start.
Send your details- Site dimensions, including the length available for a queue
- Vehicles per day at peak, and the hours you trade
- Attended or unattended operation
- Water supply, drainage and electrical capacity on site
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Trucks, buses and trailers
Heavy vehicle wash systems for depots and fleets: full-height gantries for coaches, rigids and trailers, chassis washing, brushless options for liveried vehicles, specified to your site.
Truck and bus wash systems
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Metro trains and rail vehicles
Rail vehicle wash systems engineered to order: specified around the trainset profile, the depot road and the turnaround your timetable allows. Talk to us about your depot.
Train and metro wash systems
Ready to spec a system?
Send your site dimensions and the throughput you are aiming at, and we will match a model and put together numbers.