A3 Floor Cleaning Machines

RECOMMENDED SPARE PARTS # Part no. Qty Description   VF81203 1 HOSE   VF81219A 1 2 INCH WHEEL KIT   VF81243A 1 SQUEEGEE CABLE KIT   VF82013E 1 3 INCH WHEEL KIT INCL SCREW M8X40   VF82165 1 KEY SWITCH Solution Tank Spares VIPER FANG 24T, 26T and 28T -EU # Part no. Qty Description # Part no. Qty Description 1 VF83124A 1 SQUEEGEE LIFT HANDLE KIT 17 VF99001A 2 4 INCH WHEEL KIT 2 VF82154A 1 REAR FILL PLUG KIT 18 VF83111 2 4 INCH CASTER 3 VF81404A 1 RECOVERY TANK SUPPORT KIT 19 VF13634A 2 SCREW KIT 4 VF82029B 1 VAC TUBE BRACKET KIT 20 VF83140 1 TRAY BATTERY 5 VF82032 1 SPRING 21 VF82072 1 BATTERY SPACER 6 VF82030 1 ADAPTOR TUBE 22 VF82403 1 CABLE BATTERY 7 VF82031A 1 TUBE ADAPTER GASKET 23 VF81724 2 BATTERY CAP BLACK 8 VF82123 1 DECAL ...

One of our cleaning machine engineers attended a Primary School in Fishguard last week that had a fault with their Viper Fang 24T scrubber dryer . The school reported that the machine had stared smelling and leaking black streaks behind when in use. The school rely on this machine to provide a clean environment for the children who as you can image can cause quite a mess at times. Fishguard is a coastal town on the Welsh Pembrokeshire coast which is quite a remote yet beautiful area. A3 Machines clients stretch right across the country so its not unusual to find our engineers putting in some miles to resolve a machine issue. This is why we always take time to train our customers in the operation and maintenance of their machines when we are on-site, it also helps minimise downtime for the customers. Repairing a Viper Fang 24T Scrubber Dryer in Pembrokeshire It’s a good four-hour drive to Fishguard from our service centre in Market Drayton so we dispatched an engineer the followin...

A3 Machines were contacted recently about a new machine for cleaning concrete floors at their manufacturing facility in Donnington . The company specialise in the production of top end patisseries including gluten free pastry aimed at the higher end of the pastry market and supply several fine dining caterers and independent bakeries. They have been trading from their premises in Donnington for ten years and were looking for a machine that was capable of scrubbing and drying and generally cleaning concrete floors in several areas of their premises. This was to improve hygiene and to cut down on the time cleaning concrete which was being done with a jet hose. The three key areas to be cleaned were the refrigerated store room which was kept at a constant minus 2 degrees, consequently nobody wanted to be in there for too long, the pastry prep area (also very chilly) and the indoor loading bay. To avoid any cross contamination, we recommended different coloured pads for each area and...

As an authorised Viper Cleaning service centre we stock a comprehensive range of spare parts including the Viper Fang Recovery Hose which uses vacuum pressure to transfer dirty water picked up from the rubber squeegee blades at the back of the machine into the recovery tank. The hose is external to the main housing and can be prone to damage, and like any pressurised hose on a car engine, it will end up degrading over time and need replacing. As a result, our Engineers always make sure they carry a full set of hoses and seals for the Viper range of cleaning machines before setting off for the day. As you will find out below, this proved useful when our engineer called into a well-known department store in Liverpool who had previously reported that their floor cleaning machine was leaving dirty water on the floor. Floor Cleaning at a Large Department Store in Liverpool Located in the centre of the city of Liverpool our customer sold fashion and home goods laid out over several fl...

With up to 75 litres of dirty water on board the Viper Fang 24T scrubber dryer can cause quite a mess should the waste leak. The facilities manager of a large showroom in Barnsley experienced exactly this problem when they experienced a waste leak via the recovery tank drain hose and called us in to get it repaired. With a long industrial heritage that includes linen production and coal mining, this South Yorkshire town has always been busy and a recent re-generation scheme to rethink the town and promote its long history has helped its popularity and become a great location for all types of businesses. Assessing the Waste Leak Armed with spare parts for the machine we scheduled a call for one of our engineers to drop into the car showroom in Barnsley and repair the scrubber dryer. With the waste leak causing pools of dirty water on the floor the machine wasn’t in a usable condition and the customer was keen to have the machine operational again to maintain the floor the of the ...

We received a call recently from the manager of a large retail store in Boston, Lincolnshire to tell us that one of their cleaners had dislodged the suction rubbers  on their Viper Fang 24T scrubber dryer leading to a loss of suction.  We sent an engineer along to the store, in Boston , Lincolnshire to assess the damage, replace the clip with a new one and get the machine back to full operational capacity.  Not to be confused with its larger cousin in the United States, Boston is a small port town on the Lincolnshire coast where the local economy revolves around food production and transportation. Relacing Suction Rubbers on a Viper Fang 24T After loading his service vehicle with spares for the machines he had on his call list that day, our engineer made the journey over to Boston to repair the machine. The store needed to be kept clean at all times and keeping on top of the floors was a crucial part of this process. For this reason, the cleaners used a Viper Fa...

Earlier this month, we provided a school in Ellesmere , Shropshire with a demonstration of a Viper Fang 24T floor cleaning machine which you can read about on  http://sales.a3machines.info . Impressed with how easy the machine was to use and how effective it was at cleaning the floors they went ahead and purchased the machine. I’m pleased to report that since then the head of maintenance at the school has been back in touch to arrange for the long-term hire of two more floor cleaning machines. Cleaning Machine Hire As we reported previously, the school has been refurbished in recent years and thanks to its academy status, was furnished with the funding for a whole new block for the sciences. However, all this expansion meant cleaning with just one machine wasn’t practical and two more machines would be needed if they were to experience the same cleaning efficiencies enjoyed in one part of the school across the rest of the academy. Fact is modern cleaning machines make the job...

Our service team recently attended a retail store in Ellesmere Port , Cheshire on the request of the manager who reported that their Viper Fang scrubber dryer had developed a traction drive fault and literally had “no drive”. Ellesmere Port is close to Liverpool and Chester and is a hub for retail due to it being the site of the major Coliseum Shopping Park . Evaluating the Traction Drive Fault One of our engineers made the journey across to Ellesmere Port in Cheshire to evaluate the machine and effect a repair to the floor cleaning machine. As a retail store in a busy shopping center the floors require daily cleaning to ensure the store is well presented in the face of regular customer traffic. Their Viper Fang 24T Battery Powered Pedestrian Scrubber Drier was an essential tool for the cleaning team who would be faced with the long and arduous task of cleaning the floors with a mop and bucket without it. The problem, according to the manager there, was that the machine had no d...

A3 Machines were delighted to be invited to give a floor cleaning demonstration at the prestigious showroom of Arnold Clark in Stafford by the manager of their contract cleaning company. The showroom is approximately six years old and until recently was the largest car showroom in Europe, in fact at the time of writing they have 389 used cars for sale at the Stafford branch. Having previously asked all the relevant questions, e.g. type of floor, floor area etc, we were able to take along the most suitable machine for the job. We had been informed that although the showroom would be void of any vehicle when we arrived, it would normally be full of cars and therefore the machine would need to be able to manoeuvre between the vehicles. Viper Fang 24T Floor Cleaning Demonstration Based on the information given, we took along a Viper Fang 24T Battery Powered Scrubber Dryer , we have provided these machines to other car showrooms in the past and were confident it would be ideal. We a...

Here are A3 Machines we understand the value of a long term customer relationship and do our upmost to ensure our customers receive the very best cleaning machine sales experience and after care we can provide. It's tricky of course to know if you have met their expectations so we find the best measure is a returning customer. On that note we received a call last week from the manager of a retail store cleaning team in South Wales who had decided it was time to purchase a brand-new floor cleaning machine. Having dealt with us before, we were top of their supplier list and they had already decided on which machine to purchase so there was no need to schedule in an on-site demonstration.  We walked through the purchase options over the phone (Lease/Outright Purchase - New Machine, Ex Demo Machine or Reconditioned) and we were able to send an engineer down to deliver the machine and provide on-site training soon after. The store was in Cardiff which has seen significant redevelopme...

The caretaker of a small primary school contacted our offices to arrange for an engineer to come and take a look at their overheating scrubber dryer which was cutting out during use.  The school itself was well within Merseyside , in the metropolitan area of St. Helen’s , where the 52 primary schools there consistently perform above the national average in terms of examination results.  We find scrubber dryers are fast becoming a popular choice for school floor cleaning where there is a requirement to do a thorough cleaning job across a large area with limited resources. Inspecting the Overheating Scrubber Dryer The call-out for our engineer involved him travelling north of our home base in Shropshire to the primary school in St. Helen’s, Merseyside, to inspect the overheating scrubber dryer that had been troubling the caretaker there in recent weeks.  The floors of the school would see the obvious build up of dirt and scuffing from the children in attendance and ...

A3 Machines recently received a call from a distribution warehouse in Telford who distribute refrigerated food for a well-known supermarket. Besides needing to keep the floor of the distribution center clean, they also had an issue with "puddles" of water forming in the pedestrian walkways caused by condensation from the cooling fans dripping down the metal roof supports onto the floor. Understanding the Floor Cleaning Requirements Many of these areas where the problem was occurring were in less accessible parts of the warehouse which were difficult to get close to using their current floor cleaning machine. This was health and safety concern for the company who for many years they had been using a rather dated scrubber dryer in the main area of the warehouse and relying on a mop and bucket to mop up the puddles. Ideally, they wanted a machine that would handle both tasks and a combination of events prompted the company to act. First their current machine was quite old ...

The goal of our team of A3 Engineers is to keep your cleaning team operational, normally this means making repair on-site however if that's not possible an alternative solution has to be found. One such alternative is to make a temporary repair to the machine as long it is still safe to operate. This was one such occasion where a call came in from a customer at a supermarket, informing us that the throttle lever was not working on their floor cleaning machine. The store was up in Carlisle , Cumbria , a city 10 miles south of the Scottish border. Repairing the Throttle Lever Control The machine in question was a Viper Fang 24T Scrubber Dryer; the throttle lever controls the forward and reverse movement of the machine and naturally if the throttle lever malfunctions the machine cannot be operated properly.  We already had an Engineer in the area visiting other customers at the time so we asked him to include the supermarket in his route and take a look at the machine.  ...

More often than not, our engineers can repair a machine on site as they carry an extensive range of spares on their vans, but occasionally its necessary to bring it back to our in-house workshop for repair. This was the case recently, with a customer at a furniture showroom in Blackpool , Lancashire , whose floor cleaning machine had a drive motor failure and would not move. The seaside resort is very popular and notable for its 3,000 hotels and guest houses. Retail is also a major contributor to Blackpool's economy and many Blackpool residents work in the retail sector, either in the town centre or the retail parks on the edge of town. Diagnosing the Drive Motor Failure Our engineer travelled up to Blackpool, Lancashire, to visit the furniture showroom and repair the machine on-site. It was imperative our engineer found a solution to their problem quickly, as the machine sees daily usage to keep the floors free of scuffing and looking presentable for customers. The problem th...