WACO, Texas—February 2, 2011—TYMCO® today introduced the Model 210h™, a Model 210® Parking Lot Sweeper powered by the TYMCO hDrive™ Power System. hDrive is an optimized hydraulic power system that gives Model 210h owners all the simplicity and low maintenance of sweeping without an auxiliary engine. The Model 210h delivers everything Model 210 owners have come to love about the TYMCO Regenerative Air System – air sweeping with a dual chambered pick-up head delivering a powerful air blast to the paved surface and centrifugal dust separation for low
dust emissions.
“The Model 210h is a very capable parking lot sweeper with all of the performance capabilities required by most parking area applications. With the introduction of BlueLogic, we’ve provided streamlined features from the operator and service technician perspectives,” said Robert Hatfield, TYMCO’s Vice President, Sales and Market Development. “The Model 210h further defines True Regenerative Air parking lot sweeping allowing TYMCO owners to get more out of their sweepers while remaining sensitive to the environment.”
It was important for the Engineering Team at TYMCO to introduce a parking lot sweeper with the least amount of compromise on performance while continuing to maintain a high standard of reliability. The performance features on the Model 210h are delivered by a True Regenerative Air System and a large gutter broom. Both of these features are powered by the hDrive Power System which were traditionally powered by an auxiliary engine on the Model 210. In addition, components such as the pick-up head, skids, curtains and brooms are shared with the Model 210, easing fleet integration for current Model 210 owners.
The Model 210h will also come standard with the TYMCO BlueLogic™ Control System. This system first introduced on the TYMCO Model 500x®, assists in troubleshooting potential electrical issues by providing service technicians LED diagnostics for the sweeper. BlueLogic provides intelligent safety features such as raising the gutter broom when the sweeper is put in reverse and turning off the blower when you open the dump door as well as environmental features such as pausing the dust control system when the operator turns off the blower.
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Thursday, January 20, 2011
How San Francisco Used City Data to Save $1 Million on Street Cleaning
The brilliant Code for America project — which connects cash-strapped city governments with cutting-edge web developers to achieve more impact with less money — has updated its blog with a story about how San Francisco used city data to save more than $1 million dollars on street cleaning.
Ed Reiskin, Director of San Francisco’s Public Works department, noticed that some street cleaning trucks were returning with little or no trash on certain days or routes. This compelled Ed to ask for tonnage logs — how much trucks weigh going out vs. how much trucks weigh coming in — to determine how to optimize city cleaning. After about a month of study, Ed’s team concluded that they could find significant savings by re-routing certain routes and reducing others. These changes would help the city to save its money (less gas, parts, and labor) and protect its environment (less pollution and water usage).
As Code for America sees it, this just one of myriad opportunities for cities to “follow the data,” tease out insights, and code better programs to run our cities and states.
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Ed Reiskin, Director of San Francisco’s Public Works department, noticed that some street cleaning trucks were returning with little or no trash on certain days or routes. This compelled Ed to ask for tonnage logs — how much trucks weigh going out vs. how much trucks weigh coming in — to determine how to optimize city cleaning. After about a month of study, Ed’s team concluded that they could find significant savings by re-routing certain routes and reducing others. These changes would help the city to save its money (less gas, parts, and labor) and protect its environment (less pollution and water usage).
As Code for America sees it, this just one of myriad opportunities for cities to “follow the data,” tease out insights, and code better programs to run our cities and states.
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Thursday, December 23, 2010
How a street cleaner gave a family back its memories
Five family albums dumped in a rubbish bin in Western Scotland have been returned to a delighted family - who now live in Israel.
The photos, which include the wedding and barmitzvah pictures of the Shenkin family, were found in Ardrishaig, Argyllshire, around 90 miles from Glasgow, and traced back to relative, Yaron Soifer, whose mother is originally from Glasgow.
Tel Aviv businessman Mr Soifer hopes to receive the photos in time for his mother Lorna's 70th birthday on New Year's Eve - but snow may prevent the albums reaching Israel in time.
The albums might have been lost forever had it not been for a street cleaner discovering them and handing them in to the local police station.
Inspector Neil Wallace alerted the local newspaper. STV reporter Karen Greenshields then ran an appeal on Scottish Television to track down the owners. Mr Soifer's relative Pamela Freedman, 60, recognised her late aunt Mamie Shenkin in the photos and contacted Mr Soifer in Israel.
He is Mrs Shenkin's grandson. His mother, Lorna Soifer, née Shenkin, made aliyah as a young woman and married an American.
Mrs Shenkin, the grande dame of Glasgow Jewry, died last year aged 93, and the albums were lost while sorting through her belongings. Her family lives in Liverpool, Israel and America.
Ms Freedman said: "It was quite a shock at first. A friend saw pictures of my family on TV but the sound was down. She thought we'd been in an accident or something.
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The photos, which include the wedding and barmitzvah pictures of the Shenkin family, were found in Ardrishaig, Argyllshire, around 90 miles from Glasgow, and traced back to relative, Yaron Soifer, whose mother is originally from Glasgow.
Tel Aviv businessman Mr Soifer hopes to receive the photos in time for his mother Lorna's 70th birthday on New Year's Eve - but snow may prevent the albums reaching Israel in time.
The albums might have been lost forever had it not been for a street cleaner discovering them and handing them in to the local police station.Inspector Neil Wallace alerted the local newspaper. STV reporter Karen Greenshields then ran an appeal on Scottish Television to track down the owners. Mr Soifer's relative Pamela Freedman, 60, recognised her late aunt Mamie Shenkin in the photos and contacted Mr Soifer in Israel.
He is Mrs Shenkin's grandson. His mother, Lorna Soifer, née Shenkin, made aliyah as a young woman and married an American.
Mrs Shenkin, the grande dame of Glasgow Jewry, died last year aged 93, and the albums were lost while sorting through her belongings. Her family lives in Liverpool, Israel and America.
Ms Freedman said: "It was quite a shock at first. A friend saw pictures of my family on TV but the sound was down. She thought we'd been in an accident or something.
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Russia Wants to Build “Sweeper” to Clean up Space Debris
Russia is looking to build a $2 billion orbital “pod” that would sweep up satellite debris from space around the Earth. According to a post on the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos’ Facebook site, (which seems to confirm an earlier article by the Interfax news agency) the cleaning satellite would work on nuclear power and be operational for about 15 years. The Russian rocket company, Energia proposes that they would complete the cleaning satellite assembly by 2020 and test the device no later than in 2023.
“The corporation promises to clean up the space in 10 years by collecting about 600 defunct satellites on the same geosynchronous orbit and sinking them into the oceans subsequently,” Victor Sinyavsky from the company was quoted as saying.
Sinyavsky said Energia was also in the process of designing a space interceptor that would to destroy dangerous space objects heading towards the Earth.
No word on exactly how the space debris cleaner would work, of how it would push dead satellites and other debris into a decaying orbit so that objects would burn up in the atmosphere, or if it might somehow gather up or “vacuum” debris. But at least someone is thinking about space debris and asteroid deflection and putting more than just a few rubles (60 billion of ‘em) towards these concepts.
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“The corporation promises to clean up the space in 10 years by collecting about 600 defunct satellites on the same geosynchronous orbit and sinking them into the oceans subsequently,” Victor Sinyavsky from the company was quoted as saying.
Sinyavsky said Energia was also in the process of designing a space interceptor that would to destroy dangerous space objects heading towards the Earth.
No word on exactly how the space debris cleaner would work, of how it would push dead satellites and other debris into a decaying orbit so that objects would burn up in the atmosphere, or if it might somehow gather up or “vacuum” debris. But at least someone is thinking about space debris and asteroid deflection and putting more than just a few rubles (60 billion of ‘em) towards these concepts.
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Chewing gum 'too sticky' a problem, says Spanish government
The Spanish government has decided that chewing gum is just too sticky, with high costs of street cleaning prompting a move to change the ingredients of the gum.
The Cabinet has agreed to employ a copolymer of vinyl acetate and vinyl laurate as the basis for Spanish gum in a bid to take out some of the gumminess.
The Barcelona authorities estimate that they scrape up 1,800 bits of gum a day from its streets - at a cost of more than €100,000 ($173,822) a year. The city has previously introduced fines of up to €450 for those who litter with used chewing gum.
The Cabinet has agreed to employ a copolymer of vinyl acetate and vinyl laurate as the basis for Spanish gum in a bid to take out some of the gumminess.
The Barcelona authorities estimate that they scrape up 1,800 bits of gum a day from its streets - at a cost of more than €100,000 ($173,822) a year. The city has previously introduced fines of up to €450 for those who litter with used chewing gum.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
BV public works breaking in new street sweeper
BERRYVILLE -- Residents in Berryville may have noticed a new street sweeper making its way along city streets.
It arrived last week, a brand new $100,000 Tymco Air Sweeper that drives down the highway like a truck, but can also sweep, vacuum, spray and dump.
The Berryville City Council recently approved the lease/purchase agreement after Mayor Tim McKinney suggested the sweeper could save the city money on paving costs.
The mayor said Kirby Murray, the public works director, had researched sweepers and found one that fit their needs. He said they test drove "the truck-type" sweeper on Jefferson Avenue, one of the streets that had been recently resurfaced with chip and seal.
Use of smaller gravel in the future, followed by sweeping, will provide a good chip and seal surface, he said, and save the city the expense of laying costlier asphalt.
In addition, he noted that Eureka Springs has operated a similar sweeper from the same company for the past nine years.
He presented the council with several lease/purchase options, suggesting Option 1 that called for no down payment and a four-year annual payment plan at 2.9 percent interest.
He said state turnback money would pay for the unit, priced at $98,500. Payments would be $25,690 annually for four years. The purchase price includes operation and maintenance training.
Traveling to Waco, Texas recently to train on the sweeper were public works employees Keith Adams and Steve Sattler. Both spent three days at Tymco headquarters.
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It arrived last week, a brand new $100,000 Tymco Air Sweeper that drives down the highway like a truck, but can also sweep, vacuum, spray and dump.
The Berryville City Council recently approved the lease/purchase agreement after Mayor Tim McKinney suggested the sweeper could save the city money on paving costs.
The mayor said Kirby Murray, the public works director, had researched sweepers and found one that fit their needs. He said they test drove "the truck-type" sweeper on Jefferson Avenue, one of the streets that had been recently resurfaced with chip and seal.
Use of smaller gravel in the future, followed by sweeping, will provide a good chip and seal surface, he said, and save the city the expense of laying costlier asphalt.
In addition, he noted that Eureka Springs has operated a similar sweeper from the same company for the past nine years.
He presented the council with several lease/purchase options, suggesting Option 1 that called for no down payment and a four-year annual payment plan at 2.9 percent interest.
He said state turnback money would pay for the unit, priced at $98,500. Payments would be $25,690 annually for four years. The purchase price includes operation and maintenance training.
Traveling to Waco, Texas recently to train on the sweeper were public works employees Keith Adams and Steve Sattler. Both spent three days at Tymco headquarters.
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Nilfisk-Advance Buys Egholm
The acquisition of Egholm will greatly enhance Nilfisk-Advance’s offering in the outdoor cleaning market, and is expected to result in significant growth in sales from this market. The acquisition will be effective as of January 3, 2011.
“This acquisition allows us to take an important step forward in the outdoor cleaning market, particularly in segments like municipalities, contract cleaners and larger building societies with a need for high quality, multi-purpose outdoor equipment”, says Jørgen Jensen, President and CEO of Nilfisk-Advance. Egholm’s high quality and easily maneuverable machines are a natural extension to our existing product range in the outdoor market.”
Egholm is a successful Danish manufacturer of combined and compact road sweeper and green area maintenance machines with an annual turnover of approx. EUR 20M. The company is located in Lemvig, Denmark and was founded in 1992 by Kaj and Jens Christian Egholm. The company employs 80 people and its products are sold in 14 different European markets. The company specialises in the sub-compact sweeper segment with machines that are very versatile and easy to use. Egholm is recognized as being a leading company in this segment.
The Egholm machines can be equipped with at least 13 different attachments which allow them to cover year round tasks related to green area, winter maintenance and road sweeping in all kinds of weather. This makes them ideal for municipalities, large institutions, building societies, contract cleaners, landscape & green care contractors.
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“This acquisition allows us to take an important step forward in the outdoor cleaning market, particularly in segments like municipalities, contract cleaners and larger building societies with a need for high quality, multi-purpose outdoor equipment”, says Jørgen Jensen, President and CEO of Nilfisk-Advance. Egholm’s high quality and easily maneuverable machines are a natural extension to our existing product range in the outdoor market.”
Egholm is a successful Danish manufacturer of combined and compact road sweeper and green area maintenance machines with an annual turnover of approx. EUR 20M. The company is located in Lemvig, Denmark and was founded in 1992 by Kaj and Jens Christian Egholm. The company employs 80 people and its products are sold in 14 different European markets. The company specialises in the sub-compact sweeper segment with machines that are very versatile and easy to use. Egholm is recognized as being a leading company in this segment.
The Egholm machines can be equipped with at least 13 different attachments which allow them to cover year round tasks related to green area, winter maintenance and road sweeping in all kinds of weather. This makes them ideal for municipalities, large institutions, building societies, contract cleaners, landscape & green care contractors.
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