Wheel Wash Construction Site Technology – MobyDick Does it the Right Way

Wheel Wash Construction Site Technology – MobyDick Does it the Right Way

MobyDick is among the world’s leading demucking, dust control and wheel wash construction site technology manufacturers. As anyone who is responsible for the local environment around a modern building site will know, ensuring that mess and contaminants are not spread from the site to the wider area is increasingly important.

Many contractors now have to sign contractual clauses that ensure that nuisances to neighbours are kept to an absolute minimum. Along with noise and dust control measures,for example, the majority of such clauses relate to the transfer of mud onto nearby roads. All too often, trucks and vans will spread mud from a building site onto the neighbouring roads which can annoy local residents and business owners. Indeed, failing to control such a mess can be dangerous by making road surfaces slippy for other drivers.

As such, wheel wash construction site measures are hugely important for any contractors which wish to act in a responsible manner. Furthermore, deploying top quality wheel wash construction site systems should mean being able to avoid potential financial penalties invoked for failing to control mud and other contaminants from spreading. These days, there are many wheel wash construction site systems to choose from. What are the technologies involved and why are MobyDick’s wheel wash construction site systems a cut above the rest?

Low Pressure Wheel Wash Construction Site Systems

Unlike other wheel wash construction site systems, those made by MobyDick make extensive use of leading immersion pump technology developed and perfected by FRUTIGER. Due to their arrangement, which places each pump in series with the next, the start-up current is able to be particularly low. This means that the energy consumption of MobyDick’s wheel wash construction site systems are particularly attractive. Indeed, the low pressure approach taken by MobyDick’s engineers and designers is at the heart of the entire wheel wash construction site range. Why is this?

Under a low pressure system, it is possible to get exceptional levels of cleanliness around wheels and tyres without the need for unwanted additional spray or wastage. When high pressure systems are deployed in wheel wash construction site machines, there is necessarily some water that will escape and spray onto other areas of the site. Low pressure systems, on the other hand, can operate with much more water in a more controlled manner to reach a much better cleaning result.

With MobyDick’s low pressure wheel wash construction site technology, strong jets of water are generated from wide nozzles which are placed in exactly the right position for maximum results. Furthermore, the larger nozzles that come with a low pressure design mean that the possibility of clogging is minimised, something that helps to keep the systems going which can be especially important at busy times.

Low pressure wheel wash construction site systems not only clear mud from tyres and hubs, but are also able to remove stones and hardened sods of earth that may have become attached. Nevertheless, the upper part of the vehicles passing through remain untouched, something that doesn’t always happen with high pressure designs. This means that windscreens and mirrors remain in pristine condition without smearing, ideal for drivers who are about to embark on a potentially long road journey.

Moby Dick’s Ecologically Friendly Wheel Wash Construction Site Technology

The low pressure approach taken by MobyDick results in lower energy consumption compared to a high pressure pumping system. This is extremely important for wheel wash construction site systems that will be used again and again for a prolonged period of time. Of course, dropping the level of energy that is required to keep your fleet of construction site vehicles clean means lowering your daily overheads. That said, as most construction firms now fully embrace, lowering energy usage is not merely about financial costs but the costs associated with climate change. For every vehicle that is cleaned with a low pressure system rather than a high pressure one, the carbon footprint of the construction phase of any project is reduced, thereby placing it on a more sustainable footing.

Crucially, this lower energy consumption is only meaningful if the wheel wash construction site technology does the job that is expected of it. Energy efficient systems are only genuinely effective if they do a really thorough cleaning job which is why care has been taken by MobyDick’s designers at every stage to develop technology that never compromises on quality in the pursuit of low energy consumption.

However, site managers should not only factor in the environmental impact of wheel washing technologies in terms of their energy consumption. Water consumption comes into play, too. With MobyDick’s engineered wheel washing solutions, the water that is used can be recycled many times. By contrast with high pressure systems which necessarily rely on fresh water – or their nozzles would become blocked up increasingly frequently – low pressure ones are able to use and reuse the same water without any issues of quality whatsoever.

Indeed, combined recycling tanks help to keep the water as clean as possible and baffles are used in the cleaning areas in order to prevent dust and other contaminants from falling into the water. That said, the design ethos with modern wheel wash construction site technology is to clear mud from tyres effectively and not to clean trucks to a showroom level. With this in mind, it is perfectly possible to recycle water many times which is obviously the environmentally friendliest method for fulfilling your on-site contractual obligations before vehicles leave.

Fully Tailored Wheel Wash Construction Site Systems

Part of producing wheel wash construction site technology the right way is to make standard products and systems which can be set up in a short space of time and start delivering straight away. Nevertheless, some sites have particular requirements that come down to the local conditions of the building site itself or from the type of vehicles that will need to be cleaned. No two contractors operate in exactly the same way and nor, it should be said, are two sites ever completely alike. In some cases, therefore, bespoke wheel wash construction site systems may be called for.

MobyDick is a high-quality engineering firm that is among the top global solution providers when it comes to fully tailored muck control measures. Having been in the business of providing drive-through wheel wash construction site technologies since the mid-1990s, no other company has the technical expertise to provide a bespoke system of such a high quality as MobyDick. Features like chassis wash systems, safety railings, additional nozzle bars, galvanised side walls and drip pads are all available, when necessary. Needless to say, MobyDick’s tailored wheel wash construction site systems are installed and commissioned for you by a team of expert fitters. No competitor supplier can claim to do it ‘the right way’ in the way that MobyDick can!