PDQ introduces the Tandem RiteTouch vehicle wash system. With the widest top brush coverage in the industry, the foam brushes are torque sensitive to monitor the contour of the vehicle and provide low-force cleaning power. The side-profiling, high-pressure wash arms, effectively remove stubborn soil from the vehicle’s surface. Plus, the three stage wheel cleaning system includes chemical application, rotating soft rim scrubbers and high pressure wheel blasters. The key factor to RiteTouch technology is touching the vehicle as little as possible to minimize the potential for vehicle damage, but applying the right amount of touch to produce a superior wash quality.
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Tags: car, carwash, dryer, equipment, friction, maxair, onboard, pdq, tandem, tunnel, vehicle, wash
So the cleaning …
So the cleaning quality and the touch of the brushes stay the same with a little smart car as it does with an F-350 crew cab dually?
I wish this car …
I wish this car wash was at a gas station near me.
The brush sections …
The brush sections lengthen as you move higher up the side brush. The setting for how much pressure the brush should apply (and how much torque feedback it should be allowed) is adjustable per machine. The higher the pressure, the tighter the brush will hug the front/sides/back of a vehicle. The site we were filming on sees more trucks than anything else, so their settings were set rather light to prevent the brush from hugging the side of a taller vehicle too tightly (like the H2).
Does the side brush …
Does the side brush touch the windows on the Mini Cooper at all? It kind of looks like this design would be better off running a cycle with the brush vertical and one with it tilted slightly to better match the contour of the side of the vehicle. I’ve noticed systems that do this work a lot better. It doesn’t look like it’d be too hard to add a bit of pendulum action to the Tandem RiteTouch, just add another pivot up there with a solenoid to lock it for vertical use.