Innovation Award 2016

INNOVATION AWARD 2016

When professionally cleaning roads and paths, one encounters a wide variety of heavy soiling, especially in rural areas. In the newly developed mounted sweeper, the two housing parts are now suspended floating in relation to each other and the collection container mounted in the front area, into which the dirt is swept, can move up and down depending on the surface. To achieve a good result, the two housing parts must be sealed towards the front in the direction of travel.

A first variant using a sheet with sealing lips did not provide a satisfactory solution in terms of tightness and the coating on the enclosures quickly wore off. August Penkert now supplies a special, reinforced tarpaulin that can be firmly screwed to the enclosure parts and is thus completely tight in the direction of travel. The flexibility allows the enclosures to move freely in relation to each other.

At the GaLaBau 2016 trade fair, the company Kersten Arealmaschinen GmbH was awarded the "Innovation Medal 2016" for this new model of mounted sweeper.

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