Road Sweeper Angle Broom Brush

The wafer ring brushes and spacers from Huanmei are designed to sweep debris from the centre of roads and they are manufactured to meet the municipal cleaning industry's highest standards. For durability and high performance, the wafer ring brushes are made from either polypropylene monofilament or crimped steel wire. The range of ring brushes are supplied in boxed kits, which allows them to be easily assembled onto the cylinder shafts of your street sweepers. Fitted together, side-by-side, the ring brushes produce the cylinder under chassis sweeping brush.

The range is available both as flat wafer brush rings or zig-zag convoluted brush rings. All of the ring brushes and spacers in different size are compatible with all brand road sweepers. Please feel free to call us on 008618133027204 if you have a question about anything in the ring brush and spacer range.

You might also be interested in our municipal main brooms and side brushes, as they are also designed for use with all major machine manufacturers such as Johnston, Scarab and Stocks .We also have a wide range of industrial sweeping brushes.

There are three main things to know about Wafer Brooms.

DIMENSIONS

STYLE OF RING 

TYPE OF BRISTLE FILL 

The first thing to know about a wafer is how it's measured. There are two things to focus on, the outside diameter or OD and the inside diameter or ID. Let's start with the ID. There are a few standard ID sizes, 6 3/8", 7", 8 1/4" and 10". Next we need to look at the OD of the broom. If possible, you want to measure a new broom because as the broom wears with use, the OD changes and gets smaller. Some typical wafer diameters are 21", 24", 26", 27", 32" and 36". While there are other ID's and OD's, these sizes are a few of the commons ones.

The next area of focus is the wafer style. Here we're looking at the inside ring of the wafer which can be made in two ways - a flat style or a convoluted style.

The flat wafer typically mounts with a spacer in between each wafer; wafer, spacer, wafer spacer, and so on. Flat wafers have one pin in the ring and since the are flat they do not need to be placed on the wafer rack in any particular order. The rule of thumb is to alternate as you place them on the rack. Also note that for a denser broom, you can remove the spacer.
The convoluted wafer doesn't need a spacer due the wavy design of the ring. There are two pins inside the ring of the convoluted wafer that are designed to help with the placement of each wafer on the wafer rack. The convoluted design has high and low spots around the ring that need to line up correctly with each other so that a spacer in not needed. Each wafer is rotated a quarter turn on a standard 4-bar wafer rack. This allows the high spots on one wafer to match up the the low spots of the next wafer. 
The third thing to know about a wafer is the bristle type. There are three types of bristle; all poly, all wire, and a combo poly/wire wafer. 

An all poly wafer is consider the standard for all sweeping and is the most popular type of wafer bristle. HM brush poly bristle has a high level of flick and rigidity which allows for great performance and long life. 

The wire wafer is designed for a more aggressive sweep where more action is need to cut through mud packed in the road or for sweeping heavy millings. Wire wafers are never used alone to make a complete broom. They are used in conjunction with an poly wafer; one poly, one wire, one poly, one wire, and so on. This system works with both flat and convoluted wafers.
The third option is the combo poly/wire wafer. This option gives the same sweeping results you get with individual poly and wire wafers. The benefit is that you have the benefits of both wafers in one. This means that you only need to carry one inventory and you have an easier time changing the broom.