January/February 2023 - 24

EQUIPMENT
AUTHOR Christina Marsh
Equipment Matters
Choosing the correct equipment for the job can make all
the difference. Elgin Sweeper Company Product Manager
Tim Letts discusses the Elgin Crosswind FSX,
a sweeper specifically made for airport operations.
The pickup head is a metal piece
Elgin Crosswind FSX.
ELGIN SWEEPER
MAKING SURE you have the right equipment for the job
can save a lot of time and money in the long run. The
Elgin Crosswind FSX is a regenerative air sweeper made
specifically for airport operation use. The key difference
between the FSX and a standard street sweeper is the
side broom material. The material used in the broom
poses less of a risk to airport and any other debris
getting introduced to the system. The purpose of the
side brooms is to take dirt and debris and move it into
the middle of the truck. For a regenerative air sweeper,
what happens is the dirt and debris is pushed into the
center, and then, it's picked up by a regenerative air
pickup head.
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of equipment that runs the width of
the truck. On one side a fan is used
to blow air down onto the runway,
and that pickup head creates a seal
on the runway. Then, on the other
side of the pickup head, going from
the right side of the truck to the left
side, there's an air knife. The air knife
agitates the dirt and debris on the
runway, or any other type of foreign
object and it pushes it to the other
side of the pickup head, where it is
then suctioned up, and placed into
the hopper.
Once the air and the debris are in
the hopper, there's a vortex system
that's used to separate the heavy
material. The heavy material then
falls to the bottom of the hopper.
" It's a regenerative air system, so
the air, instead of being pushed out
of the hopper, it goes back into the
pickup head, starting the whole
process over, " said Tim Letts Elgin
Sweeper Company Product Manager.
" It's a closed loop system. So, the air
that we bring in is constantly being
used to either move the debris from
the one side of the pickup to the other,
bringing it up into the hopper, and
then it's reused once again, kind of
going through that same path. "
Standard street sweeper vehicles
operate five to seven miles per hour,

January/February 2023

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of January/February 2023

Inside the Fence
Airports Make Capacity a Top Issue in 2023
Airport Business 2023 Projects of the Year
Equipment Matters
Integrated Sink Puts Hand Hygiene Entirely within Reach
What to Expect for Kansas City International Airport’s New Terminal
Built for Success
Project of the Month: Collaboration Key to JAC’s Improved Water Collection Process
Airport Guru
Legal Matters
After the Emergency: What’s Next?
January/February 2023 - 1
January/February 2023 - 2
January/February 2023 - 3
January/February 2023 - 4
January/February 2023 - Inside the Fence
January/February 2023 - 6
January/February 2023 - 7
January/February 2023 - Airports Make Capacity a Top Issue in 2023
January/February 2023 - 9
January/February 2023 - Airport Business 2023 Projects of the Year
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January/February 2023 - Equipment Matters
January/February 2023 - 25
January/February 2023 - Integrated Sink Puts Hand Hygiene Entirely within Reach
January/February 2023 - 27
January/February 2023 - What to Expect for Kansas City International Airport’s New Terminal
January/February 2023 - 29
January/February 2023 - 30
January/February 2023 - 31
January/February 2023 - Built for Success
January/February 2023 - 33
January/February 2023 - Project of the Month: Collaboration Key to JAC’s Improved Water Collection Process
January/February 2023 - 35
January/February 2023 - 36
January/February 2023 - Airport Guru
January/February 2023 - 38
January/February 2023 - Legal Matters
January/February 2023 - 40
January/February 2023 - After the Emergency: What’s Next?
January/February 2023 - 42
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