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Custom Modular Brushes
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A modular brush is built from replaceable sections, such as rings, segments, cassettes or snap-fit modules, that together make one working brush. Choose it when a long roller, broom or brush field wears unevenly or is hard to remove, so a worn section can be changed instead of the whole brush.
At a glance
- How it is driven
- Machine-driven
- How it mounts
- Rings stacked on a shaft or core, snap-fit modules on a carrier, split halves round a shaft, or cassettes in a frame.
What is a modular brush?
It is one brush made of many parts. The working width is divided into modules that fit on a common shaft, carrier or frame. Each module carries its own fill, and together they behave like a single roller, broom or plate. When one section wears, breaks or needs a different fill, only that section is changed.
The alternative is a one-piece brush: a roller filled along its whole core, or a plate tufted as one panel. That is simpler and often cheaper when the whole width does the same job and wears evenly. Modules earn their keep when it does not.
Which modular forms are there?
| Form | How it works |
|---|---|
| Stacked rings or wafers | Ring sections slide onto a shaft or core to build up the width and pattern |
| Snap-fit modules | Sections clip onto a base or carrier and lock in place, so they are changed without tools |
| Split sections | Halves fit round a shaft without taking the shaft out of the machine |
| Replaceable cassettes | Strips or blocks slide into a frame from the service side |
| Mixed-fill segments | Different fills in different zones, such as stiffer sections where the debris is heaviest |
What modular brushes are in our range?
The listed product is a 500 mm PA66 sweeper module brush on a snap-fit PP base, for truck-mounted and ride-on sweepers, which starts at 500 pieces per design. The trim, diameter and fitting can be built to the sweeper. Other modular rollers, plates and cassettes are made to the carrier drawing.
When is a modular brush worth it?
- Uneven wear: the middle of a sweeper broom or the loading zone of a brush table wears first; changing those modules saves the rest.
- Hard access: where taking a long roller out means stopping a line for hours, split or snap-fit sections go on in place.
- Mixed duty: one width that needs a stiff fill in one zone and a soft one in another.
- Shipping and stock: modules are smaller to ship and store than whole rollers, and one module fits many widths.
It is not worth it where the brush wears evenly and is easy to change, because every joint adds cost and a place where the fill pattern can break.
What has to be right in a modular design?
The modules must locate and lock so they cannot creep along the shaft or work loose at speed. The fill pattern has to run across the joints without gaps, or the brush leaves stripes. On rotating rollers, the assembled brush has to be balanced and run true. Fill is usually nylon or PBT for sweeping and wiping, PP for wet coarse debris, and wire or abrasive only in the zones that need it.
What do we need to quote a modular brush?
- The carrier or shaft drawing, and the total working width.
- Module width and number, and how they locate and lock.
- Fill pattern and any zones, with rotation or travel direction.
- The surface and debris, and how the brush is reached for service.
- Balance or runout limits, and the number of spare modules you want.
Questions buyers ask about Custom Modular Brushes
Is a modular brush better than a one-piece brush?
Only when the brush wears unevenly, is hard to take out, or needs different fills across its width. Then changing a few modules saves the rest. If the whole width wears evenly and the brush is easy to change, a one-piece brush is simpler and usually costs less.
Will a modular brush leave stripes at the joints?
Not if the fill pattern is designed to run across the joints. The modules are laid out so the tufts overlap from one section to the next, and they lock so they cannot creep apart. Send the carrier drawing and the module layout is planned with it.
Can sweeper module brushes be made to fit my machine?
Yes. Our 500 mm PA66 sweeper modules sit on a snap-fit PP base, and the trim, diameter and fitting can be built to the sweeper. Send the machine model or a worn module.
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- MOQ500 pcs for small hand-held brushes, 100 pcs for medium and large ones
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