Custom Cleaning Brush
Side Brush
Side Brush provides controlled brush contact for side cleaning and maintenance across side contact surfaces, adjacent edges, and mounting features. Working width, brush geometry, mounting, and fill are set around the machine path and the way sand, gravel, and litter must be released or carried away.
Product Features
Extends Sweeping to Curbs and Edges — The disc brush reaches beyond the machine body and moves debris from wall lines, corners, and gutters toward the main broom.
Angled Bristle Contact Follows the Floor Edge — Long tufts flex against uneven pavement and vertical boundaries while the central machine continues forward.
Filament Choice Matches the Debris — Polypropylene handles routine dust and litter, while steel or mixed fill provides more aggressive action for packed outdoor buildup.
Replaceable Sweeper Component — Bolted, quick-change, or machine-specific hubs allow the worn side brush to be serviced independently.
Pattern Balances Reach and Debris Flow — Tuft position, row count, and trim length determine the working width and how material is directed under the sweeper.
Made for the Sweeper Model — Outside diameter, block, filament mix, trim, bolt pattern, hub, and rotation side can be matched to the machine.
Product Overview
Side Brush is used where repeatable contact is needed across side contact surfaces, adjacent edges, and mounting features rather than isolated hand cleaning. The active brush face clears sand, gravel, and litter while the holder, shaft, plate, or hub stays outside the interference path and supports the required working width. The side working face must reach the complete residue path while the holder remains clear of the part.
Key dimensions start with Brush head diameter 180–500 mm and Brush head length 400–900 mm. The structural layout follows the road sweeper brooms category. The specified interface is quick-change coupling / bolted. Nylon PA are the principal material directions in the current specification. Confirm the equipment model, shaft or hub interface, and actual operating speed; the brush does not use a universal speed rating.
Technical Specifications
| Side broom outside diameter | 400–900 mm |
|---|---|
| Plate or block diameter | 180–500 mm |
| Filament length | 150–400 mm |
| Filament diameter | 0.70–3.00 mm |
| Drive interface | Bolt circle, drive plate, spline, hub, or quick-change mount |
| Fill | Crimped wire, flat wire, polypropylene, mixed wire/polymer, or segments |
| Contact setting | Set 25–75 mm ground contact pattern; excessive flattening increases wear without improving pickup. |
| Cleaning zone | side cleaning and maintenance |
| Contact surface | side contact surfaces, adjacent edges, mounting features, and working zones |
| Residue class | sand, gravel, litter, leaves |
| Access and motion | the side working face must reach the complete residue path while the holder remains clear of the part |
| Cleaning duty | side cleaning, maintenance on side contact surfaces, adjacent edges, mounting features, working zones |
| Variant configuration | Side Brush: hand-held construction with Nylon PA fill for side cleaning and maintenance on side contact surfaces, adjacent edges, mounting features, and working zones. |
Application Areas
Side Brush is primarily mapped to Road Sweeping. Before applying the brush to another process, verify the surface, the route for removed debris, and the final finish target.
- Side Brush is best suited to road-sweeper main broom, cylindrical broom, and gutter-broom cleaning.
- The main broom, side broom, gutter broom, wafer, or strip segment follows road, yard, parking area, curb, gutter, and sweeper pickup path while the fill displaces sand, gravel, litter, leaves, dust, mud, and mixed outdoor debris.
- Use this configuration when the available access supports high-energy sweeping contact on roads, curbs, gutters, snow, and outdoor pavement.
Selection Guidance
Structure fit
Match the road sweeper brooms geometry to side contact surfaces, adjacent edges, and mounting features, the available access, and powered operation. Confirm Brush head diameter 180–500 mm and Brush head length 400–900 mm against the complete working envelope before finalizing the brush.
Contact material
Choose from Nylon PA according to the behavior of sand, gravel, and litter, the surface sensitivity, and any wet, chemical, temperature, or hygiene requirements. Do not choose stiffness from the material name alone. Filament size, free trim, and density control the final contact.
When to use another solution
For Side Brush, use another cleaning method when sand, gravel, and litter cannot be released by controlled filament contact, when side contact surfaces, adjacent edges, and mounting features cannot tolerate the selected contact material, or when the access path prevents safe engagement and residue removal.
Customization Options
| Brush Head Diameter (mm) | 180–500 |
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| Brush Head Length (mm) | 400–900 [Industry Reference Range; Legacy Source] |
| Handle Length (mm) | Not Applicable (No separate handle in this product configuration) |
| Handle Grip Diameter (mm) | Not Applicable (No explicit grip or handle-diameter dimension in the product specification) |
| Bristle Material | Nylon PA |
| Handle Material | Powder-Coated Carbon Steel |
| Mounting / Interface | Quick-Change Coupling / Bolted |
| Grip Style | Not Applicable (Machine Brush) |
| Color | Custom PANTONE Color ([Industry Reference Range]) |
| Logo Process | Laser Engraving / Screen Printing / Pad Printing ([Industry Reference Range]) |
| Surface Treatment | Smooth / Textured / Overmolded / Coated (Depending on Substrate; [Industry Reference Range]) |
Frequently Asked Questions
How should Side Brush be selected?
Start with road-sweeper main broom, cylindrical broom, and gutter-broom cleaning, road, yard, parking area, curb, gutter, and sweeper pickup path, and sand, gravel, litter, leaves, dust, mud, and mixed outdoor debris. Then set Side broom outside diameter, Plate or block diameter, and Filament length, choose the fill from the material and residue table, and match the mounting interface and operating condition.
Which dimensions define Side Brush?
The primary dimensions are Side broom outside diameter (400–900 mm), Plate or block diameter (180–500 mm), and Filament length (150–400 mm). Also provide the minimum clearance, working envelope, trim or engagement, and the existing holder, shaft, stem, thread, or handle.
Which filament or contact material is used for Side Brush?
The primary options are Nylon PA. The final choice follows surface sensitivity, residue adhesion, wet or dry use, temperature, chemicals, conductivity, and required cutting action.
When is Side Brush not the best cleaning method?
Side Brush is not the first choice for vacuum-only pickup, plow, pressure wash, or milling for fine airborne dust, packed ice, or bonded deposits.
What information is required to quote Side Brush?
Send the part or machine drawing, photos of road, yard, parking area, curb, gutter, and sweeper pickup path, Side broom outside diameter, Plate or block diameter, Filament length, and Filament diameter, the residue description, wet or dry conditions, motion or use method, temperature, preferred Nylon PA, quantity, and the existing interface or sample.
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