Bobcat has launched a new range of five sweepers that form part of the company’s portfolio of road maintenance attachments and can be used with many different Bobcat tool carriers, including skid-steer and compact track loaders, compact wheel loaders, small articulated loaders and rigid frame telehandlers.
The new sweepers complement a wide choice of products that Bobcat offers for the road and pavement attachment segment, which also include planer, wheel saw, soil & asphalt spreader, grader, trencher and angle broom attachments. According to Bobcat, “combined with its growing line-up” of tool carriers, these provide “high performance solutions for asphalt, concrete, road, pavement surface repair and many other applications”.
A statement from the manufacturer said the new Bobcat sweepers cover a wide range of jobs – from cleaning, recycling, construction and demolition to many tasks in the agriculture market.
Bobcat added that market for asphalt and concrete surface repair work continues to grow throughout Europe, Middle East and Africa. According to the European Asphalt Pavement Association, in Europe alone the network of motorways, regional and local roads stretches for a total length of around 5.5 million km, more than 90% of which is surfaced with asphalt and the number keeps increasing every year.
Daniele Paciotti, Bobcat product line manager for Attachments, said: “All asphalt surfaces need to be maintained and repaired regularly to extend their lifetimes. At Bobcat, we continue to invest in expanding our range of road maintenance attachments as we see growing demand. We now offer the widest portfolio of compact solutions for road repair on the market, providing a choice of products from planers, sweepers and wheel saws to our recently added light compaction line-up.”
Bobcat’s five new sweeper models provide sweeping widths of 110-215cm, with bucket capacities from 0.22-0.44m3 for collection of debris. All model sizes are now available with unified platform features. The new sweepers feature tougher, longer life heavy-duty bristles, and in response to customer feedback, Bobcat said it has developed a new optional integrated water tank unit, installed on top of the sweeper itself, with a cleverly designed, optimally front-positioned sprinkler system.
Bobcat sweepers can sweep and collect dirt or other debris in both forward and reverse directions. They can be used in cleaning parking lots, pavements, docks and warehouses, as well as industrial and recycling facilities, construction and demolition sites and animal sheds in agriculture.
The redesigned Bobcat sweeper attachments employ the Bobcat’s plug-&-play system, which enables the operator to install and change attachments in less than a minute. The key to this is Bobcat’s ACD – Attachment Control Device – feature with 7pin connector, which recognises the attachment connected and allows the operator to utilise all of the features of the attachment from within the cab right away.
With the company’s recent expansion in the wheel loader market, Bobcat said it now has the largest loader portfolio of any manufacturer in the world, providing a wide choice of tool carriers to choose from.
