Lavex 17″ Single Speed Rotary Floor Machine with 2 Gallon Solution Tank – 175 RPM

Description

Heavy chrome-plated structural steel constructs the handle tube and frame of the Lavex 17 Inch Rotary Floor Machine to survive demanding commercial janitorial routes. This 1.5 HP buffer strips wax and cleans tile floors at 175 RPM. It requires manual operator balancing, demanding physical handle control to guide the spinning pad across commercial floors.

Heavy-gauge steel constructs the chassis frame and apron, finished with chrome plating and a cast iron motor block. A commercial triple-planetary gear motor outputs 1.5 HP, drawing 13.0 full-load amps on standard 115V 60Hz single-phase wall circuits at 175 RPM. Total dry bare machine weight measures 98 lbs. Machine footprint dimensions measure 22 inches wide, 20 inches deep, and 48 inches tall with adjustable handle.

Key Features of Lavex 978LAVP17AKT

Janitorial contractors buy Lavex 978LAVP17AKT rotary machines to strip old wax, scrub grout, and buff floors in tight commercial restrooms and office hallways. Equipment pricing delivers a seventeen-inch apron, mounted two-gallon solution tank, and triple-planetary steel gear drive for commercial cleaning fleets.

• Industrial 1.5 HP electric motors spin seventeen-inch floor pads at 175 RPM for deep stripping.
• Triple-planetary steel gearboxes transmit high motor torque without drive belt slippage or gear chatter wear.
• Mounted two-gallon polyethylene solution tanks dispense stripper solution directly through the brush center.
• Cast iron motor frames provide eighty-five pounds of downward pad pressure to strip multiple wax coats.
• Dual-trigger safety lockout levers prevent accidental motor startup when adjusting handle positions.
• Non-marking five-inch transport wheels roll across thresholds and stairs without marking clean wax finishes.
• Heavy fifty-foot safety yellow power cords provide wide operating radiuses from single wall receptacles.

Rotary Torque Floor Bench Metrics

Dynamometer bench testing confirms the 1.5 HP motor delivering 45 foot-pounds of starting torque through the triple-planetary gear transmission at 175 RPM. Under heavy black stripping pad friction on commercial vinyl tile, current draw stabilizes at 12.2 running amps on 115V power lines. Downward head pressure measures eighty-five pounds across the seventeen-inch pad driver. Planetary gear case temperature rise peaks at 26 degrees Fahrenheit above ambient after two hours of continuous floor stripping. Sound meters record 65 dB at six feet.

Janitorial Usability Realities Maintenance

Balancing this 98 lb rotary machine takes subtle two-hand adjustments on the handle grips, raising the handle to swing right and lowering to swing left. The seventeen-inch head fits between narrow toilet partitions. Do not buy this 175 RPM buffer for high-speed spray burnishing above 1,000 RPM, wet carpet extraction, or outdoor rough concrete sweeping.

• Rinse chemical stripper residue out of the two-gallon solution tank and feed tubing after each job.
• Remove the pad driver and wipe floor wax sludge off the chrome steel apron each shift.
• Inspect the fifty-foot power cord outer jacket for cut copper exposure every two weeks.

Factory Warranty Manifest Inclusions

Lavex covers this commercial rotary floor machine with a 5-Year warranty on the motor and gearbox, plus a 1-Year warranty on parts. The factory package contains the 17-inch rotary machine, two-gallon solution tank, pad driver, fifty-foot power cord, and an illustrated janitorial operations manual.