Lavex 17″ Single Speed Rotary Floor Machine – 175 RPM

Description

Strip stubborn floor finish and scrub tile grout lines with precision by operating the Lavex 17in Rotary Floor Machine in tight commercial hallways and restrooms. This 1.5 HP buffer delivers 175 RPM across a seventeen-inch apron. It requires manual operator balancing, demanding two-hand handle pressure to guide the rotating pad across slick floor surfaces.

Heavy chrome-plated structural steel constructs the handle tube and frame, fitted with a non-marking PVC bumper apron and cast iron motor casing. An industrial 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.

Key Features of Lavex 978LAVP17A

Janitorial contractors buy Lavex 978LAVP17A rotary machines to strip wax, scrub grout, and buff floors in tight commercial restrooms. Equipment pricing delivers a seventeen-inch apron, 1.5 HP motor, and triple-planetary gearboxes for maintenance fleets.

• Industrial 1.5 HP commercial electric motors spin seventeen-inch floor pads at 175 RPM for deep wax stripping.
• Triple-planetary steel gearboxes transmit high motor torque without drive belt slippage or gear chatter wear.
• Cast iron motor chassis 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.
• Full wrap-around PVC bumper aprons protect retail display cases and hallway baseboards from scuff marks.

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.

• Remove the pad driver and wipe floor wax sludge off the chrome steel apron after each shift.
• Inspect the fifty-foot power cord outer jacket for cut copper exposure every two weeks.
• Check handle locking teeth and pivot bolts for secure clamp engagement once each month.

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 shipping carton contains the 17-inch rotary machine, pad driver, fifty-foot power cord, and an illustrated commercial janitorial operations manual.