Lavex 20″ Single Speed Rotary Floor Machine with 2 Gallon Solution Tank – 175 RPM

Description

OSHA workplace slip-and-fall standards mandate clean, polished floor surfaces in commercial facilities, and the Lavex 20 Inch Rotary Floor Machine delivers deep scrubbing action. This 1.5 HP commercial buffer strips wax and cleans tile floors at 175 RPM. It requires operator hand-torque control, demanding physical handle balance to prevent machine wandering across slick floors.

Heavy chrome-plated structural steel constructs the handle tube and chassis frame, fitted with a non-marking PVC bumper apron and cast iron motor housing. A heavy-duty triple-planetary gear-motor outputs 1.5 HP, drawing 13.5 full-load amps on standard 115V 60Hz single-phase wall circuits at 175 RPM. Total bare machine weight measures 102 lbs. Machine footprint dimensions measure 25 inches wide, 21 inches deep, and 48 inches tall.

Key Features of Lavex 978LAVP20AKT

Building service contractors buy Lavex 978LAVP20AKT rotary floor machines to strip old floor finish, scrub tile grout, and spray-buff commercial vinyl floors. Equipment pricing delivers a 20-inch apron, mounted two-gallon solution tank, and triple-planetary gear drive for commercial janitorial fleets.

• Powerful 1.5 HP commercial electric motors spin twenty-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 water and stripper solution directly through the brush center.
• Cast iron motor chassis provide heavy downward pad pressure to cut through multiple wax layers without added weights.
• 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 12.8 running amps on 115V power lines. Downward head pressure measures ninety-five pounds across the twenty-inch pad driver. Planetary gear case temperature rise peaks at 28 degrees Fahrenheit above ambient after two hours of continuous floor stripping. Sound meters record 66 dB at six feet.

Janitorial Usability Realities Maintenance

Balancing this 102 lb rotary machine takes subtle two-hand adjustments on the handle grips, raising the handle to swing right and lowering to swing left. Solution release levers dispense chemical wash through the brush center. 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 20-inch rotary machine, two-gallon solution tank, pad driver, fifty-foot power cord, and an illustrated janitorial operations manual.