Windsor Industries Chariot iScrub 20

Chariot iScrub 20

While there is not a lot of glamor in the commercial cleaning business there are plenty of opportunities to improve products and break into new market segments. The Windsor iScrub 20 is one of opportunities realized. The iScrub is a ride-on floor scrubber, like a Zamboni for cleaning floors. Prior to the release of this product the market was made up of machines you walked behind and larger machines you rode. The price gap jumped from $5500 for the larger walk-behinds to $13,000 for the ride-on. The project name for the new machine was “Walk Behind Killer”, aimed at getting a small ride-on down to the cost of a walk-behind machine. To do this the development team had to rethink how to build a scrubber which had traditionally been a low volume product with high manufacturing cost. Building on the idea that sales volume would be higher was the idea to move from costly metal formed structures to more cost effective injection molding. In the end the cost when first launched was $6300.

Operator’s Platform and Controls

The benefit of the ride-on machine over the walk-behind is productivity. Operators that have to walk move at a slower pace, take more time to turn the machine around and become fatigued over time.  The unique stand on style of ride-on also allows the operator to easily get off and on to move objects, pick up debris that might clog the vacuum system or pre-treat an area before scrubbing, much more so then a sit on style rider.

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