Manual Car Washer&Automatic Car Washer

Car Washing

Car washer is a most commonly used equipment in a garage. It supplies the water under high
pressure through a fl exible pipe and nozzle.
A commonly used car washer has following main parts:
● Electric motor
● Reciprocating water pump
● Water tank
● Spray nozzle
● Flexible water pipe
● Control valve
● Safety valve
● V-belt and pulley
● Pressure gauge

Car washers can be classified as:

● Manual car washers, and

● Automatic car washers (which are generally computerised and costlier)

Manual Car Washer

A manual car washer consists of an electric motor which moves the crank and piston with the help

of a V-belt. A pressure control valve is provided to adjust the pressure of water. The nozzle at the

delivery pipe is able to adjust the amount of water. A storage tank is provided to store the water.

Automatic Car Washer

The first automatic car washes appeared in the late 1930s. Automatic car washes consist of tunnel-like buildings into which customers (or attendants) drive. In this, car is parked on the platform and is manually pre-washed by jet spraying at high pressure and under chassis wash.

Further ph neutral shampoo is spread in form of foam, structure moves on rails along with rotating

brush which cleans the car from top as well as from sides. Drying is done manually with cloth.

Water used is directly dumped into sewage or water recycling plant.

Applications of Car Washer

Car washers are used for cleaning the cars and other vehicles. The washing is carried out to

remove mud, dust, dirt, grease, wax, oil, fat and other sticky chemicals from the cars.

High pressure pre-wash
Foam Wash
Brushing
Rinsing
Drying