400 Series Green Machines FAQ

The Applied Green Machine is a compact suction sweeper used throughout the world for cleaning outdoor shopping malls, pedestrian streets, sidewalks and other high litter pedestrian areas. Originally a walk-behind machine, newer versions of the Green Machine allow the operator to ride, but all versions are compact and quiet enough to operate safely and efficiently in areas of high pedestrian traffic.

Times Square

Applied Sweepers has 35 years experience manufacturing only the Green Machine family. We believe we have developed an unparalleled level of product application knowledge, and have evolved the best small outdoor sweeper in the world. There have been over 10,000 Green Machines sold worldwide.

Contra-rotating brushes in front of the Green Machine sweep litter into the central suction nozzle where it is sucked up through an impeller fan, which pulverises it before depositing it into a regular disposable trash sack. This machine combines the thorough scrubbing action of a sweeper with the vacuum's ability to deal with uneven outdoor surfaces that traditional sweeper-only machines struggle with.

Leaf Sweeping

At only 68 decibels, it whispers past the strictest noise pollution standards and allows you to work alongside the public all day long.

Quiet Zone

Green Machines are used in 45 countries around the world and can be seen operating in some of the world's most prestigious locations such as: Buckingham Palace London, St. Peter's Square Rome, Singapore, Disney World and Times Square New York. You can browse our success stories for more examples.

Buckingham Palace

Preventative maintenance including engine oil change and lubrication needs to be carried out every 150 - 200 operating hours (equivalent to every 6,000 miles in an automobile). You can do this straightforward process yourself in about 2 hours, or this can be done by your local Authorised Dealer. Parts support can be sourced from your local Dealer or by ordering on-line.(see demo)

$ 2 million in parts

By an impeller fan made of hardened steel which reduces the litter at a 3:1 ratio. Even glass - such as beer bottles - is safely pulverized into a sand-like substance thus eliminating your safety concerns.

Bud in hand

14 horsepower Kubota liquid-cooled, diesel engine. The most rugged and durable small engine on the market, it passes the toughest California emissions standards, and is unbelievably quiet.

Tough Power

Between 100 - 300 hours depending on whether you specify regular polypropylene or the harder P.E.T. type brush. It also depends on the type of surface swept. Brush changes require no tools, take only moments, and the brushes are relatively inexpensive.

Grime Seekers

The optional Clean-and-Safe attachment for the Green Machine easily sucks up and sanitizes sidewalk soil such as dog mess and discarded fast foods. The separate low pressure vacuum system ensures that the collected detritus does not touch any moving parts of the machine and the deposits are transferred into a plastic diaper sack housed in a stainless steel container for safe and easy disposal. The vacuum wand sprays liquid disinfectant to sanitize the process as the deposits are collected.

At present the Green Machine cannot pick-up gum. There are some machines on the market that blast gum off using high temperature steam or pressure washing. However the practice is extremely labor intensive and hence expensive, and the results can be light-colored spots on your surface where the gum has been removed, in place of the black spots of the original gum. Pressure is mounting in several countries to enact legislation to force gum manufacturers to move to a less troublesome formula.

Dog Mess Fix

Our new bag washing system allows an operator to complete his end of shift washdown in 7-10 minutes using an ordinary garden hose.

Fast Clean

Yes! You can specify the optional recycling back box for the Applied 424HS 'Hi-Speed' and TR models. This box has separate loading ports for plastic bottles and cans and these items are gathered in individual plastic trash sacks ready for later discharge into larger recycling units.

Environment First

A standard 30 gallon plastic trash bag which gives you an inexpensive collection system and eliminates the wasted transport time associated with hopper collection systems. You can also specify large capacity leaf collection bags for autumn/fall.

Bagged it? Trash it

In certain markets (at present only in the United Kingdom and France) an L.P. version is available. If your space is well ventilated and voluminous you can still use the low emission diesel-powered regular Green Machine if you take precautions to ensure you remain within local occupational health limits (e.g. O.S.H.A. in the United States).

Power in a Bottle

Yes. The machine comes in any color you specify. The color is molded-in gel-coat and is not painted on - preventing chipping and flaking.  You can also specify the machine to play a customized audio message to further increase the Public Relations profile of your machine . For example, the Green Machines cleaning in Times Square, New York have an audio message recorded by actor Tony Randall.

Rainbow Range

Our most popular colors are shown below together with the European RAL or BS standard color numbers. Please note that due to the limitations of computer monitors, these colors may not be an exact match on your screen. For exact matches please refer to an authorized RAL or BS color chart. (see RAL's web site).

For those without access to these color standards, we also include the number of the nearest Pantone PMS color. Pantone colors are used by the print and publishing industries, and whoever prints your letterheads or publications may have access to a Pantone book you could look at.

Other colors are of course available. Please ask your Green Machine distributor.