“SPECIAL” SWEEPER BUILT FOR NSW RTA
 Schwarze Industries recently delivered a purpose built highway sweeper to the NSW Roads and Traffic Authority. Working closely with the RTA in all design and manufacturing stages, Schwarze staff produced what is probably a first on Australian roads and certainly a first in local sweeper manufacture.
Mounted on a bogie drive Hino FM 500 with 26 tonne GVM and 7.2 cubic metre hopper, the purpose of the larger sweeper is to work long shifts at night without needing to return to landfill. The larger hopper and greater payload required a redesign of the hopper lift hydraulic system. A third broom was fitted to the left hand side to sweep into spoon drains and under guard rails as well as many other operational extras.
“Here at Schwarze we love a challenge and strive to deliver what the customer wants” said Garrin Angel, Operations Manager. “ Although this particular sweeper required additional design and production time, some of the lessons learned have already been applied to our standard sweepers and we know we are in a position to manufacture similar specialist vehicles in the future. We have the resources, but more importantly, the desire to deliver exactly what our customers want. “
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ANOTHER AIRPORT BUYS A SCHWARZE SWEEPER
Another Australian airport has selected a Schwarze sweeper for the important task of keeping the area safe and clean. Launceston Airport in Tasmania recently ordered a Schwarze A6500XL, mounted on Isuzu FSR 850 chassis.
Launceston has joined Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Melbourne and Canberra as Schwarze customers. These airports operate an airport version of the normal A6500XL street sweeper that has been modified to cater for the particular needs of an airport. The wide sweep path, fast sweeping speed, low operating costs and reliability have made Schwarze the preferred choice of Australia’s major airports.
Schwarze also manufactures a high speed runway sweeper that conforms to international and NATO standards as well as stringent requirements of Australian Defence Force. The RAAF has 18 high speed sweepers around Australia and they have been specially built to be transported by C 130 aircraft.
Other high speed runway sweepers are operated by Transfield at the Sale Airforce Base, at Brunei International Airport and in India.
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NEW MANAGER APPOINTED AT SCHWARZE BRISBANE FACTORY
Recently appointed Operations Manager, Garrin Angel, started at Schwarze Brisbane factory at the beginning of September. Coming with a strong manufacturing, logistics and business experience, Garrin’s job will be to streamline many aspects of the business.
Mike Webber, Schwarze Managing Director said “With a Bachelor of Business degree with a major in Logistics and Operations Management and part way through a Masters Degree, Garrin’s experience and qualifications will help the company gain more of its goals to implement “best practice” in all company activities. He has considerable hands-on experience in manufacturing, especially involving vehicles with over six years at Volvo Trucks. He obtained his tertiary qualifications after many years working in various manufacturing roles with on the floor experience.”
“I was most impressed with the Schwarze product and since being on-board I have quickly realised what an innovative vehicle it is “ said Garrin. “I am excited to be here and to be able to contribute to such a vibrant company.”
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Schwarze Sweepers Dominate Contractor Market
Over the last two years the number of sweeping contractors using Australian built Schwarze sweepers has increased dramatically. In Victoria and NSW contractors are either continuing to buy Schwarze or are selecting them over imported Scarab and Johnston machines.
In Melbourne Schwarze sweepers are used exclusively by contractors on City Link, East Link, Vic Roads highways and other main roads. In Sydney the Harbour Tunnel, Lane Cove Tunnel and other motorways are swept with Schwarze by large contractors such as Transfield.
Victorian contractors CityWide ,ISS Facility Services, Streetsahead, Urban Services and Transpacific Industries carry out municipal and roadworks sweeping with Schwarze sweepers and most have new machines on order to go straight to new contracts.
Brisbane’s largest sweeper fleet operator, Cleansweep, has placed another order for sweepers to go to their latest municipal contract to join their Schwarze dominated fleet of 22 sweepers.
Previously the domain of broom/suction sweepers, asphalt, profile and spray and seal contractors are seeing the benefit of Schwarze regenerative air sweeping. Geelong Power Sweep and Blacktop Profiling have proved that you do not need a broom to clean behind milling machines or spray and seal work with their Schwarze sweepers working around the clock. Patches Asphalt in Queanbeyan recently placed an order for a Schwarze A6500XL to work on their wide range of road and asphalt works.
Schwarze Industries National Sales Manager, Malcolm Cameron, said that the strong sales into the cost conscious contractor market was a ringing endorsement of the high performance and low operating costs of Schwarze sweepers. “ Contractors know the exact operating costs of their machines as this affects their hip pocket “ he said. “ Any contractor that tries a Schwarze comes back for more as soon as he sees his cost savings and productivity gains over a wide range of sweeping conditions.
These sales are not easy, in fact they are the most exacting ones as we have to show that we can deliver a good product to hardnosed, financially sharp customers. They are not fixed to a particular brand of sweeper, they just want the best. “
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New Sweeper Chassis
Euro IV Compliant, Greater Payload
Mike Webber, Managing Director of Schwarze Industries Australia spoke to Local Govt Focus about the latest version of the popular, Australian built range of Schwarze regenerative air sweepers.
“As the only Australian manufacturer of street sweepers, we are very aware of the need to constantly communicate with our clients regarding their specific needs. In most cases we are able to respond very quickly through our in-house design and manufacturing teams to make changes and specific modifications in order to satisfy those needs.
Mounting a sweeper body onto commercially available cab chassis has always been a compromise as very few chassis have been available with factory fitted automatic transmissions, maximum axle capacities and wheel base configurations to suit sweepers.. This has lead to anomalies such as 11000kg GVM and 15000kg GVM chassis offering almost the same payload.
Schwarze has been working closely with Isuzu Australia for many years regarding the supply of a cab chassis specifically deigned to offer the very best solution for the mounting of street sweeper bodies. Isuzu have come to the party in a very significant way. The all new FSR 700 and FRS 850 chassis are without doubt the closest thing we have seen to the perfect choice for our clients’ applications.
These new chassis have significant axle load and suspension improvements, the wheel base requires no further modification and Allison’s world series 2500 automatic transmission is a standard inclusion. Euro IV emission controls exceed ADR 80 requirements, making this new Isuzu the most environmentally friendly vehicle available.
The in-cab fit out is a substantial improvement incorporating top of the range Isri seating, mirror image duplication of dashboard and instrumentation complete with fully integrated ventilation and air conditioning system. ABS braking adds to safety on the road.
All in all the new offering from Schwarze is a very special piece of equipment offering low operating and maintenance costs and high productivity in a very compact package with probably the best payload configuration available in Australia.”
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