The birth of an Aero Tech XT

[dealtimeman]

At that point I think if you are not running 3 wands, you are just going to be working harder with only slight or marginal improvement.

 

[Mikey P]

Did they go out of business?

 

[dealtimeman]

Who?

 

[FredC]

This thread is beginning to lack cool ass pics.....................AT?

 

[tmdry]

Just saw a brand new Cintas Aerotech driving by me, looked real clean from outside.

 

[Aero Tech XT]

Technical difficulties.......

here is a try at uploading via Photobucket.

back to production of the show truck.

FIFTH STAGE:
in the fifth stage of production, we load all of the major components and finish the final assembly.


Here we have loaded the fresh water tank, #6 blower, water pump / oil level indicator, and recovery tank.

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Here we have loaded the recovery tank. We are getting ready to install the 2" drain line. It will be plumbed underneath the floor of the box.

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we have installed the blower & water pump belts and are getting ready to install the 5" suction line from the blower to the recovery tank.

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lower blower belt pulley

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[Mikey P]

I was told pulsation dampers need to be vertical to work?

 

[Mikey P]

What is that inch elbow and brass fitting near the top of the waste tank?

 

[mirf]

Great thread, looking forward to following it. When are you expecting to complete it?

 

[Jim Martin]

I was told pulsation dampers need to be vertical to work?

Every last one I have had have been horizontal and have worked fine..........

 

[Mikey P]

That's a heck of a filter between the fresh tank and pump. .

 

[boazcan]

What is that inch elbow and brass fitting near the top of the waste tank?

I bet that is an inline rinsing hook up to wash out the tank. Or it should be.....

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[Mikey P]

Does the chemical pump still have a 700 psi limit?

If so how does one go about dual wanding tile (no rinse) and upholstery (acid rinse) at the same time?

 

[Mikey P]

I bet that is an inline rinsing hook up to wash out the tank. Or it should be.....

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Brine spooge from the Kinetico softener it turns out..

 

[boazcan]

Does the chemical pump still have a 700 psi limit?

If so how does one go about dual wanding tile (no rinse) and upholstery (acid rinse) at the same time?

I upgraded mine to either 1500 or 3000, can't remember, from the 600 that came with it. I'm pretty sure they matched the chem pump with pressure pump now. We would leave the valve open when doing tile and blow the diaphragm. Finally upgraded it last year.

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[boazcan]

Brine spooge from the Kinetico softener it turns out..

There's new idea for them. After the auto fill rinse tank I upgraded from them, figured that was the next step.

 

[Aero Tech XT]

Does the chemical pump still have a 700 psi limit?

If so how does one go about dual wanding tile (no rinse) and upholstery (acid rinse) at the same time?

The chemical pump diaphragm is rated to 1500 psi. We have installed a ball valve in front of it so it can be turned off when pressure exceeds 1500 or to save wear and tear on the diaphragm when not being used.

 

[Aero Tech XT]

Great thread, looking forward to following it. When are you expecting to complete it?

We are near completion now. Fully tested, just need to finish the organizational racking system and a few finishing touches.

just a little slow getting pics up.

 

[Mikey P]

How is this unit different than a CINTAS truck?

 

[dealtimeman]

The Cintas trucks are just built better, with better and stronger components than just regular aerotech trucks. Maybe?

 

[dealtimeman]

At least that was what zeroerez was saying wasn't it?

 

[hogjowl]

All I want to know is the bottom line price?

I already know your rigs are the best out there for us at this moment.

 

[Mikey P]

between 89k and 105k depending how nerdy you want to be..

 

[Aero Tech XT]

How is this unit different than a CINTAS truck?

Same major components IE: fresh water tank / size, water pump, #6 blower, recovery tank,exchangers, etc.

only difference is with some of the optional equipment and organizational stuff.

 

[Chris A]

any way to build a lighter duty at based off the ISUZU Ecomax platform? I think the gvw is 12000 on those trucks.

 

[Aero Tech XT]

any way to build a lighter duty at based off the ISUZU Ecomax platform? I think the gvw is 12000 on those trucks.

We have looked into it. The biggest problem was the transmission didn't have enough torque to run our blower and water pump. There would need to be a lot of changes to the overall design and layout and we just did feel the LITTLE BIT of cost savings would justify it.

 

[Aero Tech XT]

We screw this attachment into the blower and lift them into the box with a forklift.



Here is the drive shaft connecting to the PTO. Only 3 grease zerk fittings.....Easy to access.


This is the lower sheave shaft bearing or pillow blocks. 2 grease zerks to grease. the cover can be left on to grease.


here we are connecting the 5" piping from the blower exhaust to the silencer.


attaching the silencer to the box frame rails.

 

[Aero Tech XT]

Silencer has been mounted. Also notice how the box frame is bolted to the chassis frame.



Inlet tubing from blower to recovery tank has been installed. Kinetico water softener has been installed.



Kinetico water softener fully plumbed.


control panel being assembled and wires labeled with #'s


Control panel installed inside box.

 

[Mikey P]

What an incredible job you all have done improving the Vortex.

Just plain amazing.

 

[Erik]

Real class act company.