| In modern times, automation is the buzzword | | | | Pull standard, which as the name infers, engages the |
| everywhere. Car washes have not been left behind; | | | | front left wheel, or a Rear Wheel Push standard, |
| what with the advent of touchless car wash systems. | | | | which engages the rear left wheel. There is an infrared |
| As the name suggests, a touchless car wash has | | | | beam within the car wash tunnel and is used to detect |
| minimal to zero human intervention. Other than the use | | | | the motion of the car as it gets into place; this is what |
| of automated vacuums and rollers to clean the cars, | | | | triggers the beginning of the actual car wash. Another |
| some touchless car wash systems even have a coin | | | | role of the infrared beam is to measure the length of |
| slot machine or credit card swipe section where the | | | | the vehicle. Different vehicle lengths will determine |
| driver pays for the wash beforehand. The efficiency | | | | several other aspects of the car wash including how |
| of car wash systems has continued to improve with | | | | long the system will take on the car. |
| time and can today handle upwards of 100 cars per | | | | The washing process then proceeds with the |
| hour. Touchless car wash systems use water nozzles | | | | low-pressure application of a special solution meant to |
| that spray water at high pressure that dislodges dirt | | | | moist the vehicle surface and starts to loosen the dirt. |
| particles on every part of the car. X stream wash | | | | Cloth strips then rub on the car surface and clean it. |
| systems are one of the leading vendors of proven car | | | | Detergent is then introduced after which the scrubbers |
| wash systems. So how exactly do touchless car | | | | are switched on. Next, water jets are turned on and |
| systems work? | | | | perform a final clean before the car gets to the rinse |
| Well, first you drive to the car wash entrance (This | | | | arch where any remaining dirt residues are removed. |
| part of the process has not yet been automated!). | | | | High-pressure compressors then dry the car. |
| Once the car is in position at the entry into the car | | | | Anyone intending to setup a car wash should place X |
| washing system, ensure that the windows are closed | | | | stream systems touchless car wash systems at the |
| and the antennae have been retracted. The conveyor | | | | top of their list. One of the features that the X stream |
| then takes over. There is a device known as a | | | | touchless car ash systems comes with that you will |
| correlator at the start of the conveyor. The correlator | | | | be hard pressed to find in other car wash systems is |
| is structured in a way that allows the wheels of the | | | | a special wheel cleaner that targets the vehicle rims |
| car to slide sideways as it fits into place and properly | | | | and blasts off the dirt that often hides in the wedges |
| aligns. The car is then rolled through the tunnel. | | | | of the rim and can escape a standard touchless car |
| The conveyor system can be either a Front Wheel | | | | wash system. |