Each year, Purdue University holds a "Rube Goldberg" contest which is named for the fictional inventor who could turn the simplest concept into the world's most complicated contraption. The majority of truck mounted carpet cleaning equipment, if entered in this contest, would be runaway winners.
An article in a trade magazine bemoaned the fact that, "Simplicity has been lost in supplying safety and protective components for carpet cleaning equipment. Safety guidelines imposed by product liability protection must be considered. If the engine should run out of oil due to a leak, the engine would be destroyed within minutes without a shut down switch." Lost engines? Shut down switches? Bane-Clene does not want them or need them.
Further the article says, "Most high pressure pumps will be destroyed in a matter of minutes if a homeowner flushes a toilet or a car parks on the water supply hose. A shut down switch is good insurance against severe damage to the machine." Homeowners flushing a toilet? Cars parking on water lines? More shut down switches? Bane-Clene does not want them or need them.
This article also tells readers, "Additional features include thermostatic controls, a bypass system, waste tank shut off switches, pulsation dampeners, and vibration control devices." All of this for a machine designed to clean a delicate fiber normally not more than a half inch in length.
Bane-Clene equipment does not use or need any of these devices.
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