Nilfisk-Advance Technologies is releasing the Cyclone 4006 Airport Maintenance machine


When an airplane lands, the burst of smoke is rubber burning off the tires 


Landing a plane at 240 km/h (140 mph) is a serious business and landing it on a
clean non-slippery runway is crucial. But the landing in itself makes the
surface slippery by leaving a trail of burning rubber from the tires. 
In a busy airport this quickly produces up to a 1 centimeter slippery rubber
surface on a runway. This rubber needs to come off to ensure safety. But how do
you remove rubber that has been burned into asphalt or concrete? 

Nilfisk-Advance Technologies has the answer and is now releasing the Cyclone
4006 Airport Maintenance machine to the global market. The Cyclone 4006 is
designed specifically for airport runway rubber and can also be used for paint
line removal when paint lines needs to be removed or renovated. 

 “The Cyclone 4006 is the most dramatic advancement in the history of Airport
Runway Maintenance,” says Jørgen Jensen, President and CEO of Nilfisk-Advance
Group “It's a technological breakthrough cleaning the runway in one pass
leaving a clean and dry runway. And this is even done without any hazardous
chemicals -simply by the use of wind and leaving no discharge to the
environment.” 

A category four Cyclone storm
The heart of Cyclone is the multi-patented cleaning head with built-in turbine
fins. These turbine fins produce airflows in excess of 135 miles per hour. 
The combination of this air movement, mixed with the removed debris, has an
effect of a category four Cyclone storm moving across the surface… which
effectively cleans the surface without damage. 
“Designed specifically for Airport applications, the Cyclone 4006 is the most
effective runway maintenance system made in the world today”, says Richard
Kotch, General Manager of Nilfisk-Advance Technologies “There is no comparison.
We have great expectations to this new technology and even though it is made
for for Airport Maintenance, I am sure that it will soon be used by road
construction and road maintenance companies where very efficient hard surface
cleaning is needed.” 

Backed by the strength of the 100 year old Nilfisk-Advance Group, the Cyclone
4006 is now available for worldwide sales and distribution. 

For more information please contact Richard Kotch, General Manager of
Nilfisk-Advance A/S Technologies on +1 480-345-7733 x202 

You can also meet Nilfisk-Advance Technologies at “inter airport Europe”, 6-9
October 2009 at the Munich Trade Fair Centre, Germany.