CARPET Professional Cleaning and Sanitizing program

The Santoemma CARPET program includes the widest range of machines and accessories for professional carpet cleaning, developed to solve cleaning problems in any size area. The whole range is characterized by reliability and robustness.

In addition, all Santoemma machines also allow you to sanitize carpet that was previuosly cleaned, eliminating bacteria and viruses. Some models are supplied standard with devices that allow you to quickly sanitizecarpet. For other models these devices are optional accessories.

Santoemma has developed its own method for the professional cleaning of carpeted areas that achieves better results than any other system available. The following points are focussed on:

Quality results: the carpet is clean like new and it gets dirty again slowly, like a brand new carpet
Extremely reduced drying time: the carpet can be dry in 1 hour!
User-friendly cleaning operations: the operator's time and effort are considerably decreased.

The Santoemma Method incorporates all the cleaning factors within carpet cleaning and uses them simultaneously and optimally: chemical action, mechanical action, temperature, time and vacuuming.

Each factor has been optimized by the design of Santoemma special systems and devices that are added to a basic injection-extraction machine, transforming it into a "Professional SET" for carpet cleaning.

With the injection-extraction system, a solution of water and chemical is sprayed into the carpet's fibres and immediately sucked out. The solution and the dirt removed are recovered directly into the dirty water tank of the machine. Normally it is necessary to pass several times on the same strip before completing the cleaning process.

The drying time of the carpet after cleaning greatly depends on the vacuum strength. A specially designed high waterlift vacuum system has been developed for Santoemma machines, which allows them to get up to 50% higher waterlift than standard carpet extractors. It is possible to recover up to 95% of the sprayed solution.

This results in an extremely shorter drying time than with normal carpet extractors. Not only is the drying time reduced, but also a better cleaning result is obtained. This is due to the extra solution extracted from the carpet fibres, containing extra dirt that was in the carpet. The same residual dirty solution, if left evaporating in the carpet as it usually happens, would leave the carpet not so clean as with Santoemma machines.

The cleaning result is improved with the mechanical action of a rotating cylindrical brush. This allows complete cleaning of each fibre by removing dirt from the base of the carpet fibres, which otherwise resurfaces a few days after cleaning.

The mechanical action of the brush is therefore essential to obtain a professional result.

In carpet and textiles cleaning, the cleaning result can be improved by using a hot solution, instead of room temperature solution.

Specific tests show that cleaning carpet with just 10°C more can give the same result as cleaning twice.

Santoemma machines can be equipped with an instant heater that allows you to immediately heat the water used for cleaning. In this way a much better result is obtained in cleaning even very dirty carpets and textiles.

The maximum temperature is limited to 65-70°C in order not to damage the textiles. These temperatures allow you to effectively clean and sanitize carpets and fabrics.

The use of hot water also reduces the drying time and is appreciated for working in winter and in cold areas.

A pre-spray of a concentrated chemical solution is usually recommended before starting cleaning. The extended contact time of the chemical assists the removal of dirt from the fibres, therefore achieving better cleaning results and reducing the time spent on the subsequent cleaning operations. Sometimes the pre-spray is done using manual or electrical pre-treatment devices, which are separate and extra machines.

Santoemma has developed the SMARTKIT, a patented device that allows the pre-spray process to be done by the same machine used to clean.

During the pre-spray process, the sprayed solution is very concentrated. This provides the appropriate quantity of chemical, without over-wetting the carpet.

The operator does not need to use separate devices to perform pre-spraying. Thanks to the machine pump's high performance, the operator can pre-spray surfaces very fast.

Thanks to the big capacity of the machine tank, a bigger area can be sprayed. Time is saved by not filling up separate portable pre-spray devices.

The solution of water and chemical is usually obtained by directly adding chemical into the solution tank. To get the correct concentration, it is necessary to calculate the quantity of chemical to be added, according to the solution tank capacity. After cleaning, the residual solution in the tank isgenerally thrown away, with consequent waste of detergent and environmental pollution.

The SMARTKIT system allows the chemical to be automatically mixed during the cleaning process. This always provides the correct mixture without wasting any chemical.

After cleaning a carpet with chemical, it is recommended to rinse it afterwards. This is in order to remove any sticky residue that is left, which causes the carpet to re-soil quickly. The rinsing phase, though important, is only seldom performed because of the time it requires: it would be necessary to drain the complete tank and fill it with clean water only.

For Santoemma models equipped with the SMARTKIT system, it is possible to rinse the carpet by simply turning a lever. Therefore, no chemical is wasted, and time is saved. Rinsing the carpet at the end of the cleaning process will make it re-soil as slowly as if it was new.

The average dirt level (A.D.L.) of the carpet is much lower between one cleaning and the next.

Santoemma machines are able to work both in maintenance and restorative deep cleaning modes. This is set according to the quantity of dirt to remove and the lapse of time from the previous cleaning.

In deep cleaning, a sufficient water-flow is sprayed, to completely clean even very dirty carpets. For maintenance cleaning a reduced quantity of water is sprayed.

With the combined use of mechanical action, high temperature and extended chemical action the cleaning effectiveness improves considerably. Therefore, a strip of carpet can be cleaned with a single pass, rather than with several passes as it happens with the traditional injection-extraction system.

As a result, water usageis decreased up to 4 times,compared to the basic injection-extraction system.

Moreover, the high waterlift vacuum system allows recovering a higher percentage of water than traditional injection-extraction machines, leaving a residual amount of liquid equal to about 10% of the water sprayed (instead of 20%).

After cleaning, the residual liquid in the carpet fibres is therefore greatly reduced (up to 8 times!) and the drying time is extremely short: the carpet can be dry in 1 hour!

Using the Santoemma method, the time it takes to clean 1 square metre is reduced by up to 67% and much less effort is required from the operator.

The use of water and chemical can also be reduced by up to 80%. All this in accordance with the growing attention of the sector for a responsible use of the resources used in the cleaning process.

	Box extractors are composed of the machine body, hoses and an external wand used to spray and vacuum the carpet.
	Self-contained machines incorporate the cleaning unit below the machine body. The operator moves the machine on the carpet surface, cleaning parallel carpet strips, which achieves a higher performance in terms of square metres cleaned per hour. External tools can also be used to clean hard-to-reach areas.