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Welcome to Planet Orbital - the first website anywhere devoted to
bettering the world's understanding of orbital carpet and floor
maintenance equipment. I'm Mark Dullea. I've been using these machines
for years in the operation of my own business
(http://www.drysdales123.com)
and they are the key to my success in the hotly competitive Boston
metropolitan area market. My business has been selected as "Best in
Boston" by BOSTON Magazine. It has for several years maintained a straight
"A" rating on AngiesList. It has twice been featured in the BOSTON SUNDAY
GLOBE MAGAZINE. The Globe is New England's largest circulation newspaper.
Also, my business was recently highlighted in a new book by author Scott
Cooney entitled BUILD A GREEN SMALL BUSINESS: PROFITABLE WAYS TO BECOME AN
ENTREPRENEUR (McGraw-Hill Publishers; 2009) For a few years now I have
also been assisting others throughout the USA, as well as into Canada, to
start up their own similar businesses
(http://www.carpet-cleaning-business.com).
Most orbital machines admittedly don't look too different from the old, standard 175-RPM rotary floor machine, or "buffer". But there is a world of difference in performance between them. For one thing, the orbital's movement or scrubbing action is usually at the rate of 1750 RPM, plus another 100 or so RPM of rotary movement. The rotary motion enables what is called fixed rotary action to become the more effective RANDOM orbital action. We'll explain this further into this website.
To help visualize this difference, we'll put it into athletic terms. The rotary machine is slow and heavy - think sumo wrestler. The orbital machine is considerably lighter, and far faster. Think Muhammed Ali in his prime. You say you're a basketball fan? OK. The rotary is, say, Shaquille O'Neil, PAST his prime. The orbital is, in contrast, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, or Kevin Garnett, IN their prime.
For the purposes of discussion, we will use a number of similar terms interchangably on these pages: orbital, oscillating, OP (orbital pad), and O/O (orbital/oscillating).
Most orbital machines admittedly don't look too different from the old, standard 175-RPM rotary floor machine, or "buffer". But there is a world of difference in performance between them. For one thing, the orbital's movement or scrubbing action is usually at the rate of 1750 RPM, plus another 100 or so RPM of rotary movement. The rotary motion enables what is called fixed rotary action to become the more effective RANDOM orbital action. We'll explain this further into this website.
To help visualize this difference, we'll put it into athletic terms. The rotary machine is slow and heavy - think sumo wrestler. The orbital machine is considerably lighter, and far faster. Think Muhammed Ali in his prime. You say you're a basketball fan? OK. The rotary is, say, Shaquille O'Neil, PAST his prime. The orbital is, in contrast, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, or Kevin Garnett, IN their prime.
For the purposes of discussion, we will use a number of similar terms interchangably on these pages: orbital, oscillating, OP (orbital pad), and O/O (orbital/oscillating).
