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Orbital Floor Machines
Hawk Enterprises orbital floor machines and accessory kits for stripping, scrubbing, and refinishing hard floors. Includes solution tanks, weight kits, and dust-control attachments for random-orbital floor prep.
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Hawk Enterprises A2014-SKIRTASSY 20 x 14-Inch Orbital Dust Skirt Assembly
Hawk EnterprisesA2014-SKIRTASSY for Tigerhawk and Redtail Orbitals The Hawk Enterprises A2014-SKIRTASSY is a 20 x 14-inch dust skirt assembly for Tigerhawk and Red...
View full detailsHawk Enterprises TigerHawk 2814 Orbital – 28" x 14", 1740 RPM, TEFC
Hawk EnterprisesTigerHawk 2814 for wide-format orbital floor preparation The Hawk Enterprises TigerHawk 2814 uses a 28" x 14" pad for scrubbing, stripping and sand...
View full detailsHawk Enterprises TigerHawk 2014 Orbital – 20" x 14", 1740 RPM, TEFC
Hawk EnterprisesTigerHawk 2014 for orbital finish removal and floor care The Hawk Enterprises TigerHawk 2014 scrubs, strips and sands floors with a 20" x 14" orbit...
View full detailsHawk Enterprises RedTail 2014-180 Orbital – 20" x 14", 1740 RPM, TEFC
Hawk EnterprisesRedTail 2014-180 for orbital scrubbing and surface prep The Hawk Enterprises RedTail 2014-180 uses a rectangular orbital head to scrub floors and p...
View full detailsHawk Enterprises Redtail RT1410 Orbital Floor Machine – 14x10 in, 1.0 HP
Hawk EnterprisesRedTail 1410 for orbital surface preparation The RedTail 1410 uses an eccentric balanced orbital drive for floor surface preparation and scrubbing....
View full detailsOrbot SLiM 11" Battery Orbital Floor Machine - 48 lb, Battery Included
Orbot11" Orbot SLiM for detailed floor care in confined areas The 11" Orbot SLiM cleans areas where larger machines are hard to position or steer. Its n...
View full detailsOrbot SprayBorg 17" Orbital Floor Machine - 133 lb, Multi-Surface
Orbot17" Orbot SprayBorg for carpet and hard-floor care The 17" Orbot SprayBorg is a compact orbital machine for cleaning teams that work with several t...
View full detailsOrbot LiFE 17" Battery Orbital Floor Machine - 170 lb, Dual-Action
Orbot17" Orbot LiFE Battery-Powered Orbital Floor Machine The 17" Orbot LiFE is a dual-action orbital floor machine powered by a lithium-ion battery. Cr...
View full detailsOrbot Vibe 17" Orbital Floor Machine - 122 lb, Dual-Action Cleaning
Orbot17" Orbot Vibe for Multiple Floor-Care Jobs The 17" Orbot Vibe lets facility teams and cleaning contractors use one machine for deep cleaning, inte...
View full detailsOrbital Floor Machines and Scrubbers for Stone, Tile, Hardwood, and Concrete
Why Orbital Motion Outperforms Rotary on Polished Surfaces
Rotary floor machines spin a pad at a fixed RPM, which generates two effects on polished or sealed natural surfaces: directional swirl marks visible in raking light, and lateral torque pull that requires constant operator counterforce on wet floors. Orbital floor machines replace the rotational drive with an eccentric weight that produces a random oscillation pattern at high frequency. The result is no visible directional scratch on marble, terrazzo, or polished concrete, and no torque pull during operation, which lets the operator hold a straight cleaning path on wet surfaces and around obstacles. Orbital action also reduces the risk of stripping a floor finish unintentionally during a routine maintenance pass, which is why facility managers in lobbies, restrooms, and patient corridors increasingly specify orbital over rotary for daily care.
Choosing Between Compact and Large-Format Orbital Machines
Orbital floor machines come in two form factors. Compact units in the 13"–14" pad-size range, including the Bissell BGEM8500, Bissell BGORB13, and Hawk Enterprises Redtail RT1410 Orbital Floor Machine, fit through standard 30-inch doorways and can turn in small restrooms, retail aisles, and back-of-house corridors where 20-inch machines cannot. The 20-inch class, including the Hawk Enterprises TigerHawk 2014 Orbital and Hawk Enterprises RedTail 2014-180 Orbital, is suited to refinishing lobbies, ballrooms, and other large open commercial floors, with more floor coverage per hour. Walk-behind variants in the 20-inch class let operators transfer weight through the handle to increase pad pressure for stripping work, without making the machine too heavy for commercial elevators.
Related: Commercial Floor Buffers · Walk-Behind Floor Scrubbers · Burnishers
Pad Selection and Surface-Specific Operating Settings
Orbital floor machines use rectangular or square pads that match the machine's plate dimensions. White and tan pads are used for dry buffing and light maintenance on coated surfaces. Red and blue pads scrub light to medium soil with neutral cleaner. Green and brown pads remove wax buildup from VCT and polished concrete coatings. Compared with rotary machines, orbital machines can use softer pads at lower pad-pressure settings because their random motion keeps contact more even across the surface. This can reduce pad wear and finish removal during routine maintenance. For dry-pad cleaning, use a compatible dust skirt assembly to help keep particulate from becoming airborne.
Also called swing machines or side-to-side machines, orbitals drive the pad in tight oscillations instead of full rotation — no torque pull on the operator. Related: Floor Buffers · Auto Scrubbers · Floor Care Equipment
Frequently Asked Questions
What is an orbital floor machine, and how does it differ from a rotary floor buffer?
Can orbital floor machines clean carpet?
What pad sizes do orbital floor machines accept?
Are orbital floor machines safe on hardwood and natural stone?
Should I choose a 14-inch or 20-inch orbital floor machine?
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