Abstract: A throttle control mechanism for a surfacing machine, the control mechanism comprising a control member (310) arranged movable (M, D) in a support structure (320), wherein the control member (310) is arranged to be tensely attached to a throttle actuator (330) of the surfacing machine via a tensile engagement member (340), wherein the control member (310) is arranged to be held fixed in the support structure in at least a first throttle position (350), where the control member is arranged biased towards an idle throttle position (370) when released from the first throttle position (350), and wherein the first throttle position (350) and the idle throttle position (370) are configurable to provide an engine speed margin with respect to a clutch engagement engine speed range of the surfacing machine.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a grinding head (1) for a floor grinding machine for grinding floor surfaces of stone or stone-like material. Such a grinding head (1) comprises a lower casing member (3), comprising a lower support (31) and an upwardly extending edge portion (32), and an upper casing number (2), comprising an upper cover (21) and a downwardly extending edge portion (22), wherein the upper casing member (2) is joinable to the lower casing member (3) by causing axially distal portions of the edge portions to bear on each other.

Abstract: A throttle control mechanism for a surfacing machine, the control mechanism comprising a control member (310) arranged movable (M, D) in a support structure (320), wherein the control member (310) is arranged to be tensely attached to a throttle actuator (330) of the surfacing machine via a tensile engagement member (340), wherein the control member (310) is arranged to be held fixed in the support structure in at least a first throttle position (350), where the control member is arranged biased towards an idle throttle position (370) when released from the first throttle position (350), and wherein the first throttle position (350) and the idle throttle position (370) are configurable to provide an engine speed margin with respect to a clutch engagement engine speed range of the surfacing machine.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a valve (123), comprising a channel body (1231) defining a bent channel space, an elastically flexible membrane (1233), which separates a control space (Sc) from a flow space (Sf) in the channel space, a control connection (1232), providing a fluid connection to the control space (Sc), The control space (Sc) is provided at a radially outermost portion (Co) of the channel space, as per a channel bending radius (Ro), such that the membrane (1233) is flexible between an open position, whereby a cross section of the flow space (Sf) is substantially that of the channel, and a closed position, whereby the membrane substantially seals against a radially innermost portion (Ci) of the channel, as per the channel bending radius (Ri). Use of the valve in a separator is disclosed, as well as a separator comprising such valve and a method of cleaning a separator body.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a grinding head for a floor grinding machine for grinding floor surfaces of stone or stone-like material. Such a grinding head comprises a lower casing member, comprising a lower support and an upwardly extending edge portion, and an upper casing member, comprising an upper cover and a downwardly extending edge portion, wherein the upper casing member is joinable to the lower casing member by causing axially distal portions of the edge portions to bear on each other.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a floor grinding machine (1) for grinding floor surfaces of stone or stone-like material. The machine comprises a machine frame (2), a grinding head (3), supported by the machine frame (2), a motor (4), supported by the machine frame (2) and operatively connected to the grinding head (3), and a handle frame (5), extending from the machine frame (2), and pivotable relative to the machine frame (2). The machine further comprises a guide member (12), which is pivotable relative to the machine frame (2) and pivotable relative to the handle frame (5), a first locking device (14), for locking the guide member (12) relative to the handle frame (5), and a second locking device (13), for locking the guide member (12) relative to the machine frame (2). The disclosure further provides a handle for a floor grinding machine as well as methods of setting a position of a handle and methods of steering a floor grinding machine.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of operating a separator (1,1a, 1b) for separating particles from a particle-laden airflow. The method comprises receiving, in the controller (18), a separation unit status signal from the separation unit status sensor (16a, 16b, 16c, 16d), deriving, in the controller (18), separator status data based on the separation unit status signal, communicating, via the communication device (19), the separator status data to the external unit (1a, 1b, 26), receiving, via the communication device (19), incoming control data from the external unit (1a, 1b, 26), determining, in the controller (18), based on the separator status data and based on the incoming control data, whether to initiate separating unit maintenance, and selectively initiating separating unit maintenance based on said determination. The disclosure also provides a separator for implementing the method and a system comprising two or more such separators.

Abstract: This document discloses a valve comprising a main valve closure body, arranged on a low pressure side of the valve and moveable to open towards the low pressure side, a control body, fixedly connected to the main valve closure body, such that a position of the main valve closure body is fixed relative to a position of the control body, a control chamber, partially defined by the control body, whereby a volume of the control chamber is variable in relation to the position of the control body, and a control fluid connector for controlling a pressure in the control chamber. The document also discloses use of the valve in a separator for separating dust and debris from an airflow, a separator comprising such a valve and a method of operating a separator.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a floor grinding machine for grinding floor surfaces of stone or stone-like material. Such a machine comprises a machine frame, a grinding head 2, supported by and being rotatable relative to the machine frame, a grinding head hood 2, which defines a space in which the grinding head 1 is rotatable, a hollow and resilient member 4, arranged in the space, and a pressurized fluid source, operatively connected to the hollow member 4 to supply said pressurized fluid, whereby the hollow member 4 is resiliently expandable upon supply of said fluid.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a valve (123), comprising a channel body (1231) defining a bent channel space, an elastically flexible membrane (1233), which separates a control space (Sc) from a flow space (Sf) in the channel space, a control connection (1232), providing a fluid connection to the control space (Sc), The control space (Sc) is provided at a radially outermost portion (Co) of the channel space, as per a channel bending radius (Ro), such that the membrane (1233) is flexible between an open position, whereby a cross section of the flow space (Sf) is substantially that of the channel, and a closed position, whereby the membrane substantially seals against a radially innermost portion (Ci) of the channel, as per the channel bending radius (Ri). Use of the valve in a separator is disclosed, as well as a separator comprising such valve and a method of cleaning a separator body.

Abstract: A transmission arrangement (113) comprising a first axle (24) that is rotatable about a first axis (33) and is connected to a first pulley (25) that is arranged to drive an endless power transferring means (26) that further is adapted to drive a second pulley (27) that is rotatable about a second axis (34), where the transmission arrangement (113) comprises a first idle pulley (101) and a second idle pulley (102) which both are adapted to guide the endless power transferring means (26), where the first idle pulley (101) is rotatable around a first idle pulley axis (103) and the second idle pulley (102) is rotatable around a second idle pulley axis (104), where the distance between the idle pulley axes (103, 104) is fixed and where the idle pulley axes (103, 104) are pivotable around a common pivot axis (105), wherein the first pulley (25) is positioned between the idle pulleys (101, 102) and the second pulley (27) such that a distance between any one of the idle pulley axes (103, 104) and the second axis (34)

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a grinding head (1) for a floor grinding machine for grinding floor surfaces of stone or stone-like material. Such a grinding head (1) comprises a lower casing member (3), comprising a lower support (31) and an upwardly extending edge portion (32), and an upper casing number (2), comprising an upper cover (21) and a downwardly extending edge portion (22), wherein the upper casing member (2) is joinable to the lower casing member (3) by causing axially distal portions of the edge portions to bear on each other.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of operating a separator (1,1a, 1b) for separating particles from a particle-laden airflow. The method comprises receiving, in the controller (18), a separation unit status signal from the separation unit status sensor (16a, 16b, 16c, 16d), deriving, in the controller (18), separator status data based on the separation unit status signal, communicating, via the communication device (19), the separator status data to the external unit (1a, 1b, 26), receiving, via the communication device (19), incoming control data from the external unit (1a, 1b, 26), determining, in the controller (18), based on the separator status data and based on the incoming control data, whether to initiate separating unit maintenance, and selectively initiating separating unit maintenance based on said determination. The disclosure also provides a separator for implementing the method and a system comprising two or more such separators.

Abstract: This document discloses a valve comprising a main valve closure body, arranged on a low pressure side of the valve and moveable to open towards the low pressure side, a control body, fixedly connected to the main valve closure body, such that a position of the main valve closure body is fixed relative to a position of the control body, a control chamber, partially defined by the control body, whereby a volume of the control chamber is variable in relation to the position of the control body, and a control fluid connector for controlling a pressure in the control chamber. The document also discloses use of the valve in a separator for separating dust and debris from an airflow, a separator comprising such a valve and a method of operating a separator.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a floor grinding machine for grinding floor surfaces of stone or stone-like material. Such a machine comprises a machine frame, a grinding head 2, supported by and being rotatable relative to the machine frame, a grinding head hood 2, which defines a space in which the grinding head 1 is rotatable, a hollow and resilient member 4, arranged in the space, and a pressurized fluid source, operatively connected to the hollow member 4 to supply said pressurized fluid, whereby the hollow member 4 is resiliently expandable upon supply of said fluid.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a grinding head (1) for a floor grinding machine for grinding floor surfaces of stone or stone-like material. Such a grinding head (1) comprises a lower casing member (3), comprising a lower support (31) and an upwardly extending edge portion (32), and an upper casing member (2), comprising an upper cover (21) and a downwardly extending edge portion (22), wherein the upper casing member (2) is joinable to the lower casing member (3) by causing axially distal portions of the edge portions to bear on each other.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a floor grinding machine (1) for grinding floor surfaces of stone or stone-like material. The machine comprises a machine frame (2), a grinding head (3), supported by the machine frame (2), a motor (4), supported by the machine frame (2) and operatively connected to the grinding head (3), and a handle frame (5), extending from the machine frame (2), and pivotable relative to the machine frame (2). The machine further comprises a guide member (12), which is pivotable relative to the machine frame (2) and pivotable relative to the handle frame (5), a first locking device (14), for locking the guide member (12) relative to the handle frame (5), and a second locking device (13), for locking the guide member (12) relative to the machine frame (2).

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a grinding head for a floor grinding machine for grinding floor surfaces of stone or stone-like material. Such a grinding head comprises a lower casing member, comprising a lower support and an upwardly extending edge portion, and an upper casing member, comprising an upper cover and a downwardly extending edge portion, wherein the upper casing member is joinable to the lower casing member by causing axially distal portions of the edge portions to bear on each other.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a carrier disk for holding at least one cutting, grinding or polishing element in a floor grinding machine. The carrier disk comprises a carrier body having a downwardly exposed face, at which the grinding element is arranged, a opening formed in the carrier body and a plurality of flanges extending axially from the carrier body and between the opening and a radially outer edge of the carrier body.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a carrier disk for holding at least one cutting, grinding or polishing element in a floor grinding machine. The carrier disk comprises a carrier body having a downwardly exposed face, at which the grinding element is arranged, a opening formed in the carrier body and a plurality of flanges extending axially from the carrier body and between the opening and a radially outer edge of the carrier body.