Elgin sweepers have been cleaning roadways since 1914, and while products have grown and improved, the commitment to quality and performance the company was founded on hasn’t changed.

Clean streets improve water quality, air quality, overall community health and help prevent water pollution.  Elgin founder, John Murphy, recognized the health hazards caused by streets filled with filth and debris, and created the very first street sweeper. The sweepers we produce today aren’t just any sweeper – they are the toughest, and most rugged sweepers on the market.

Elgin continues its sweeper leadership by evolving its products and designing new ones. We pride ourselves on the quality, innovation and reliability that is built into each and every product. Elgin equipment utilizes all variations of today's sweeping technology — mechanical, pure vacuum sweepers, regenerative air — and now alternative fuel sweepers, waterless dust control and high efficiency filtration — to offer customers the sweeper that matches their needs.  From general street maintenance to special industrial and airport applications. Elgin puts it's customers in the sweeper that best meets their needs. 

Air Street Sweepers

Air Sweepers include vacuum sweepers and regenerative air type sweeper technologies and both lift the material into a debris body or hopper with air. Vacuum sweepers suck the material off the ground through a large nozzle and into the hopper much like a standard home vacuum. Regenerative air sweepers use both pressurized air and vacuum air to move material off the surface and into the debris body or hopper. 

Street Sweeping/General Maintenance Sweeping

The most common municipal application is general maintenance sweeping, which happens on a regular schedule in most cities. Generally, this means sweepers that can handle picking common gutter debris, half of which is within about six inches from the gutter into the street. Most material is light, including sand, dirt, sticks, grass and small litter.

Suitable Sweepers

The full line of Elgin sweepers are appropriate for street sweeping and general maintenance, and can be equipped with a variety of options to customize to any specific applications.