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Industrial sweeper side brooms spin inward

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The giant, bristly discs on the side of a massive warehouse sweeper aren't there to actually clean anything directly. Their sole purpose is to aggressively flick dirt away from the walls and drag it directly into the path of the main underbelly vacuum acting as aggressive hardware bouncers for dirt.

Industrial sweeper side brooms spin inward
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