Horger Machinery

Quality Machines From The German Manufacturer Hoerger

Horger Machinery

Why Choose Horger?

Horger manufacture artificial turf equipment for the maintenance of synthetic sports surfaces. This synthetic turf maintenance machinery is hand built by German engineers in their factory near Hamburg, but  unlike other manufacturers they are purpose built to do a specific job and are not just modified industrial sweepers or grass mowers.


The KBR System for the deep cleaning of porous and non porous rubber  running tracks.

 
Hoerger started by manufacturing athletic track cleaning machinery (the KBR) in the 1980’s then started work on designing the SKU machines for deep cleaning artificial grass surfaces in early 2000.

 

 


The SKR System for deep cleaning water based synthetic grass surfaces

In 2001 Hoerger developed the SKR head water based hockey pitch cleaner to run in conjunction with the existing rear tank on the KBR for deep cleaning water based synthetic grass surfaces

 

 


The SKU system for deep cleaning of sand filled, sand dressed and 3G synthetic grass sports surfaces

The first Hoerger SKU machine to clean artificial turf was introduced in 2004 with sales starting in 2005. By the end of 2007 100 of these machines were working across Europe.

 

 

In 2008 the SKU Trac (pictured left) was introduced with a custom built 24hp hydrostatic tractor unit powering it.

 

 

A new SKU1200 rear mount and front mounted unit was introduced and then front mounted unit to fit Avant loaders was introduced (pictured right) .

 

 

 

 

There is now a 1500 Basic machine (left) added to this range with electric fan dust extraction to introduce an economical variant to the range.

 

 

 


Hoerger surface brushes.

 

At the end of 2010 the BS2000 range of brushes was introduced with the first one ready for the IOG Saltex show in September, and this has been augmented by the addition of de-compacting tines with depth wheels and a squeegee blade for levelling out the infill especially when re-filling a pitch with new sand and or rubber.

Running Track Cleaning

More images from the Sweepfast running track cleaning service are available to view at http://www.flickr.com/photos/sweepfast/sets/72157629768718224/ . These show the Hoerger KBR system working at Gateshead International Stadium last year. The track was particularly contaminated from footfall off the natural grass football pitch in the infield across the track to the changing rooms.

It took about 3 days to clean this effectively but the results were clearly impressive, as you can see below

Athletics Track Cleaning

Polymeric running tracks are constantly bombarded with biological contamination from airborne sources, such as trees, grass, birds and also from footfall from sporting participants. This build up can cause the surface to lose its grip factor and become slippery. Spraying with a chemical to kill off the moss and algae spores will go some way to alleviate the problem, but the long term solution is to deep clean the running track and remove all the contamination. This process requires some specialist equipment such as the KBR system from Horger, http://www.sweepfast.com/index.php?webpage=deep_clean_polymeric.html and demands a large volume of clean water. However the end results are most spectacular and can transform the most unappealing surface into one which is a pleasure to look at and perform on with safety. To clean a full size running track will take a team about about 3 days to complete, and will most likely require chemical treatment 10 days prior to that. The image below clearly demonstrates the effectiveness of the KBRs ability to remove the contamination and restore an athletics track to its former glory.

Running track post cleaning
Running track after cleaning