U.S. Products takes carpet wand design to the next level with the Evolution.
The Evolution carpet wand is light, durable, and more efficient than any other wand on the market today! Through scientific testing, the Evolution was designed to smooth airflow and boost water recovery performance. The rotationally molded head and aircraft aluminum tube combine to make a carpet wand that is about half the weight of most stainless steel carpet wands. Replaceable air tight Delrin® acetal glide and ergonomic design allow effortless glide across any type of carpet.
When designing a new product, we look at how our product can help our customers perform better and be more efficient. When looking at wands, we found that certain wands increased the performance of our machines while others decreased performance. By retesting our portable extractors at CRI using the Evolution, all of our heated portables of 300 psi and above went from a bronze rating to GOLD, making U.S. Products portable extractors the first and only to achieve this top Gold rating.
The Evolution carpet wand from U.S. Products was designed by understanding the theory of air flow. Air flows from a region of high pressure to one of low pressure. When air flows at higher velocities, especially through an airway with irregular walls, flow is generally disorganized, even chaotic, and tends to form eddies. This is called turbulent flow (See Diagram 1). This is the type of air flow found in most carpet wand designs today. A relatively large driving pressure is required to sustain turbulent flow. To double the flow rate when you have turbulent flow, you must quadruple the driving pressure.
When flow is low velocity and through narrow tubes, it tends to be more orderly and streamlined and to flow in a straight line. This type of flow is called laminar flow (See Diagram 2). Unlike turbulent flow, to double the flow rate with laminar flow, one need only double the driving pressure.
