What is a leaf blower

A blower is a modern tool used to clean large areas and hard-to-reach places from various types of debris. Read more about what he is, as well as about the features of his work.

What is a blower, its structure and operating principle

The basis of the simplest device is a centrifugal fan. It is powered by either a gasoline or electric motor. The operating principle looks like this:

• air is first sucked in through the center of the “snail”;
• then it is ejected at a fairly high speed through a long pipe, which provides a directed and powerful flow.

Blowers come in different types:

• manual;
• with a rigidly fixed pipe;
• knapsacks.

The pipe of the latter is connected to the fan via a flexible hose.

Models that operate on the principle of conventional vacuum cleaner, that is, they can suck in air using a socket and collect debris in a bag provided for this purpose.

Purpose of the blower

The device may differ slightly in design and functionality. Depending on this, it is capable of performing certain types of work:

1. Cleaning the garden from dry dirt and plant debris. It is possible to perform full cleaning or local blowing of debris from hard-to-reach areas. The blower is effective in cleaning the lawn: the air flow does not harm the plants and blows out uneven surfaces well.
2. Drying of various mechanisms: cars, agricultural equipment.
3. Application in repair and construction work. For this purpose, powerful variants of the device are used that can cope with dust, shavings, small branches, and debris, which includes individual large and relatively heavy fractions.
4. Tidying up the surrounding area of ​​a country house or cottage.

Operating modes

Simple models have one operating mode. There are options with several operating modes, which expands their functions:

1. Airflow Basic mode. With its help, the blower is a kind of rake equipped with a motor. Using this tool, debris is blown away from paths and hard-to-reach areas are cleaned.
2. Suction. The function turns the tool into something similar to a vacuum cleaner. The device draws in debris using a pipe and collects it in a connected bag.
3. Grinding. Additional function to the previous one. If it is available, then together with garbage collection it is possible to reduce its amount. This is done by grinding. It turns out that based on the collected plant debris, the device creates mulch, which is good as a fertilizer.

Remember that the purpose of gardening equipment is to eliminate plant and street debris. Using the device for household cleaning will damage it.