Munich Airport—Germany’s second-busiest aviation hub—welcomes more than 50 million travellers a year. Terminal 2 opens at 04:00 and closes at 23:30, and during peak periods 18,000 passengers can be found inside the building at the same time. The 42,000 m² of polished tile flooring is the airport’s visual business card, yet it also creates huge pressure for the night-shift cleaning team:
– Flight delays regularly shrink the cleaning window to 4.5 hours
– Conventional mopping and wet-vaccing required 52 night staff and still left footprints, coffee rings and slippery films
– Germany’s Workplace Ordinance demands a minimum slip resistance of 0.30 µ on public floors; every slip-and-fall claim can cost six-figure euros
How do you guarantee verifiable, traceable, residue-free cleaning in such a tight time-slot? Munich Airport Services issued a global tender—and GIYO answered.
Pain Points: A Three-Way Battle among Efficiency, Silence and Safety
Time Bottleneck
– Grout lines in the tile floor trap dust, forcing operators to perform four separate passes: dry vacuum, scrub, wet-vac and dry-mop—8–10 min per 100 m²
– Traditional 70 L floor scrubbers need fresh water every 20 min, wasting another 30 min on trips to the service closet
Noise Restrictions
– The terminal remains partially open for transit passengers; cleaning equipment must stay below 70 dB(A)
– Most commercial floor cleaners on the market hit 75–78 dB(A), triggering instant complaints
Compliance & Safety
– Detergent residues lower the friction coefficient; floors must be genuinely dry before reopening
– Between 02:00 and 04:00 staff fatigue peaks, so any industrial cleaning machine has to be fool-proof—literally one-button start
Solution: Six Key Advantages of the GIYO X12 Ride-On Floor Scrubber
After three blind field tests and a two-week pilot run Munich Airport selected the X12 ride on floor scrubber as the flagship machine, ordering 12 units to cover both departure and arrival levels.
| Critical Parameter | GIYO X12 Recorded Value | Airport Requirement |
| Cleaning Performance | 6,500 m²/h | ≥ 5,000 m²/h |
| Operating Noise | 67 dB(A) | ≤ 70 dB(A) |
| Solution/Recovery Tank | 245 L / 266 L | ≥ 200 L |
| Running Time | 6–8 h | ≥ 6 h |
| Brush Pressure | 4.5 MPa | ≥ 3 MPa |
| Gradeability | 8° | ≥ 5° |
Twin Counter-Rotating Brushes + Direct-Vacuum Squeegee
– 19-inch dual brushes spin at 180 rpm, “lifting” dirt from grout lines
– A 900 mm curved squeegee recovers water within 0.2 s, leaving the tile floor dry in 30 s
Low-Noise, High-Efficiency Drive
– 36 V brushless motor and toothed-belt transmission cut noise by 8 dB compared with gear-driven units
– Night mode automatically reduces brush speed by 15%, dropping the sound level by another 3 dB
One-Button Control & IoT Fleet Management
– 4.3-inch colour HMI offers six pre-set cleaning programmes; operator training < 30 min
– Embedded 4G module feeds water level, battery SOC and location to the supervisor’s dashboard in real time
Corrosion-Resistant Frame
– Rotomoulded polyethylene passes a 1,000 h salt-spray test, perfect for winter slush contaminated with de-icing salts
– IPX4 rating allows the floor scrubber to work safely in the damp baggage-reclaim hall
Large Tanks + Quick-Change Battery
– A 245 L solution tank gives 2.5 h of continuous work, cutting refill frequency by 60%
– Six 6 V 220 Ah lead-crystal batteries can be swapped in 10 s and charge on the airport’s existing forklift stations
Green Credentials
– Blue-Angel-approved (RAL-UZ 201) chemicals reduce detergent consumption by 30%
– Energy use: 1.2 kWh per 10,000 m², saving an estimated 8.7 t of CO₂ per year compared with engine-driven units
Roll-Out: Full Deployment in Four Weeks
| Week | Milestone |
| 1 | GIYO’s German service team completed site survey and risk assessment |
| 2 | Twelve X12 units delivered; 34 night-shift staff passed two operator-certification sessions |
| 3 | Pilot covered 80% of floor area; cleaning time cut from 5 h to 2 h 15 min |
| 4 | Official hand-over; safety department measured slip resistance at 0.42 µ—40% above the legal minimum |
Results & Benefits
Productivity Surge
– Night-shift head-count reduced from 52 to 28 (-46%)
– Cleaning productivity jumped from 1,300 m²/h to 6,500 m²/h, trimming total cleaning time by 3 h 10 min
Safety & Compliance
– Zero passenger slip complaints during the six-month pilot
– Audit by TÜV SÜD passed; case study accepted into the 2024 European Airport Safety Management White Paper
Brand Boost
– Passenger-survey score for “floor cleanliness” rose to 4.8/5, up 22% YoY
– Munich Airport Services presented GIYO with the “Service Innovation of the Year” award and signed a three-year framework agreement
Sustainability
– Annual savings: 12,000 L of chemicals and 35% less water
– Projected 48,000 € OPEX saving over the three-year service life of the ride-on floor scrubber fleet
Customer Voice
> “The GIYO X12 didn’t just shrink our night-cleaning window from five hours to two; it also cut noise and carbon emissions. Most importantly, passengers stepping off the early flight still see a mirror-finish floor—that’s a world-class first impression for Munich Airport.”
> —— Johannes Bauer, Director of Cleaning Services, Munich Airport Services
Conclusion
Anhui GIYO Intelligent Manufacturing Co., Ltd. is a leading producer of commercial floor cleaners and industrial cleaning machines. From walk-behind units to the latest ride on floor scrubber models, GIYO’s products serve shopping malls, airports, hospitals and factories in more than 60 countries. Headquartered in Bengbu, China, the company operates a 30,000 m² smart plant certified to ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001. Wherever hygiene, efficiency and sustainability matter, GIYO delivers advanced floor scrubber solutions that keep operations—and reputations—spotless.
