News

Stop By for Chance to Win a Free iPad!

By Sheree | January 25, 2024

If you’re at the 2024 Southwest Car Wash Associtaion Convention and Expo, make sure you stop by Booth #822 to check out the latest from Laguna Industries and to enter for a chance to win a free Apple iPad.

Choosing the Right Cable for your Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) System

By Laguna Industries | May 25, 2018

Please check out this white paper onVariable Frequency Drives (VFDs) from By Brian Shuman, Senior Product Development Engineer at Belden: “Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs) are among the most useful devices in the industrial world. They allow the speed of a 3-phase AC electric motor to be altered whenever the behavior of the motor’s load —…

Self-Driving Cars Are Smart, But Car Washes Stump Them

By Laguna Industries | May 25, 2018

From Futurism “You might expect that a clunky, decades-old, Wash-o-Matic would be no match for a new self-driving car straight off the assembly line from, say, Tesla. But as it turns out, autonomous vehicles — which rely on external sensors to navigate — can quite easily be “blinded” before they even make it through the pre-soak.…

Reduce energy consumption with fault detection and diagnostics

By Laguna Industries | March 14, 2018

Does your tunnel controller help you manage or track electrical faults?  An electrical fault caused by bad wiring, improper phase control and undersized electrical components is often overlooked as a reason for an electrical component failure or premature wear. Motors turned on and off too frequently are also a cause of heat and premature wear…

Understanding intelligent motor control centers

By Laguna Industries | January 4, 2018

A well-designed custom motor control system can pay dividends from the installation process and through the life cycle of your car wash business. A thorough design has sustainability elements that take into account everything from lowering the cost and errors during field installation to the ability to log alerts and faults. A well though out…

Carwash Equipment Maintenance Checklist

By Laguna Industries | December 12, 2017

Maintaining carwash equipment is probably one of the easiest yet most overlooked ways to prolong the life of your car wash system and save money.  Avoid downtime and maximize uptime with regular training and instilling the discipline for routine maintenance. It can save thousands of dollars in equipment repairs, vehicle incident and premature wear. It…