Get a robot for hygiene in livestock housing
One robot typically cleans 5,500 sq metres per day.
Each cleaning track needs to have small transponders drilled into the floor at a set distance for automated robot navigation.
Proximity sensors continually monitor its position, and the dual navigation ensures the robot won’t get lost or trapped. Designed to improve livestock housing hygiene, it handles complicated housing layouts and wide passages.
Of stainless steel construction, weighing 440kg, it typically operates 60% of the time, requiring minimum unobstructed passage heights of 70cm.
Two rechargeable 24-volt batteries drive two motors which power the scraper, which has a working width adjustable from 130cm to 190cm.
It operates quietly at a pace of four to five metres per minute, seen as ideal for loose housing. It is cow friendly, yet tough enough to withstand knocks, such as cow kicks, and keep on cleaning.
The robot docking and recharging station should be placed in the middle of the shed. Online programming is available to decide exactly where and how often shed cleaning is required. There is no limit to the number of routes, and the precise cleaning schedule can be set via the internet. The robot can report to its own internet log.
Benefits include improved hoof health, and reduced milking time as cows are cleaner
DeLaval also makes chain, cable and hydraulic scrapers.
