Use a high-pressure cleaner?

It is very tempting to occasionally clean the robot with a high-pressure cleaner.

DeLaval is against using a high-pressure cleaner when cleaning the robot.
Because there is too much hardware and also moving parts such as encoders, camera, touchscreen, which can very badly withstand the water pressure of a high-pressure cleaner.
It is protected, but you also want the VMS to last 24/7 for many years.

If you still want to use the high-pressure cleaner for the floor and the fencing, do so with your Farmersense, so with a minimum pressure, at most 80 Bar and pay close attention to what you are spraying.

And make sure that the robot room is well ventilated in the meantime and afterwards.
The splashes go everywhere and the vapor otherwise hangs in the robot room for hours and that is also very bad for the printed circuit boards etc.!

Try to clean as much as possible with the water hose with sprayer in combination with a car wash brush, cleaning cloth, to have to use the high-pressure cleaner as little as possible.

Corporate blindness.

Do you not (yet) suffer from business blindness?

How many daily chores have been running on “autopilot” for a while now, not thinking anymore about whether it could be done more conveniently or whether some ease has crept in here and there?

How often do you still do the 2-Minute Check?
And do you check weekly whether the concentrate, for example given to old-milk cows, in particular is in line with their condition and production? In other words: are your concentrate costs spent on the right cows at the right time? Are the cows that are going to be dried off in the right condition?

In the robot / milking parlor area: How clean and how maintained are the technical components to prevent unwanted surprises at the wrong time?

Do you still look at the Work Routines list every now and then?

Clearly cow identification?

Can “strangers” recognize your cows?

You probably know all your cows and don’t need the collar numbers or ear tags to know which cow it is.
But what if you go on holiday or for some other reason, perhaps suddenly, you need someone to take over your work. Can this person find the cows?

In other words: Is your cow identification in order? Are the numbers on the collars complete and legible to a stranger? Aren’t collars twisted, etc.?
When using ear tags as cow identification: are they complete and legible?

Handy VMS Guidance gate.

The VMS guidance gate has proven its usefulness on many farms when milk

ing new cows and heifers.

However, the production of these fences stops.

So if you still want such a fence, please let us know at harry@harrytuinier.nl

Also see on this Website:
=> VMS Start-up assistance
=> Handy VMS Guidance Gate