Hand-Held Power Brush Preps Cows
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Dairymen can eliminate piles of towels with this new hand-held brush that’ll wash, disinfect, stimulate and dry teats in one easy step, says Keith Engel about the new FutureCow™ prep system. It uses GEA Farm Technologies’ chlorine dioxide cleaning solution that can be customized for low, medium and high mastitis control.
“The big advantage is consistency – in stimulation and cleaning,” Engel says, noting that operators only need to forestrip to check for mastitis, and then use the FutureCow brush unit to handle all other pre-milking tasks.
With a little training, milking employees learn how to slip each of the cow’s teats into the FutureCow unit, while pulling and releasing the trigger for cleaning and drying. In a short time, the teat is washed, stimulated for milking and dried, ready for the milking unit attachment.
The handheld unit is hooked up to a line that glides along a stainless steel aircraft cable track. The line delivers GEA’s ready-to-use cleansing solution to each brush unit.
More than 100 FutureCow Prep Systems have been installed in the U.S. on dairies with herds from 150 to 3,000 cows. The system includes an air-operated pump, tanks and blending device, track, and brush units. The cleaning products, replacement parts and brushes are priced at a flat rate per cow. GEA Farm Technologies professionals are available 24/7 for troubleshooting.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, GEA Farm Technologies, 1880 Country Farm Dr., Naperville, Ill. 60563 (ph 877 973-2479; www.gea-farmtechnologies.com).
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Hand-Held Power Brush Preps Cows DAIRY EQUIPMENT & IDEAS Dairymen can eliminate piles of towels with this new hand-held brush that’ll wash disinfect stimulate and dry teats in one easy step says Keith Engel about the new FutureCow™ prep system It uses GEA Farm Technologies’ chlorine dioxide cleaning solution that can be customized for low medium and high mastitis control “The big advantage is consistency – in stimulation and cleaning ” Engel says noting that operators only need to forestrip to check for mastitis and then use the FutureCow brush unit to handle all other pre-milking tasks With a little training milking employees learn how to slip each of the cow’s teats into the FutureCow unit while pulling and releasing the trigger for cleaning and drying In a short time the teat is washed stimulated for milking and dried ready for the milking unit attachment The handheld unit is hooked up to a line that glides along a stainless steel aircraft cable track The line delivers GEA’s ready-to-use cleansing solution to each brush unit More than 100 FutureCow Prep Systems have been installed in the U S on dairies with herds from 150 to 3 000 cows The system includes an air-operated pump tanks and blending device track and brush units The cleaning products replacement parts and brushes are priced at a flat rate per cow GEA Farm Technologies professionals are available 24/7 for troubleshooting Contact: FARM SHOW Followup GEA Farm Technologies 1880 Country Farm Dr Naperville Ill 60563 ph 877 973-2479; www gea-farmtechnologies com
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