LELY ASTRONAUT - General

Chapter 1 - page 1
Operator’s manual ASTRONAUT
M-HE.002.1003
1 General
This manual covers the instructions for the ASTRONAUT
milking robotic system and should be used in conjunction
with the manuals for the other major systems/
components. The robotic milking system consists of
(figure 1.1):
• ASTRONAUT milking robot (A)
• PC including T4C
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/NEDAP X-pert management
system and central memory VCPC (B)
• Milk delivery system (C)
• E-Link (D) (optional)
• CRS+ (cleaning reporting system) (E)
(not shown)
• Alarm box (F) (not shown).
The ASTRONAUT milking robot consists of:
• Multiple function control box (A) (figure 1.2)
• Robot control box (B)
• Robot arm (C).
1) T4C = Time for Cows (where fitted)
Figure 1.1 Robotic milking system components
C
A
B
D
Figure 1.2 ASTRONAUT main components
A
B
C