Description of components
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3.1 Discovery barn cleaner
The barn cleaner is a battery-powered vehicle that cleans the grid
floor of the cowshed so that the cattle can walk on a clean and dry
grid floor. The barn cleaner is designed to travel over a flat grid floor.
The barn cleaner is driven by two wheels that are powered by 2
drive motors. The drive motors use a 12V power supply from a
single rechargeable battery. When the battery is fully loaded, the
barn cleaner can operate for about 4 hours, after which the device
has to be recharged for a similar period. Charging takes place at
what is known as a charger unit (see chapter 3.2 'Charger unit').
In practice this means that the barn cleaner is working for 50% of the
time and spends 50% of the time at the charger unit.
The route that the barn cleaner follows is programmed once by the
farmer using the E-link
manual control (see chapter 3.4 'E-link
manual controller'). Different routes are possible, so that the farmer
has the option of cleaning particular parts of the cowshed more
intensively at certain times of day.
The barn cleaner has a large, movable metal ring (figure 3 2) above
the manure scraper (figure 3 3) on the front of the machine. The
integrated ultrasound sensor allows the device to follow the wall at
a given distance. Turns are made and corrected using a built-in
electronic gyroscope. The metal ring can follow the wall and can
avoid any obstacles such as beams and the legs of the cows and/or
calves.
The Discovery barn cleaner has the following specific features:
• adjustable speed
• distinctive shape > animal-friendly
• fitted with a fully hinged (swinging) manure scraper
• manure scraper has a large front area and is made of plastic
and easy to replace
• low-maintenance and easy to keep clean
• equipped with an acoustical warning system
Figure 3 2 Barn cleaner (metal ring)
Metal ring
Figure 3 3 Barn cleaner (manure scraper)
Manure
Bolted connection
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