Past technology has provided stationary spray systems and a number of independent solutions to try and resolve a complicated automation problem with limited success. None, however, have copied the movement of a hand operated spray gun until the SmartSpray automatic teat spray system, providing not only peace of mind that the job will be done, but it will be done right every time, saving time and money without the need to worry about employees running late or doing a bad job.
Unlike platform lip mounted fixed spray nozzles, walk over’s or any race mounted spray device, the PLC controlled SmartSpray automatic teat spray system copies the action of a hand held spray wand and reaches in between the cows back legs from the lip of the platform, either before or after milking, to spray iodine or sanitizing fluid directly below the udder while within the bail of a rotating platform. In this way the cow’s leg position, wind, the particular walking pace or movement along a race, and any number of other variables can be negated to ensure the spray goes where it should at the right time and in the right quantity.
Utilising miniaturised electronics, pneumatics and optics, combined with its fully adjustable mechanics, the SmartSpray automatic teat spray system has been designed to suit individual needs or specific requirements of virtually any rotary platform. With two models available, the Australian designed and manufactured SmartSpraySTD and SmartSprayPRO automatic teat spray systems are a revolutionary and invaluable management tool for mastitis reduction, herd health improvement, and ultimately increased milk recovery.
The SmartSpray automatic teat spray system is simply bolted onto the breach bars of virtually any platform, it's designed to be “cow friendly”, with no sharp edges and a spray nozzle-positioning arm that has complete freedom of angular vertical and rotary horizontal movement. This means that if a cow steps on or kicks the spray extension arm, it will simply be deflected, horizontally or vertically, and return to its home position ready for the next spray cycle as seen in the schematics below.
Stop letting high cell counts get you down
Wether you have a walk over or a platform mounted spray nozzle, cell counts go up when the reliability and accuracy of spray systems go down. So when the best you can get is an accuracy of 50% to start with, it’s an up hill battle.
Even if you’re paying a guy to do a great job hand spraying, it's a mind-numbing, repetitive job with high burn-out and turn-over, the process itself is inefficient, costly, and with a high degree of error, while pay packets only go up and your milk dollar goes down.
Why not let a robot do the job.
Developed in 2000 the original SmartSpray automatic teat spray system, with only one principle moving part, copies the action of hand held spray wand, reaching in between the back legs of a cow without the need for leag spreaders to spray iodine or sanitizing fluid from below the udder on a rotating platform.
