The latest milking machine systems and equipment will be featured by the world's leading manufacturers at the Dairy Event to be staged on 20 and 21 September at Stoneleigh Park by its organisers the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers.
Among the exhibitors in this section will be Vaccar launching a new milk metre which recognizes individual cow identification and feeding requirements, together with a new cluster washing mechanism. Fulwood plans to unveil its new updated designs of automatic milking systems and rotary milking parlours.
Lely will also be staging throughout the two days, a live working demonstration of its Astronaut robotic milking system with 50 cows on site.
An effortless ACR and also a bracket to lower the cluster washer level will be launched by Wakato, while a cluster claimed to be more than one third lighter than a standard cluster will be unveiled by DairyMaster.
WestfaliaSurge will launch several new products including a bulk tank featuring new energy efficient STIL evaporator plate technology and a patented 'digital dipstick'; a vacuum pump fitted with a frequency controller and also a milking parlour circulation cleaning controller. A vacuum pump that runs at the precise speed to match requirements will make its first appearance for De Laval.
"Dairy Event provides a unique opportunity for dairy farmers in the UK to see all the latest developments in milking technology from the leading manufacturers, at just one event," comments RABDF chief executive, Nick Everington. "These developments will certainly provide solutions to some of the current problems faced by farmers, reducing costs and improving overall efficiency."
