Hand-Held Power Brush Preps Cows

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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