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DairyFeed J Automated Calf Feeders

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DairyFeed J Automated Calf Feeders

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Introduction
The DairyFeed J automated calf feeders are designed to improve calf health and growth while reducing labor for farmers. These feeders provide customized nutrition, ensuring healthy development and minimizing routine work.
Key Features
  • Individual Feeding: Programmable to meet each calf's specific needs for raising, feeding, or fattening.
  • Monitoring and Health: Records feeding and drinking habits, alerting to deviations that may indicate health issues, thus reducing veterinary costs.
  • Smart Design: Includes a transparent powder hopper, flexible locking system, and automated calibration for precise feeding.
  • Temperature Control: IQ heating control maintains correct feed temperature regardless of external conditions.
Technological Integration
  • CalfCloud: Allows remote monitoring of calves and feeders via the internet, providing flexibility and ease of access to data.
  • Network Capabilities: Features a powerful processor card with Ethernet interface for remote control and data management.
Operational Benefits
  • Time and Labor Savings: Automated feeding and cleaning reduce manual labor and allow flexible scheduling.
  • Hygiene and Maintenance: Automatic cleaning systems ensure optimal hygiene, reducing microbial growth risk.
Product Variants
  • C400smart: Feeds up to 50 calves with options for fresh or powdered milk.
  • V600smart and V640smart: Suitable for larger operations, feeding up to 120 calves with features like heat exchanger cleaning and low-power consumption.
Conclusion
The DairyFeed J automated calf feeders provide a comprehensive solution for modern dairy farming, combining advanced technology with practical features for healthy calf growth and efficient farm management.
Additional Systems and Features
  • Liquid Additives and Rinse Agents: Ensures precise dosing of liquid additives using a geared motor.
  • CalfProtect Feed Station Expansion: Reduces two-calf sucking, decreases workload in calf training, and minimizes competition in mixed-age groups.
  • Small Quantity Dispenser for Powder Additives: Provides gram-accurate dosing for concentrated additives, suitable for electrolytes and diet additives.
  • Heating Cable: Offers reliable frost protection with temperature control.
  • Fly Protection: Ensures a fly-proof environment with a large sieve plate for steam escape, compatible with dispensers and pumps.
  • Servo Control: Facilitates feeding from distant or elevated suction points.
  • Pulsed Compressed Air Cleaning: Automates cleaning of suction hoses and teats, preventing freezing by drying during pauses.
  • DairyFeed J 1100 Concentrate Feeding System: Accelerates calf growth by replacing milk with concentrate feed, integrating with the DairyManagement-System 21 for precise dosing and monitoring.
Company Overview
GEA is a global technology company operating in over 50 countries, specializing in innovative equipment and process technology. It is listed in the STOXX® Europe 600 Index and MSCI Global Sustainability Indexes, emphasizing values of excellence, passion, integrity, responsibility, and diversity.
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DairyFeed J Automated Calf Feeders Healthy feeding of calves with less labor

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Now you can spend your time managing instead of feeding Decide in the first few weeks. Healthy calf raising forms the basis for performance orientated and profitable dairy farming. The opti- mum foundation for successful calf raising is provided by GEA automated calf feeders. They supply your calves according to their needs and reduce your routine work in calf raising to a minimum. The ideal curve for healthy growth Each calf develops differently – therefore individual feeding is the key to success. The automated calf feeders can be programmed to meet animal requirements: whether for raising,...

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The smart automated calf feeder generation And your calves grow. As soon as a calf enters the feeding station and makes known its desire to feed, the exactly determined feed is quickly, hygienically and reliably prepared. Age-dependent and individually – also with fresh milk. To provide your calves with an ideal basis for healthy growth, the calf feeder automatically takes over preparation and enrichment of the feed. The new generation of feeders has been designed around well-proven functions and these are present in the new smart version that has additional and improved features: Clear view...

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Operating made easy The automated feeders are equipped with the easily operated hand terminal. The new user friendly interface with extra keys and a large display makes it comfortable to read. The brightness and contrast can be easily reset via the software. Numbers can be entered quickly and directly via the numerical keypad, e.g. for the animal search and for setting up the feeding plans. Short-cut keys enable fast access to a group of calves or a specific animal. Optimum temperature control, tasty formula Regardless of the season, weather and storage conditions, thanks to an IQ heating control,...

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CalfCloud - The new generation of automated calf feeding The CalfCloud is a reliable management tool for you, as an modern farmer, with which the calves and calf feeders can be quickly and easily monitored from the computer. It is the perfect complement to the “smart” calf feeder generation, which can be connected as a standard via Ethernet directly to a wireless network or the Internet. Modern network capabilities Automated data storage and remote access • Powerful processor card with ethernet interface • Automated data storage and backup function • Simple network structure — gateway no longer...

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Sample floor plan of automated calf feeding 2 Additional feeding (concentrate, etc.) V640smart Feeder Feeding station (one/group) Water trough Group pen (25 sq. ft./calf) Walkway aisle Milk room (UV Pure*, cooling tank, etc.) Storage Office * Fresh milk can be purified with the UV Pure ultraviolet calf milk purifier to kill bacteria while retaining important nutrients. Available only from GEA.

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CR100 Rail System – Automated individual Feeding Flexible usability with full control. operational management and make it possible to monitor the The CR100 rail system is controlled and supplied with milk development of the calves during the entire rearing period. replacer feed or fresh milk by the V600smart /  V640smart The data from the individually penned calves are of course calf feeder. This eliminates the need for feed preparation, taken over to group housing and are also available on your transportation and feed dispensing. Also the manual cleaning smartphone, tablet and PC via the CalfManager...

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Flexible usability Optimal hygiene One CR100 unit can supply up to 32 individually penned calves. Automatic cleaning before and The automatic feeder is able to control up to four CR100 units, after every feeding cycle reduces thus in total 128 calves can be fed using one single calf feeder. work considerably and ensures Combined individual and group pen raising is possible as well. optimum hygiene. Outside of feeding times there is no milk in the system, leaving no The new CR100 is equipped with a curve-enabled drive for a more versatile and flexible use, including easy integration into grow....

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A view of the inner workings Easy entry level. 3 It doesn‘t matter whether it is fresh milk or powdered milk that is provided; the C400smart can easily feed 50 calves using a maximum of 2 sucking stations. The powerful 32-bit ‚H‘ proces1 sor enables extensive function applications: It is now possible to attach other peripheral equipment to the C400smart. It allows concentrate dependent weaning with DairyFeed J 1100 and addi- tive dosing with the use of electrolyte. An enhanced medicinal program is available for maintaining healthy calves. 1 2 3 4 Water valve opens the supply line to the special...

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V600smart Advanced level made easy. The V600smart automated calf feeder stands for the latest A greater range of functions technology which offers you increased performance, more The extension up to 4 sucking stations offers feed for a flexibility and greater ease of use. Individually configured maximum of 120 raising calves. The additional calibration it meets your wishes for up to 60 calves using 2 sucking scales and the attaching of peripheral equipment make the stations. Modern calf management for healthy growth every V600smart an unbeatable management system with nearly day, individually...

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V600smart and V640smart Calf raising on a grand scale. GEA also has the right solution for calf raising on large farms: Power saving made easy Simply upgrade the V600smart to a V640smart: even better per- The innovative low-power circulation pump that is used with the formance, even easier to use. The fully automated heat exchang- V640smart can save up to 30 % of the previous power consump- er cleaning using a rinsing agent dispensing pump, ensures that all milk carrying parts are cleaned quickly and reliably. Furthermore, the optimised feeding pump allows improved hygiene, as the intensive circulation...

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*Prices are pre-tax. They exclude delivery charges and customs duties and do not include additional charges for installation or activation options. Prices are indicative only and may vary by country, with changes to the cost of raw materials and exchange rates.