HydroMix pro

Glavne prednosti

• preparation of individual recipes from different ingredients for high daily weight gains at low feed costs;
• computer-controlled feeding and farm management that save time and operate very reliably;
• extensive hygiene package for a minimal bacterial count and healthy animals;
• high metering precision at every feed valve;
• reliable feed transport even over long distances;
• modular and therefore flexible system for small as well as large production units for cost-efficient expansions;
• equally well-suited for individual and group feeding;
• low operating costs, long service life.

When planning to provide pigs with liquid feed, some questions must be discussed beforehand. These include:

• number and age of the animals;
• feeding strategy (restricted or sensor feeding);
• length of the feed transport distances;
• transport medium to be used (water or air);
• design as residue-free feeding system (ring lines or JET branch lines).

Big Dutchman has developed many different system types for various applications. These allow you to adjust the system ideally to the conditions of your production unit.

This system is especially well-suited for compact houses with short distances to the feed kitchen. It allows supplying each pen by a single feed line (branch). Additives can simply be added to the branch line by using MediInject.

For larger houses Big Dutchman recommends combining a residue-free ring line with branch lines into the pens to reduce the length of the lines and the runtime of the system.

This system is well-suited for smaller finishing houses with feed kitchen inside the building.

This system includes a JET (a separator) that is pushed through the main branch by compressed air. After mixing, the JET is pushed towards the end of the branch, together with the feed. The feed is then dispensed. Water is pushed in until the entire pipe is completely empty of feed. This process simultaneously flushes the pipe. After feeding has been completed, compressed air and the JET push the water back into the weighed rinse water tank. From there, it is then available to mix another recipe. The main branch is empty and clean until the next feeding starts. The shorter subbranches remain filled with feed. 

Combining JET branch lines with subbranches is ideal for finishing houses. The feed only needs to be transported over short distances, i.e. only very few pipes are required.

When using this system, the entire mixed feed is dispensed at each feeding, without residues. If a weighed rinse water tank is installed, there are no breaks in the feeding process as it is not necessary to pump any used water into the mixing tank.

This system is therefore ideal for sow feeding.

This system is specifically well-suited for feeding weaners from a weight of 6 kg.

Compressed air keeps the pipes clean. No water is required to transport the feed.

• small and thus always fresh quantities of feed can be supplied several times during the day to achieve high daily weight gains;
• recipes with a very high dry matter content can be dispensed;
• any amount of warm water can be used to mix the recipe;
• feed is dispensed without residues as no feed remains in the lines;
• no carry-over of vitamins and minerals in the feed lines;
• recipes can be mixed from up to 48 ingredients, i.e. cost-efficient feedstuffs can be bought very flexibly;
• the feed composition meets the needs of the piglets ideally, so multi-phase feeding ensures that feed changes are smooth and cause no stress;
• optimal feed hygiene and therefore healthy piglets;
• valves can be installed outside of the room, i.e. there are no electric components inside the room.

For this system, two tanks are used as both mixing and feeding tanks. The entire required feed quantity is split into several portions for this purpose. While feed is being prepared in one of the two tanks, feed is dispensed from the second tank. With this system you are therefore able to mix and dispense feed at the same time. 

There is no waiting time between the distribution of different recipes. The system can be designed as residue-free feeding system (ring line or JET branch line). 

Large numbers of animals can be supplied with many different recipes very rapidly. 

This system does not require an additional rinse water tank. Instead, both tanks are used as either mixing tank or rinse water tank, depending on the required amount of feed. Very small as well as very large feed quantities can be mixed and dispensed precisely, always based on the required amount of feed, thanks to the different sizes of the tanks. The control computer checks sensors in all troughs and then selects which tank to use for which purpose.

This system makes it easy to meet different requirements that are common especially in closed or combined production systems. 

Glavne prednosti

• a maximum animal : feeding space ratio of 3:1 improves the utilisation of space in the house;
• needs-adapted feeding based on a feed curve;
• the sensor indicates whether the trough is full or empty;
• frequent supply of small, fresh quantities of feed;
• flexible pen shapes, especially important in refurbished buildings;
• control of the feeding times so the feed quantity is automatically adjusted to how much the pigs eat.

For restricted feeding from a longitudinal trough, feed is supplied two to four times per day. The animal : feeding space ratio is 1:1. All pigs stand at the trough during feeding times, allowing the farm manager to inspect the stock. Pigs which are not eating from the trough can easily be marked and monitored more intensely or treated, if necessary.

It is also possible to install a sensor that registers the length of the feeding time and transmits these data to the control unit. If the pigs empty the trough very quickly, the next feeding ration is automatically larger. Should the feed remain longer in the trough, the next ration will be reduced.

For sensor feeding from the short trough, a sensor determines whether the pigs have emptied the trough or not. This system allows an animal : feeding space ratio of up to 3:1, which is very beneficial in terms of housing space utilisation. Trough sensors help achieve optimum feeding results.

A stainless steel sensor rod is installed above the bottom of the trough. Up to a trough length of 3.50 metres, one sensor is used. This sensor measures whether the feed creates a connection between sensor rod and trough. If this is not the case, the sensor indicates that the trough is empty. This connection is checked at freely adjustable intervals. Feeding time control is also a sensible solution for sensor feeding from the short trough.