Milking in feel-good position: GEA develops customized lifting floors
GEA Farm Technologies has developed a flexible lifting floor system for group milking parlours and milking carousels. This is an important component to extend our product range as total solutions provider for livestock farming: EGO – the ergonomic pit floor.
Despite an improved milking technique and lower physical strain, we are observing an increasing number of musculoskeletal disorders. Even in modern milking parlours, we see repeated movements of the body, static positions, stretched or bend body postures in conjunction with a higher pace of work and longer milking times. The EGO lifting floor product series by GEA Farm Technologies enables an ergonomic position of the milker during all works in the milking parlour.
The EGO lifting floor is available in different versions for group milking parlours, internal and external rotaries. The working area may be set to the desired level by means of a push button. A huge lifting height up to 380 mm enables continuous matching of the body height to the pit depth. The centrally raised floor with three percent slope ensures additional relief of the muscles in group milking parlours. For group milking parlours a version without height adjustment is also available. This spring floor provides the usual comfortable walkways and standing positions and may be retrofitted with a height adjustment later on.
GEA Farm Technologies develops lifting floors according to individual dimension sheets – for new milking parlours as well as for retrofitting of existing systems. Installation in subway systems is also possible. The modular system consisting of support frame, expansion frame, scissors system and plastic grating enables a fast and simple assembly. The load bearing capacity of up to 12 persons when stationary and 6 persons during raising and lowering is also adapted for larger milking parlours. The EGO product series is hot-dip galvanized or available in stainless steel. There are hardly any wear parts since the lifting floor is operated without chains and ropes.
