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- Manufactured to applicable British Standards
- UK-wide & European delivery
Agricultural · robotic dairy
Milking Robot Bases.
Cast to the robot maker's drawing you send us.
WCCP cast level milking-robot bases, referred to as DeLaval & Lely Sumps, for DeLaval VMS and Lely Astronaut (A3/A4/A5) installations, to the manufacturer's drain-and-cable specification. Please call to check current yard stock or current lead times; we work directly off the robot manufacturer's installation drawing and deliver to programme.
A milking robot base is cast in reinforced concrete, 250 mm (10in) minimum depth. WCCP supplies bases drilled to the manufacturer template you send us, levelled to within 2 mm.
Manufacturer-specific precast bases for DeLaval VMS and Lely Astronaut, offered in left-hand and right-hand formats for mats. Vibration isolation, cast-in drainage, anchor pattern poured to the millimetre, cast in our Holsworthy yard.
- · DeLaval / Lely
- · Vibration isolated
- · Cast-in drainage
- · Left/right-hand for mats
Specification
Robot models, base sizes and weights.
Catalogue bases for current-generation robots. We need the manufacturer's install drawing before we cast.
| Robot model | Base size | Weight | Drainage | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lely Astronaut A3 / A4 / A5 | Sump + surround + machine base | On application | 110mm (4in) sockets | Left-hand or right-hand format; with or without weighing floors |
| Lely Astronaut | Cast to the installation drawing you supply | On application | Per the install pack | Single-box free-cow-traffic herds |
| DeLaval VMS V300 / V310 | Cast to VMS install drawing | On application | Integrated V-channel + sump, with or without clean-room drain channel | Single-box and multi-box VMS installs |
Lely A3 / A4 catalogue kit
Sump, surround and machine base.
The kit we supply for the Lely A3 and A4 milking robots consists of a sump, a surround and a machine base. The machine base is handed — there are different left-handed and right-handed versions.
- Sump:
- Integrated V-channel and sump with socket connections for 110mm (4in) drain pipes
- Surround:
- Smooth-cast surround that frames the machine base
- Machine base:
- Left-hand or right-hand format for mats — specify when ordering
- Weighing floors:
- Available with or without weighing floors
DeLaval VMS — built-in features
A specialist in DeLaval VMS bases.
WCCP is one of the few precast manufacturers producing dedicated DeLaval VMS bases. Drainage and pipework cast in.
- ·Integrated V-shape channel, sump and drainage pipework cast in
- ·Available with or without clean-room drain channel
- ·Integrated drain gully on clean-room side runs into the sump
- ·Push-fit socket connections for 110mm (4in) soil pipe to three sides — flexibility for the drain run
- ·50mm (2in) waste connector on cleanroom side for machine washout — runs into V-channel and sump
- ·Drain gully also functions as the guide for finishing the clean-room floor at 300mm (1ft) below outside floor level
- ·VMS machine fixes 75mm (3in) below outside floor level — keeps the machine floor level with the floor outside
- ·Raised edge offset from the machine on the cow-shed side — easy angle-bracket fixing of the machine base
Drawings & dimensions
Robot base drawings + on-farm photos.
Where they go
Common applications.
From a single-box first installation to a six-box expansion, we cast each base to the manufacturer's anchor pattern and drainage detail.
- ·New-build robotic milking parlours — single and multi-box
- ·Conversions from rotary or herringbone to robot
- ·Replacement bases on first-generation robot upgrades
- ·Multi-box dairy expansions
- ·Dry-cow and fresh-cow group robot bases
- ·Cleanroom-integrated bases with tanked floor gully
- ·Mixed-fleet farms running two manufacturers across boxes
Standards & references
Cast to manufacturer and British standards.
- British Standards
- Our products are manufactured in compliance with applicable British Standards. For information regarding the specific standards applicable to a particular product, please contact us.
- Manufacturer install drawings
- DeLaval and Lely published install tolerances followed exactly.
- Eurocode 2
- Structural design of concrete — base reinforcement designed in-house.
Configure your robot base
Tell us robot model, box count and shed dimensions — we will quote it.
Related products
Often ordered alongside.
Ready to specify it?
Send us robot model, box count and the shed drawing. We will come back with a quote and a lead time.