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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
Lely milking robot precast concrete base and surround dimensions — West Country Concrete Products

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.

Precast concrete Lely A4 milking robot sump base cast by West Country Concrete Products, Devon
Lely A4 sump (cast)
Dimensioned drawing of the Lely A4 precast concrete sump base and surround by WCCP Devon
Lely A4 base + surround dims
Dimensioned drawing of the Lely A4 precast concrete milking-robot sump by WCCP Devon
Lely A4 sump dimensions
Perspective drawing of the WCCP precast concrete DeLaval VMS robot base with main dimensions and integrated V-channel and sump, Devon
DeLaval VMS base · perspective + dims
Cast precast concrete DeLaval VMS robot base in the WCCP yard at Holsworthy showing the integrated drainage gully and sump, Devon
DeLaval VMS base · cast in the yard
Top view of cast precast concrete DeLaval VMS robot base showing socket connections for 110mm soil pipe, Devon
DeLaval VMS · 110mm pipe sockets

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.

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