Milking Robot Bases.

Name: Precast Milking Robot Bases — DeLaval & Lely Sumps
Brand: West Country Concrete Products

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.

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

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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

Dedicated DeLaval VMS bases.

WCCP casts 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.

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