One key difference between the IR Mix 4.5 and many other feeding robots is that it can mix while enroute to the barn – most other robots have to mix while at the charging station. This is possible due to the large capacity battery pack and topping up the battery while loading.
The 4.5m3 capacity tub has two augers and will hold around 1.3t of mixed feed. The robot is filled from a bunker system with each hopper consisting of a walking floor feeding an elevator. Name says this layout allows them to use bigger hoppers than other bunker systems, and they are even supplying the feed bunkers to Lely for farms that do not want the flat floor and claw feed kitchen.
One2Feed has been relying on a bunker system since it made its automated feeding system in 2008 which uses an overhead rail. It now has nearly 500 of these units in operation.
Back to the IR Mix, this robot unit relies on Lidar for navigation and has four wheel drive that allows it to climb slopes of up to 12%.
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