2017 Schuitemaker Innovado 

2017 Schuitemaker Innovado

In times of further automation and increases in scale within modern dairy farming, the automation process is becoming more and more important. These days, automated dispensing of roughage is no longer a unique activity in the farmyard. The Innovado, Schuitemaker's automatic feeding system, goes one step further: Fully automatic roughage dispensing, straight from the silage clamp to the cow!

The Innovado moves to the silage clamp by itself, cuts the feed, automatically cleans the silage clamps, mixes, moves back to the barn, pushed the feed into the feeding passage and returns to the silage clamp, all without the help of a driver.

The Innovado feeds unassisted, straight from the silage clamp. The Innovado (vertically) cuts the feed layer by layer; the maximum cutting depth is set at 18 cm. This leaves a smooth silage face with a very low risk of an increase in temperature that could result in heating inside the clamp.

The Innovado has sensors for continuously scanning the surrounding area. SiS Scanners of the Innovado will detect any foreign objects in the path in a timely manner and, if this happens, immediately stop the machine.