Automatic milking on large dairy farms
Astronaut Max
Introduction
Keep it large and simple
Lely Astronaut Max perfects the concept of decentralised automatic milking on large dairy farms. It delivers filtered and cooled milk to the milk tanks over large distances and supplies centralized cleaning detergents and utilities like vacuum, hot cleaning and udder care products to the milking robots.
The Astronaut Max optimizes the workload for large scale dairy operations; designed to maximize milk robot efficiency, reliability, hygiene and safety.
USP
Efficient
The Astronaut Max is designed to shorten the payback period compared to regular setups with Central Unit serving two Astronaut robots through increased milking capacity, labour savings and more efficient cooling, water and health management.
Central control
Central control of decentral milking through clear and simple insights by plannable maintenance and integrated Horizon management software. Easier to expand your dairy operation.
Safe and well organised
The Astronaut Max offers safe and pleasant, well-organized working environment through central handling of chemicals, centralized equipment and optimized standard procedures.
Cow comfort
The cow remains the center point by stimulating free cow traffic. Max offers a more quiet and stress free environment for cows by reducing noise and people movement and a higher robot availability for low-ranked cows.
The Astronaut Max
Features
In order to ensure peace and safety in the pen and centralise work areas, the Astronaut Max combines the power of three units in one central location outside the pen.
The receiver unit collects milk from all connected Astronauts independently. Its dual-tank setup enables simultaneous cleaning and milking. Additionally, the unit serves as a milk buff er. Milk can be pumped over large distances to the milk tank. In the milk house, the milk is fi ltered and cooled before being delivered to the milk tank.
The central cleaning, Clean In Place (CIP), unit is responsible for the independent cleaning and aftercare of the connected Astronauts in order to maximise milk robot availability. This unit supplies cold water, hot acid and alkaline cleaning water for all the rinses throughout the day. Push lines provide on-demand brush cleaning, sanitiser and udder care products.
The vacuum unit supplies milk and transport vacuum for all connected Lely Astronauts. Like all critical components of the Astronaut Max, the vacuum unit features redundant pumps. In the event of a pump failure, the system remains unaffected, allowing maintenance to be performed without downtime. This ensures the Lely Astronaut Max can handle large quantities of milk daily.
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Testimonials
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Disclaimer: Results have not been verified by Lely or an independent party. Your results may vary.
The Netherlands
Jetze Bakker, Bakker farm
Astronaut Max user since April 2024
Thanks to the Astronaut Max, we work much more efficiently.
USA
T&K farm
Astronaut Max user since June 2023
Overall we became more efficient with more cows per employee. It really, really paid off.
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