Fans for pigs in free-range barns
In this case study, Frank de Rond, general director of Livar talks about their open barn concept for pigs and the way they make use of fans.
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In this case study, Frank de Rond, general director of Livar talks about their open barn concept for pigs and the way they make use of fans.
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For farmers it is important that running costs and electric costs per Pig are reduced”, says farm manager Gavin Hodgson. “In addition, for the supermarket group it is important to run the farm efficient as possible as part of the carbon footprint philosophy."
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Priorities were operation reliability, resistance in corrosive environment and low energy consumption. “I always evaluate the long-term investment”, Mr Batallé says. I prefer to look at the total costs after several years and not only to the initial purchase costs.”
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The fans are easy to use since there are no dip switches you have to set. Additionally, it is an advantage that there is no need for an external lightning protector. The feature we like most is the variable speed of the VPlus fans, so the airflow can be fine-tuned to the needs of the animals.
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Saving energy at our farm not only yields environmental benefits, but also earns us money, every day. It was a matter of course for us to participate in a trial with the Intelligent Fan Drive, because energy savings of 60% were expected.
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When using the newest state-of-the-art equipment, we stay on top of the developments and, in addition, we are able to save money, says Johann. The margins in the pork market are currently extremely low, so we are constantly looking at ways to increase these.
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Brandon Bell owns a 2499 head Feeder to finisher farm in Keota, Iowa, The United States. He produces pigs for Brenneman Pork. He has a natural ventilated house with Multifan 2x 54" VPlus, 2x FC36, 8x FC24 pit fans and 16x 24" stir fans.
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Frequency controllers to adapt the speed of the fans are applied as standard nowadays. However, local tests with the Intelligent Fan Drive already convinced me that this solution increases the energy savings significantly compared to the commonly used frequency controllers.
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A clear statement of Thomas Rainey of TR Ventilation, Multifan distributor in Ireland: “Multifan ECplus stands for trustworthiness”. His company is well known all throughout Ireland for it’s specialists expertise in Pig house ventilation. “Because of our long-term knowledge, we have discovered that Multifan is the top”, so says Rainey. TR Ventilation sells and installs for more than 28 years climate systems in Pig houses and is recognized by the Pig market as ventilation expert.
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Of course, much attention has been paid to creating an optimum barn climate. An optimal pig barn climate can save much misery and money, in other words. After all, it significantly affects the resistance of the animals and infection levels.
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