Does anyone else find they can't trust what the lely robots say they have fed each month? Every time I get a new load of cake blown into both my bins from almost empty, they always reckon they have more in than they actually have. This last time one bin reckoned it had 5 tonne in when it had nearer few hundred kg. I calibrate once a month. I clean the feed mechanism off once a month also because of build of cake on it. They have done this for the 6 years I've had them.
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- Thread starter newholland
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Are you sure the right ammount is delivered. If you calibrate and are out by that ammount I'd either calibrate more often of query weigh tickets. At £200 a tonne that's nearly a grand out.
- Location
- South Molton
That makes the mopf look fantastic!?!
Never bothered doing the maths BUT what did exercise me was the difference between what the tanker collected on the ticket & the % ppl Lely used to take on a Master Contract before they scrapped it. Never correlated but the signed contract stated that it was the T4C figure and not the tanker figure.
Anyway, all history now
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- M6 Hard shoulder
Kilos vs litres didnt help either
My 2 year old Atlas GX4 compressor dryer membrane has just packed up and i have an extended 5 year warranty on it and it gets serviced at correct intervals. It was clogged up with dust from the bedding on the cubicles. Supplier says warranty won't cover it but should it do you think?
Did anyone question its positioning and raise the issue on installation or when serviced ? If no should be covered. Farms have dust wet and muck. Within reason kit installed should be able to cope and fit for purpose.
Good luck.
Not sure they did. I think I need to put an extractor fan in to draw fresh air into the compressor room
Turns out it was actually the membrane drier that gets the dew point down to -20 because GX can't do it on its own. The membrane is 6 year old so it's probably due for a change anyway. Wasn't expecting £1000 [emoji50]
Between now and Monday when it will arrive, I'm not looking forward to seeing how many festo valves are going to need replacing [emoji30]
Think I've spent around £2500 on festo valves in about 3 years thanks to compressors or driers packing up. Do other robots rely on such dry air going through them?
Turns out it was actually the membrane drier that gets the dew point down to -20 because GX can't do it on its own. The membrane is 6 year old so it's probably due for a change anyway. Wasn't expecting £1000 [emoji50]
Between now and Monday when it will arrive, I'm not looking forward to seeing how many festo valves are going to need replacing [emoji30]
Think I've spent around £2500 on festo valves in about 3 years thanks to compressors or driers packing up. Do other robots rely on such dry air going through them?
wasted years
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- Location
- Cumbrian born and bread
Lely A2 needs dry air , I got a 2nd hand drier a good few years ago for IIRC £200 and its been fine but it is in a clean shipping container.
Hanspree
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- Location
- Lancashire
In the last 7 days box time has gone up from 7min to 8min, incompletes from 4% to 7%. Ready for another shut down.
- Location
- south west
That's a lot in a week
- Location
- south west
Just had a look got one on 6 and one on 7 bout normal
Replaced the first festo valve a couple of months ago, after 5.5 years. Didn't have Lely's compressor package at the time, bought my own screw compressor and fridge drier. On my second drier, but there are not dear. Recently moved everything into a 10' shipping container outside the shed to get away from the dust.
This is my next project, if I can convince the planners
http://windcompressor.com/index.html
One off these linked to an old propane tank would supply most of the composed air requirements with little running cost.
Scholsey
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- Location
- Herefordshire
For anyone that uses it, TeamViewer is down til 4am tomorrow.
Not very handy when you need a emergency software update to sort a breakdown out!
Not very handy when you need a emergency software update to sort a breakdown out!
- Location
- M6 Hard shoulder
Thought is was my shite phone, thanks for that
Scholsey
Member
- Location
- Herefordshire
does anyone pay for it? how is it different to the free version?
- Location
- M6 Hard shoulder
No and I neither know nor care
AlexBY
Member
We solved this problem for ourselves by repairing all broken transponders. Our service engineers repair transponders with rumination at 50£ per piece. Of course, it's not cheap, but it's better for us than buying transponders 100£ for a piece
robot Jerseys
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- Location
- shropshire
Has anyone managed to change the battery in fullwood peds/ worked out how to get them out without cutting in half?
AlexBY
Member
Only if David Copperfield
. Our SCRTransponders cut half and then, after repair, glue the halves back.