The Evo Cleaner is a unique washing robot developed for washing pig houses.  The robot streamlines and enables automated washing around the clock, completely programmed according to your specific barn interior and washing needs.  The Evo Cleaner is a time, cost and water efficient choice.

Staff shortages, increased labor costs and consistency in washing are just a few reasons why customers are purchasing the Envirologic Pig Washing Robot.  Glenlock Beef & Bacon and McMahon Family Enterprises recently contacted Stockyard Industries to enquire about the emerging technology.  After thorough discussions with the Stockyard Industries team, consideration was given to how the machine would benefit each specific farm shed layout with both producers making the decision to invest in an Evo Cleaner to assist with the strenuous and unpleasant job of washing out their Pig houses.  Included with the purchase were two days setup and training with an experienced Stockyard Industries Technician, who ensured customers were confident on how to program and use the Robot and also to provide ongoing support.  Now down the track, both farms are seeing incredible results.

In January 2023, Glenlock Beef & Bacon, a family owned 450 sow piggery, based in South Australia, received their unit.  The team purchased an Evo Cleaner to use in their Farrowing house which has a lot of equipment and obstacles with the purpose being to save time and money and to give piglets the best possible start in life with a hygienic environment.  Here is an insight from the farm manager:

“Our farrowing shed has been retrofitted over time leaving us with a couple of inconsistent pen sizes. The Evo Cleaner follows it’s wash program so precisely that when it came to these obscure pens, the Robot touched the side of the crate causing the machine to shut off and send me a text message notification alert.  This was easily fixed given we have the ability to add small ‘wash recipes’ over the top of the original programing without having to start again from scratch.  This is also handy if we ever want to fine tune the programing to focus on any areas with large manure build up or areas that get missed.  Stockyard Industries provided countless hours of support not only with the initial setup but anytime we have had any questions or an issue arises.

“Our shed design allows for 16 crates to be automatically cleaned as part of a wash run.  We can start the Evo Cleaner as soon as one row has been weaned, which allows us to continue weaning the other rows and giving our piglets our full attention knowing we’re not falling behind with our wash routine.  We then set it again to start washing before going home at the end of the day allowing the machine to work well into the night knowing we’ll arrive the next day to clean crates.  So far, we’re currently saving 4 hours with each wash every time we wean which frees up our staff to focus on more constructive tasks.  Given the short turnaround time of a farrowing shed under a batching system, the Evo Cleaner has proven itself invaluable.  It’s become something in which we rely heavily on now and we’re excited to see what else we can program it to do in the future.”

In July 2023 McMahon Family Enterprises (McPiggery) who run a 1650 sow piggery in South Australia took ownership of their new Evo Cleaner.  With the robot being used in conventional grower sheds to clean out group pens, consisting of concrete floors & walls, feeders, drinkers and other equipment.  The McPiggery maintenance manager who worked alongside the Stockyard Industries Technician during the setup and training has provided the following comments after having the machine operational for over six months now.

“Like every conventional grower shed these pens are often left with 50-70mm of built-up manure that previously took numerous workers close to a full day to wash. Varying from shed to shed the labor hours required would range from 16 to a worst case of 24hrs. Now the machine is set up the day before we clean and operates throughout the night allowing it to remove 90% of the heavily soiled manure before staff arrive the next morning.  Following the introduction of the Evo Cleaner we’ve managed to reduce our labor to two staff members that wash for half a day (8 -12 hrs depending on the shed) as they come through and touch up the remaining 10% of the shed that needs the extra attention and complete the disinfection process.  This allows them more time in the afternoon to focus on other important and beneficial maintenance and husbandry tasks.

The Evo Cleaner has been so successful at the first site we are now installing more infrastructure at our other Grower sites to make further use of the cleaner.

Cleaning the grower shed floors is often a long strenuous and tedious task.  Now with the use of our Evo Cleaner we’ve been able to provide a much safer and pleasant working environment leaving our staff members with improved job satisfaction.  As well as being reliable, the robot has also reduced our risk of fatigue and repetitive strain injuries among our team.  Stockyard Industries have provided exceptional backup support and having a Technician on farm to take our staff through the setup and operation for two days was an added bonus.”

The Stockyard Industry team will be displaying at the 2024 PIX, AMC and APL Conference – Food with Purpose, being held at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre 13^th to 15^th May.  An Evo Cleaner will be available and demonstrations shown on how a unit can benefit your farm.  For further information or to discuss how the Evo Cleaner could save you time and money and make your wash routine easier, contact a member of the Stockyard Industries sales team today.