DeLaval Parlour milking system P500
Whether you are building a new dairy, or retrofitting a new system into your existing barn – The DeLaval Parlour P500 has been designed to do more on a smaller footprint, making it an obvious choice for high throughput, high efficiency dairy farms. The DeLaval Parlour P500 represents the most significant evolution of parallel parlors. It is more than just a series of little changes - it represents a whole new approach to the task of moving your cows calmly, quickly and efficiently through the milking process.
- Up to 30% reduction of overall platform width
- Up to 56% reduction in exit cycle time with DeLaval SynchroSweep™
- Three cow flow control options
Key benefits
SynchroArc
So much more than a neck rail, DeLaval SynchroArc has been designed to promote free cow flow, maximizing your throughput; better indexing to help you increase efficiency of your milking routines; all with a smaller footprint and less vertical space requirements to minimize installation costs and to make retrofitting far simpler for most farms.
- Better indexing of mixed herds
- Less vertical space requirements
- Greater clearance for cows at exit
SynchroSweep
With our new DeLaval SynchroSweep, we have brought our years of stalling engineering experience to make sure cows move as quickly, calmly and efficiently as possible through every DeLaval Parlour P500.
- Encourages cows to leave the milking platform using an animal-friendly method
- Reduces stress on cows and components by being removed during milking
- No sequence gate posts in the floor
SynchroControl
With DeLaval SynchroControl everything is at your fingertips – more information, more automation and more functionality. This new technology means your parlour can be operated safely, comfortably and by fewer people.
- Configurable controls for three different management styles: All Exit/All Index, All Exit/Gang Index, Gang Exit/Gang Index
- Controls provide feedback to the user to ensure proper operation
- Customizeable control settings
Gang Indexing
Gang indexing brings an extra level of safety and efficiency to the parallel parlour allowing milkers to start the milk routine as soon as the first gang is loaded. Cows are positioned so the milker does not need to reach over the milking platform.
- Start work routines on cows that have already loaded
- Increases worker safety by bringing loaded cows towards work area
- Available on All Exit and Gang Exit configurations
Exit Plus
Exit Plus provides the ultimate in parallel parlor efficiencies by decreasing the need for extra button pushes during parlor side changes. Exit Plus function timing can be customized to fit your parlour work routines.
- One button push to exit cows; reset stalling to load position and open the entrance
- Decreases need for workers to push individual function buttons
- Increases parlour efficiencies
InService All-Inclusive ISAI
Preventative maintenance for your P500 is done according to DeLaval recommendations. Our certified service technicians use original parts and professional tools when they are testing the installation.
- Ensures that regularly scheduled maintenance is done to keep your P500 system running optimally
- Extended warranty options through consumables contracts offers greater peace of mind
- Reduces the risk of emergency breakdowns, downtime and extra costs
All facts and figures are the result of data collected on test farms and pilot farms. Data compared to DeLaval Champion. Results may vary and are not guaranteed.
Highland Dairy
Farm location
Glade Spring, VirginiaHerd size
600"The P500 is just so much better for us for throughput and efficiency, and we've gained an additional five pounds of milk. The cows really love the barn, and that tickles me to see them in there."
For more than 70 years, the Johnsons have been milking cows at Highland Dairy in Glade Spring, Virginia. Third-generation dairywoman, Rena Johnson runs the farm now and recently decided to upgrade the dairy so she could milk cows for decades to come.
She has seen faster cow throughput, increased milk production and improved comfort for cows and employees since installing a double-16 DeLaval P500 Parlor.
Other DeLaval solutions that Highland Dairy has implemented include: DelPro™ Farm Manager, DeLaval Activity meters, DelPro™ Companion, DeLaval CWC 90 Chiller Direct Load Cooling, DeLaval M6D-71 Plate Heat Exchanger, DeLaval Smooth Operator speed control, DeLaval LVP 4500 vacuum pump, DeLaval MM27BC milk meter, DeLaval MPC680 milking point and DeLaval DSG10 Sort System.
Morning Star
Farm location
Onalaska, WisconsinHerd size
450"We’re milking faster, the herds are getting through quicker, it’s more comfortable, cows get in and out faster. We’re probably safely getting 5 pounds a cow more compared to last year at this time."
Morning Star Dairy in Onalaska, Wisconsin is owned by John and Barb Schaller. With the DeLaval parlor milking system P500, John says the cows are getting in and out faster and they are safely getting more milk per cow compared to previous years. Morning Star Dairy uses DeLaval Activity Meters to optimize performance on the dairy. They also use DeLaval teat dips, DeLaval liners and DeLaval acid detergents.
