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Check the teat and suction hoses for the following:
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Leaks and wear
. Immediately replace damaged or leaky teats or hoses. Leaky hoses
draw in air, and this impairs the functioning of the automatic feeder. As a result, your
calves could receive insufficient concentration of feed and would not be supplied with
any or enough food. This can lead to malnutrition, which can cause impaired growth
and development, increased susceptibility to illness or even the death of your calves.
You can obtain new hoses and teats from your dealer.
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Cleanliness
. Clean dirty teats and hoses as described in chapter
.
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Risk of injury
caused by automatic startup. Do not reach into the hazardous
area of the mixer. The mixer can start up automatically at any time, crushing or cutting off
your hand and your fingers. Turn off the automatic feeder with the control switch and dis-
connect the mains plug. Only use the supplied scraper for cleaning the powder discharge
opening.
Check the powder discharge opening for foreign objects and only use the supplied scraper
to remove them. Foreign objects can damage the mixer and the automatic feeder. Foreign
objects that enter the feed can injure your calves. (See chapter
Check the powder discharge opening for milk deposits and only use the supplied scraper
to remove them. (See chapter
Cleaning the powder discharge opening, page
).
Milk deposits can cause the milk powder to be incorrectly dispensed. As a result, your
calves could receive insufficient concentration of feed and would not be supplied with any
or enough food. This can lead to malnutrition, which can cause impaired growth and devel-
opment, increased susceptibility to illness or even the death of your calves.
6.7.2
Care and maintenance tasks every 4 month
To ensure that your automatic feeder can mix the individual liquid and powder feed compo-
nents (water and milk substitute (MP) in the proper ratio, it must be recalibrated no later than
every 4 months or after each new delivery of milk substitute. If you have not concluded a main-
tenance agreement for this service, you must recalibrate the feeder yourself. This is the only
way to ensure that your calves receive a sufficient amount of properly mixed feed.
If you do not recalibrate your automatic feeder on a regular basis, your calves will
receive insufficient or improperly mixed feed. This will cause malnutrition. Malnutrition can
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