Sprinkling and Soaking

Pigs are non-sweating animals and are therefore easily affected by high temperatures. Thus it is very important that the pigs can be cooled - either by dunking themselves or being sprinkled with water by a sprinkling system. By sprinkling the dunging area with certain intervals the pigs are encouraged to dung in the dunging area instead of the lying area. Hereby the sprinkling system is used to control the pigs' natural behaviour and improves the hygienic state of the pig pens. Sprinkling has a good effect on the well-being of the pigs releasing them from heat stress and not at least reducing the ammonia odours due to less dunging in the lying area.

The sprinkling system is controlled by a SKIOLD climatic control (VisioVent or VisioVent XL). A solenoid valve automatically turns the water on/off depending on the outdoor temperature and/or preset time intervals. The water pipes are connected to the water mains and sprinkle in the dunging area by non-return sprinkling nozzles. In pig houses without climatic control function for sprinkling, a thermostat (T-41) and a solenoid valve with a time interval for stop/start at a set temperature can be installed.

SKIOLD soaking
By installing an extra water pipeline in the stable it is possible to soak the pens to facilitate the cleaning procedure. The nozzles in the water pipe sprinkle the water in a horizontal angle of 360° soaking all the surface with water. After a few hours of soaking, cleaning is much easier. Start and stop of the soaking process is done by a manually operated ball valve installed on the water pipe.

Read more about SKIOLD Cooling Systems here.