Surface
texture of a cowhouse floor
Research project
of the University Munich / Weihenstephan |
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In
stable, cows walk on preferred paths. In course of time, underneath the
hooves of the animals, the floor is wearing off. The risk is, that an
animal will slip and hurt itself. Already minor injuries are troublesome,
in worst case, the animal had to be slaughtered.
To avoid this risk, a flooring has to be found, being in the long
run abrasion-resistant and anti-slip mainly at wetness.
Therefore the University of Weihenstephan is analizing the materials, used for the floor.
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In
a field experiment in some selected stables, the surface texture of the
floor coverings will be measured in destignated intervals. Therefore,
suitable measuring fields will be defined and marked.
On the very compact measuring trolley, M2D laser scanner, i-Control, screen
and keyboard are mounted. A rechargeable battery supplies the electronics.
One employee is able to handle and operate this unit.
The study includes following parameters:
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• roughness profile
• number of "crossings"
• environmental parameters
• different floor coverings
• wear |
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Because
surface texture is playing an important part for skid resistance, the
M2D-Scanner is recording a three dimensional picture of the surface.
The measuring trolley is not always standing exactly plane to the measuring
area. Therefore, after measuring, the data are standardized (based on
normal plane) and saved on hard disk of i-Control. On the basis of, on
a long period gained data, conclusions are to be drawn from abrasion resistance
and skip resitance of the particular material.
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