Slatted Floors
LW Plastic Slat
LW-series PP slat floor with wide drainage gaps and a saw-tooth anti-slip face, made in spans from 200 to 600 mm.
PP / HDPE600×400 / 600×500 / 600×600 mm
By animal stage
Gestation and Sow Housing
Group housing and dry sow accommodation, where the ration has to be exact and the equipment has to survive an animal that leans on it.
Pain points
What Goes Wrong In This Room
Rations drift between staff and shifts
Hand feeding a gestation row produces a different ration every day.
Sows over-condition or lose condition
Both are feeding-control problems before they are anything else.
Penning bent by animals that lean
Equipment specified for growers does not survive sow housing.
Floors deflecting under concentrated weight
Sow weight on a panel designed for finishers is a different load case.
How JGM Equips It
Sow housing starts with the ration. Volumetric dosing cups in 6 L and 8 L set the amount mechanically and release the whole row at once, so every sow is fed the same and the room is fed in one pass. The transparent version lets a stockperson verify the row before the drop.
Underneath, sow (B) version slats and a verified FRP beam section take the concentrated load. Framed partition panels go on gates and traffic routes, and cast float bowls on a regulated line survive an animal that treats a drinker as something to lean on.
Specification Checklist
- Sow (B) version slats in the sow positions
- Beam section confirmed against sow load, not grower load
- 6 L or 8 L dosing cup per feeding place, set to the ration table
- Transparent cups where the row is checked before feeding
- Cast float bowls on a regulated water line
- Framed panels on every gate and traffic route
Send us three numbers
Room dimensions, animal stage and target capacity are enough for our engineers to return a layout and an equipment list.
Start a specificationRecommended equipment
Products For This Stage
Slatted Floors
Feeding
Dosing Cup (6L / 8L)
Volumetric dosing cup in 6 L and 8 L that sets an exact ration per sow and drops it on command.
6 L / 8 LVolumetric dose
Feeding
Transparent Dosing Cup
Clear-body dosing cup in 6 L and 8 L, so the set ration can be checked at a glance before the drop.
Transparent bodyVolumetric
Drinking
Drinking Bowl
Robust drinker bowl with a float valve, so water is there when the animal wants it and nowhere else.
Cast + stainlessFloat valve
FRP Beams
FRP I-Beam Support
Fibreglass I-profile support for the wide slat spans used in grow-finish and gestation rooms.
FRP compositeI-profile
Partitions
Reinforced Partition Panel
Steel-framed partition panel for the gates and high-traffic positions where a plain panel is not enough.
Steel-framedHeavy-duty
PP Panel
Pig PP Panel — Black
Black PP pen panel in the tall 1200 × 1000 × 50 mm size, for the positions that take the most light and the most wear.
Polypropylene (PP)1200×1000×50 mm
Drinking
Water Control Valve
Diaphragm water control valve that holds the right pressure to bowls and nipple lines, all day and every day.
Diaphragm valveRegulated
Supply options
Buy It As A Package
Turnkey Pig House Equipment
Give us the building and the herd flow. We engineer the equipment package and supply it as one accountable project.
Flooring and Support Package
The floor and everything that carries it, specified as one system: slat pattern, span, beam section, feet and edge details.
Penning and Panel Package
Your pen layout returned as a counted schedule: panels, posts, brackets, connectors, channel and gates, crated by room.
Feed and Water Package
Feeding and drinking specified together, from the regulator at the room entry to the pan at the pen front.
Related reading
Guides For This Stage
Design GuideHow to Choose Slat Gap Width for Each Pig Stage
The gap in a slatted floor is a compromise between drainage and foot support. This is how to decide which way to lean in each room.
Installation GuideInstalling a Plastic Slat Floor Over a Manure Pit
A slat floor that is set out correctly takes a day. One that is not takes a week and never quite sits flat. Here is the order of work.
Installation GuideSetting Up Volumetric Dosing Cups for Sow Feeding
A dosing cup turns a ration plan into something a room actually delivers. Commissioning it properly takes an afternoon and pays for itself in condition scores.
Answers
Gestation and Sow Housing FAQs
How do I feed a gestation row consistently?
With volumetric dosing cups set to the ration table and released as a row, so every sow receives the same measured amount at the same time.
Should I use the transparent or opaque cup?
Transparent if your routine includes walking the row before feeding, because a cup that has not filled is then visible from the alley.
Do I need different slats for sows?
Use the B (sow) versions in sow positions and confirm the beam section against the heavier load case.
Why do gates fail first in sow housing?
They carry hinge and latch loads that a plain panel was not built for. Framed panels are specified for exactly those positions.
Talk to an engineer
Equip your gestation / dry sow rooms from one factory
Slats, beams, penning, feeders, drinkers and fans are made on the same site and crated by room, so the build order is the unload order.