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
Drinking Systems
Drinking Cup
Bite-action drinking cup that delivers water only while the animal is drinking, and stays clean between.
Engineering plasticBite valveOn-demand
Product Overview
A bite valve opens under the pressure of the animal's mouth and closes the moment it lets go. There is no standing reservoir to foul and no continuous flow to waste, which makes it the simplest drinker to keep clean in a room that is washed between batches.
The cup body is moulded engineering plastic with the valve assembly built in, sized for nursery through to finishing pens.
Technical Features
- Moulded engineering plastic body
- Integrated bite valve
- On-demand flow
- Low spill
- Nursery to finishing stages
- Serviceable valve
Made by the factory that sells it.
Injection-moulded polypropylene, produced on our own lines in Ningbo and shipped flat-packed for container export.
Application Scenarios
- All animal stages
- Farrowing to finishing
Used In
Key benefits
Why Buyers Specify This Product
Flows only when drunk from
The valve closes as soon as the animal releases it, so there is no running water in an empty pen.
Nothing standing to foul
No reservoir means nothing to sit and grow between drinks.
Easy for pigs to learn
The bite action is the mechanism most weaned pigs are already used to.
One-piece body
An engineering plastic moulding with the valve integrated has fewer joints to leak.
Problems It Solves
Open bowls foul between batches
A bite cup has no standing water to contaminate.
Nipples run on after drinking
The bite valve closes immediately.
Drinkers leak at the joints
An integrated valve body removes most of the joints.
Who It Is For
- Nursery and grow-finish pens
- Farms tightening water use per pig
- Rooms washed and disinfected between every batch
One-factory supply
Flooring, penning, feeding, water and climate are made on the same site, so a room can be specified and shipped as one order.
See the turnkey packageSpecifications
Sizes Codes and Materials
Figures below are taken from the JGM product catalogue. Anything we cannot source from it is marked TBC and confirmed with your quotation rather than estimated.
| Item | Specification |
|---|---|
| Body | Engineering plastic |
| Valve | Bite action, on demand |
| Stage | Nursery to finishing |
| Cup dimensions | TBC confirmed with the quotation |
| Connection | TBC confirm your line size with the enquiry |
| Packing | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Method | Boxed |
| Notes | Carton size and container quantity confirmed with the quotation |
Ask for the full size chart and carton-loading data for your order.
Materials and Manufacturing
Injection-moulded polypropylene. The Drinking Cup is injection-moulded on JGM's own presses in Ningbo. Polypropylene granulate is dried, dosed and shot into a steel tool, so the part that leaves the press is the part the tool was cut for — there is no secondary forming stage where the dimension can drift. Colour is added as masterbatch at the press, which is why colour goes all the way through the part instead of sitting on it as a coating.
Customisation Options
- Sizes and sections produced to customer requirement on a full-container order
- Colour matched to your existing equipment where the material allows
- Lengths cut to your room rather than to a catalogue dimension
- OEM and private-label production accepted
- Packing and carton marking to your import requirements
Quality Control
- First-off part from every tool change checked against the drawing before the run continues
- Shot weight monitored through the run as the check on wall thickness and fill
- Surface and edge inspection on every part as it is packed
- Assembled items function-checked before boxing
Certifications. We do not publish certification claims we cannot evidence.
Tell us what your market requires and we will confirm in writing what can be supplied for this product.
Comparison
How It Compares With Other JGM Products
| Alternative | When to choose it instead |
|---|---|
| Drinking Bowl | A float bowl gives standing water and suits sows and heavy finishers. |
| Piglet Drinking Cup | For creep and early nursery, the low-flow piglet cup is sized for smaller mouths. |
| Water Control Valve | Regulate line pressure upstream so the bite valve seals correctly. |
Use guide
Installing and Running It
Step 1
Mount at the shoulder height of the smallest animal in the pen.
Step 2
Set line pressure with a control valve — an over-pressured bite valve will drip.
Step 3
Trigger each cup by hand at commissioning to check flow and seal.
Step 4
Strip and clean valves at batch change; grit is the usual cause of a dripping cup.
Answers
Drinking Cup FAQs
How much water does it deliver?
Flow depends on the regulated line pressure. Tell us your pressure and stock type and we will confirm what the cup will deliver.
Will it drip?
Not on a correctly regulated line. A dripping bite valve is almost always over-pressure or grit on the seat.
Does it suit newly weaned pigs?
It suits nursery pigs onwards. For creep pens and the first days after weaning, use the piglet cup.
What connection does it need?
Confirm your line size with the enquiry and the matching fitting is supplied.
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Diaphragm water control valve that holds the right pressure to bowls and nipple lines, all day and every day.
Diaphragm valveRegulated
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Related reading
Guides For This Equipment
Troubleshooting ArticleWhy Drinker Faults Are Usually Pressure Faults
Wet pens, dripping drinkers and animals at the end of a line that never get enough: three symptoms, usually one cause.
ChecklistNursery Room Equipment Checklist Before Weaning Day
The nursery room is where growth is either kept or lost. This is what to check before the first batch walks in.
Talk to an engineer
Send your room dimensions and we will specify it
Tell us the room size, the animal stage and the capacity you are aiming at. Our engineers reply with a layout, an equipment list and a quotation.