Foam mattress Animattress

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Animattress Mattress Systems offer a stall bed for most applications associated with your dairy operation. With superb Cow Comfort being our ultimate goal, we offer Animattress 1 stall beds for cows and heifers. Animattress 1 can be used in either free stall applications or tie stall barns. We know what it takes to make your cows comfortable and at the same time, provide years of reliable service with a warranty that can’t be beat! Animattress (nominal dimensions are 2” x 39” X 69) is an open cell foam pad that is encased in a heavy-duty sealed poly bag. This pad is covered with a 4mm rubber top cover that completely and continually encases the pad the length of the run of stalls. This stall bed is used in all free stall applications. We have more than 90,000 of them in use throughout the world. All foam is NOT created equal. There are two main types of foam used in stall mattresses for dairy cows…open cell foam and closed cell foam. These foams can be made from different types of materials. Simply put, closed cell foam is like a series of tiny bubbles. It rarely absorbs moisture when new which is an attractive attribute. However, over time with heavy use, these tiny “bubbles” eventually rupture and begin to compress. The main premise.…cow comfort….is now compromised. Open cell foam can absorb moisture unless completely encased in a heavy poly “bag” which keeps it dry. Over time with heavy use, open cell foam does not rupture and lose its resiliency like closed cell foam can. It retains its elasticity and ability to rebound much longer than other types of foam. For that reason, since cow comfort is our ultimate goal, we choose to use open cell foam in our pads.