Fatten up your profits with
agroSchwank nursery heaters

Cut fuel, insurance and maintenance costs

Imagine having a nursery heater that delivered the right kind of heat. In the right place. At the right price.

Think of what that would mean. You could heat what needs to be heated - your stock - and avoid what shouldn't be heated (feeders, aisles, ceilings). Your stock would get the form of heat that is most easily absorbed. And you could work at a far more comfortable temperature.

"The agroSchwank allows you to control where heat goes and where it shouldn't go. It's like having a heating blanket with two controls." - Weaner Barn Operator John Bos, Auburn, Ontario.

It all adds up to savings on every pound raised. That's what makes the agroSchwank such an appealing alternative to other heating systems.

Forced air is far less efficient. Worse still, it sends heat to the ceiling, not the pen floor. In-floor water heating is are more expensive to install and requires an auxillary forced air heater. Infra-red tube heaters? Typically, they are installed over the aisle between pens. That means the heat is in the wrong place, heating and deteriorating the feed, and even the best tube heaters can't provide uniform heating over the entire length of the tube.

Now consider the agroSchwank high performance infra-red heater. It focuses a measured amount of infra-red radiant heat at the end of the pen opposite the feeder. This is ideal because it allows each pig to find its own comfort zone. Some will be directly under the heater, some will move a few feet away.

Use propane or natural gas. Either way, you can save on insurance and maintenance costs because the agroSchwank uses standard "low" gas pressure.

You can heat 10 pens or 100. Plus you can adjust the heat intensity in each pen with a quick, turn-of-the-screw height adjustment. Patented features like our EffecTile and sealed, acid proof electronic ignition control ensure reliable, worry-free performance. And if one heater does need service, the rest of the system keeps working, something that's not possible with single heat source systems.

agroSchwank infra-red heaters are strategically located to create a comfort zone well away from the feeder.

More focused heat. Higher energy efficiency. Lower production cost. Why settle for anything less?

So don't settle for force fits or half-right solutions. Choose the heating solution that's made to order for your needs and budget - agroSchwank. It's just one more example of the breakthrough technology that has made Schwank a leading supplier of high efficiency infra-red heaters around the world.

Water heating Water heating systems are the most expensive to install and maintain. They also have to be supplemented with inefficient forced air heating. And when the boiler is down, your barn is down.
	Forced air heating Forced air systems heat the entire barn. This is far less efficient than focused heating. Worse still, the heated air rises, so the warmest part of the barn is the ceiling!
Radiant tube heater Most of the heat produced by centre-aisle tube heaters is wasted on the aisle and the feeders, which should not be heated. Moreover, there is a different heating pattern in each pen.
	agroSchwank infra-red heater The focused infra-red heat provided by agroSchwank nursery heaters allows individual pigs to pick their comfort zone. Better still, the heat source is well away from the feeder and there is no unnecessary heating of the aisle.

agroSchwank infra-red heater

The focused infra-red heat provided by agroSchwank nursery heaters allows individual pigs to pick their comfort zone. Better still, the heat source is well away from the feeder and there is no unnecessary heating of the aisle.

Proof positive it pays to choose the agroSchwank

Cost Comparison* (Based on common practices - 2,000 head barn)
	Forced air box heater	Single radiant tube	Hot water boiler & box heater combination	agroSchwank infra-red
Cost of system installation	$5,900	$4,800	$17,900	$15,800
Operating cost over 3 years**	$42,000	$39,000	$18,000	$17,000
Total cost over 3 years	$47,900	$43,800	$35,900	$32,800
Fuel cost per pig (7 weeks)	$0.942	$0.875	$0.404	$0.381