Nairobi, Kenya — Our First International Dairy Customer

Dairy Dung Cleaning Pump Kit · 1.5 HP Single Phase · 2015 · 20 Animal Farm · Nairobi, Kenya

A ten-minute phone call. Four days later it was washing her shed in Nairobi.

4 Days
Chennai to Nairobi by Air
10 Min
Call to Specify the Machine
400 L
Floor Wash in 7 Minutes
1.5 HP
Single Phase 220 V
Thumba 1.5 HP dairy dung cleaning pump kit — air freighted from Chennai to a 20-animal dairy farm in Nairobi, Kenya in 2015

The 1.5 HP dung cleaning pump kit — compact enough to air freight, which is what made a four-day delivery possible.

An Enquiry from Nairobi, Straight to a Mobile Phone

In 2015 an international enquiry reached us through our website from Nairobi, Kenya. The customer — a reputed lady running a 20-animal dairy farmcalled our mobile directly looking for a dairy shed cleaning solution.

The whole specification took ten minutes on the phone. We went through her farm capacity, her voltage parameters and her drainage facilities, and on that basis recommended our 1.5 HP dairy dung cleaning pump kit, compatible with the 220 V single phase electricity on her farm.

Those three questions — capacity, voltage, drainage — are the whole of an overseas dairy specification. Get the voltage wrong and an otherwise perfect machine is scrap in a shed 5,000 km away. It is why we ask before we quote, not after.

She Paid in Full, and Chose Air Freight

Once the specification was settled she sent full payment immediately on our terms — to a manufacturer she had found on a website and spoken to once.

She needed it urgently, and chose air cargo even though it costs about three times sea freight. On a compact machine that trade is often worth making: the freight difference is small against the cost of a shed that cannot be properly cleaned for another two months. We arranged all the formalities and shipped through Chennai airport.

Palani
built & despatched
Chennai Airport
all formalities by us
Nairobi
received in 4 days

Erected Straight Away, Cleaning in 7 Minutes

The kit reached Nairobi airport within 4 days. She erected the pump in her dairy shed immediately — no engineer sent, no installation visit — and put it to work on perfect cleaning of both the shed and the animals, using the floor wash and animal wash nozzles supplied with the kit. 400 litres of water washes the floor in 7 minutes.

She was very happy with the pump's cleaning performance, its low cost and the shipment service. For us it was the first real proof that our dairy technology could be specified, paid for, shipped and commissioned entirely across a phone line and an airport — with the customer doing the erection herself.

Machine & Shipment Details

MachineDairy Dung Cleaning Pump Kit — floor wash + animal wash nozzles
Rating1.5 HP, single phase 220 V
Cleaning Performance400 litres for a floor wash, completed within 7 minutes
Dairy Farm20 animals
How They Found UsOur website — then a direct call to our mobile
Specification TimeA 10-minute discussion covering capacity, voltage and drainage
PaymentFull payment sent immediately on our terms
ShippingAir cargo via Chennai airport — approx. 3× the cost of sea cargo, all formalities arranged by us
Transit4 days to Nairobi airport
InstallationErected by the customer in her own dairy shed
Year2015
LocationNairobi, Kenya

Kenya is one of the countries on our export list — see that page for how we handle overseas orders, documentation and freight. For our international work in irrigation, see the Bamako Cricket Ground project in Mali, West Africa.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do you export dairy equipment to Kenya and East Africa?

Yes. Our first international dairy customer was in Nairobi, Kenya, in 2015 — a 1.5 HP dung cleaning pump kit air freighted through Chennai airport that reached her in 4 days. We handle all export formalities ourselves, and Kenya is one of the countries we ship to regularly alongside Tanzania, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Mauritius, Singapore, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and the UK.

Will an Indian dairy pump work on my country's electricity supply?

That is the first thing we check. Before recommending anything to our Nairobi customer we discussed her voltage parameters along with farm capacity and drainage — the 1.5 HP dung cleaning pump kit runs on 220 V single phase, which matched the supply on her farm. Tell us your voltage and phase and we will confirm compatibility before you pay anything.

How quickly can dairy equipment be shipped overseas?

Our Nairobi customer received her pump kit 4 days after despatch. She needed it urgently and chose air cargo, which costs about three times sea freight — a decision worth making on a compact machine where the freight difference is small relative to the value of getting the shed clean. We arranged all the formalities and shipped through Chennai airport.

Is a 1.5 HP dung cleaning pump enough for a 20-animal dairy shed?

Yes — that is precisely its design point. The 1.5 HP kit washes a 20-animal shed in about 7 minutes using 400 litres of water, and includes both a floor wash nozzle and an animal wash nozzle. Our Nairobi customer uses it for both the shed and the cows themselves.

Can I buy from Thumba without an agent or distributor in my country?

Yes. Our Nairobi customer found us through this website, called our mobile directly, specified the machine in a ten-minute conversation and paid on our terms. There was no agent, no local dealer and no site visit. We handle the export documentation from our side.

Ordering from Outside India?

Tell us your herd size, your voltage and phase, and your drainage setup. Ten minutes on a call is usually all it takes to get the specification right — as it was for Nairobi in 2015.

Export Enquiry WhatsApp Us +91 98433 35703

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