Racehorse underwater treadmill to help recovery time

11th July 2016
Posted By : Anna Flockett
Racehorse underwater treadmill to help recovery time

An aqua treadmill has been developed for racehorses to combine the benefits of hydrotherapy with walking on a treadmill, to help them recover from injury quicker.

Aqua Equine Treadmill based in Carlow, Ireland had help from Invertek’s Optidrive P2 to specialise in selling these equine water treadmills.

Invertek Drives Ireland were able to help by recommending the company install an Optidrive P2 to the treadmill which features both a soft start and soft stop facility and so ensures a perfectly smooth ride for all of the horses.

The treadmill was invented in 2014 by Ireland’s leading Equine Chiropractor Rory Dean who is also director of Aqua Equine Treadmill. He believes the invention will, in time, replace most of the equine swimming pools and spas.

The treadmills are installed worldwide, including two at Ireland’s top stud farms and premier horse trainers, and also in the UK under Nicky Henderson, who is based in Berkshire.

Tommy Tighe, sales partner at Invertek Drives Ireland commented, the drive is simple to install and easy to maintain. “We installed an Invertek ODP-2-34075-3F4N-TN to drive a 7.5Kw submersible motor, this controls the walking pace for the animal and the P2 also has an Optitools Studio PLC Program installed.”

With a very smooth start, optimised torque control and OLED OptiPad gives the machine and operator ultimate control when these very expensive racehorses are being walked.

The P2 with Optitools Studio PLC program now makes the machine very robust, easy to install as well as to use. IP66 wall units come with the P2 which ensures it is completely waterproof for use in these treadmills where hydrotherapy is an essential part of the treatment.

A closed loop speed and control ensuring the machines consistency and total control for the user also reduces mechanical wear and tear which is a vital feature in all conveyor belt applications. Considerably more in this instance as they are running underwater


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