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US 12,193,405 B2Granted
Milking control arrangement and milk extracting system
AssigneeDeLaval Holding AB
InventorsCarl Oskar Paulrud, Anders Schuster
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Abstract
A milking control arrangement and milk extracting system, configured to obtain teat size data of at least one teat of an animal to be milked and to adjust a milking parameter of a milk extraction unit when milk is extracted from the teat based on the obtained teat size data of the teat.
Claims20
A milking control arrangement (130), configured to:
- obtain teat size data of at least one teat of an animal (110) to be milked based on sensor detection by a sensor (140) configured to determine a teat size of the at least one teat of the animal, wherein the teat size data comprises at least one of teat diameter, teat length, and teat shape of the at least one teat of the animal to be milked;
- adjust a milking parameter of a milk extraction unit (120) when milk is extracted from the at least one teat, based on the obtained teat size data of the at least one teat,
- wherein the adjusted milking parameter includes one or more of the group consisting of:
- a non-zero value of a milking vacuum applied to the at least one teat, a pulsation ratio of the applied pulsation pressure, a pulsating pressure level, and implementation of fixed D-phase and adjustable B-phase pulsation cycles.
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A milk extracting system (100), comprising:
- a milk extraction unit (120), configured to extract milk from at least one teat of an animal (110);
- a sensor (140) configured to determine a teat size of the at least one teat of the animal (110) to be milked;
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- a milking control arrangement (130) in operational communication with the milk extraction unit (120), the milking control arrangement (130) configured to:
- obtain teat size data of the at least one teat of the animal (110) to be milked, based on sensor detection of the at least one teat by the sensor (140), wherein the teat size data comprises at least one of teat diameter, teat length, and teat shape of the animal to be milked;
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- based on the obtained teat size data of the at least one teat, adjust a milking parameter of the milk extraction unit (120) when milk is extracted from the at least one teat of the animal,
- wherein the adjusted milking parameter includes one or more of the group consisting of:
- a non-zero value of a milking vacuum applied to the at least one teat, a pulsation ratio of the applied pulsation pressure, a pulsating pressure level, and implementation of fixed D-phase and adjustable B-phase pulsation cycles.
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