Westfaliasurge Gmbh

Gea Farm Technologies Gmbh

Bernhard Schulze-Wartenhorst

Olaf Suhr

Otto Krone

Thomas Mader

Erich Schneider

Michael Ebeling

The invention relates to a milking parlor arrangement (), in particular a milking carousel, comprising at least one milking parlor () for milking milk-producing animals (T) and comprising an inner robot device with at least one robot arm (). The at least one milking parlor () comprises two longitudinal sides and two narrow sides, namely a head narrow side and a hindquarters narrow side, one narrow side being paired with the head side of a milk-producing animal (T) to be milked as the head narrow side. The milking parlor also comprises an arm device () with a milking machine (), said arm device being adjustable between a parked position and a working position and back. The at least one robot arm () is arranged on the head narrow side paired with the head side of the animal (T) to be milked of the at least one milking parlor () of the milking parlor arrangement () in order to adjust the arm device ().

Milking parlor arrangement with an inner robot device

The invention relates to a method for machine milking an animal, particularly a cow, according to which a stimulation phase precedes a main milking phase, whereby during the entire stimulation phase, essentially no milk is withdrawn, and the duration of the stimulation phase is determined according to the amount of expected cisteral milk and/or alveolar milk.

Method for machine milking an animal

This invention relates to a method and device for checking the teat rubber of a teat cup. The object of this invention is providing a simple and reliable method for checking the teat rubber and a device suitable for implementing the method. In this respect, this invention suggests that the behavior of the teat rubber is acquired with a pressure difference profile acting between the pulse cavity and the pressure cavity and this currently determined behavior is compared with a reference behavior. The device according to the invention comprises a device for the direct checking of the teat rubber behavior.

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Warendorf, Germany

Bernhard Schulze-Wartenhorst