Delaval Holding Ab

Gert Danneker

Jan Eriksson

Thomas Axelsson

Uzi Birk

Mats Nilsson

An animal treating arrangement includes a carrying device beside a milking platform rotating with a velocity and having animal places housing animals. The carrying device includes a fundament, a first bearing device () provided on the fundament, an arm () connected to the first bearing device permitting the arm to rotate in relation to the fundament around a first axis, a support platform () connected to the arm (). A drive arrangement moves the support platform and includes a first drive member () rotating the arm around the first axis. A sensor () communicates with a control unit () and senses an instantaneous value of the velocity. The control unit controls the first drive member to move the support platform to follow the milking platform from a start position to an end position during a part of the rotation of the milking platform.

Animal treating arrangement

An apparatus for milking an animal and provides a milking parlor () including first and second robotic manipulation devices () and a plurality of milking stalls () provided on a platform () moveable relative to the robotic manipulation devices () wherein the robotic manipulation devices () are positioned so as to be capable of simultaneously servicing neighboring milking stalls () on the platform ().

Milking parlour and method for operating the same

An apparatus and method for locating a teat cup for use in a milking parlor. The apparatus includes a milking stall () provided on a rotatable platform () and a system () for controlling movement of a teat cup magazine () relative to the stall (). The movement control system permits movement of the magazine () between first and second predefined positions relative to the milking stall ().

Apparatus and method for positioning a teat cup

A rotary parlour for milking of animals includes an annular rotary platform () adapted to form a support surface () for the animals (), positioning elements () for arranging the animals () in milking positions on the platform (), a drive mechanism () adapted to supply a rotational motion to the platform (), and teat cup storing devices () for holding parked teat cups () in predetermined storing positions. The teat cup storing devices () are mounted in positions such that the teat cups () are located vertically above the platform () in their storing positions.

Rotary parlour for automatic milking of animals and a method for attaching teat cups to milking animals on a rotary platform

A teat cup handling device () for a robot arm is adapted to attach teat cups to a milking animal. Each teat cup () has a centrally located longitudinal axis () extending through a first end surface () of the teat cups provided with a recess for receiving a teat of a milking animal and a oppositely located second end surface () of the teat cups and wherein the teat cup handling device () includes at least two holding parts () arranged to releasably hold the teat cups (). Each holding part () includes holding elements () adapted to hold the teat cups () in positions such that the longitudinal axes () of the teat cups are inclined in relation to each other.

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Grodinge, Sweden

Gert Danneker