Delaval Holding Ab

Alfa Laval Agri Ab

Jan Eriksson

Thomas Axelsson

Gert Danneker

Mats Nilsson

Uzi Birk

Ole Lind

Henrik Olander

Kerstin Vollmer

Lars K&auml;ll

A camera cleaning system and method for a milking system which includes a rotating platform, plural milking stalls thereon, a robot for performing an animal related operation with respect to the animals in the milking stalls passing by the robot, and a camera in response to signals from which the robot moves, the camera cleaning system includes usage identifying arrangement to identify a future usage demand of the camera; a processing device to analyze the future usage demand of the camera to find at least one time slot when the camera is not to be used and which also occurs during certain conditions; and a cleaning arrangement arranged to clean the lens arrangement of the camera during the determined time slot.

Camera cleaning system and method and rotary milking system

A leg spreading device for an animal in a milking stall includes a first and second elongated elements forming a first raised surface provided with a left side edge and a second raised surface provided with a right side edge. The elongated elements are oriented in a manner such that a transverse distance (w) between the left side edge of the first raised surface and the right side edge of the second raised surface increases continuously in a longitudinal direction of the elongated elements from a first transverse distance in the first longitudinal position to a second transverse distance in a second longitudinal position.

Leg spreading device to be mounted in a milking stall

A rotary parlor arranged to house animals to be milked includes an annular rotary platform (), at least one milking stall () defined by at least one side wall element () and a storing device () adapted to hold teat cups () in a parking position, and a restricting element () adapted to restrict the mobility of the animal () in the milking stall in a manner such that a free space () is created between the animal () and a side wall element () in a part of the milking stall (), where the free space () is used by a robot arm () when fetching a teat cup in the storing device to attach to a teat of the animal () in the milking stall ().

Rotary parlour arranged to house animals to be milked

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

The invention relates to a scraping device () for removing objects from a floor surface () of a rotary milking platform (). The scraping device () includes a scraper () configured to come into contact with and move an object on the floor surface () of the rotary milking platform () during rotation, and a suspension device selectively supporting the scraper (). The suspension device selectively supports the scraper () in each of i) a first position adjacent to the floor surface () of the rotary milking platform () and ii) a second position in which the scraper () is pressed against the floor surface () with a first force. The suspension device is configured to move the scraper () from the first position to the second position when the object on the floor surface () hits the scraper () during rotation of the rotary milking platform ().

Scraping device for removing objects from a rotary milking platform

An arrangement for automatically cleaning teat cups of a rotary milking platform includes i) a cleaning device at the side of the platform, the cleaning device having a movable part provided with an outlet opening through which a cleaning fluid is supplied to the teat cups; and ii) a positioning unit arranged to provide positioning of the cleaning device to a cleaning position in which the cleaning device is able to supply the cleaning medium from the outlet opening to the teat cups, the positioning unit adapted to provide a positioning of the movable part of the cleaning device in relation to the teat cups from an inactive position on the side of the platform to an active position in which the movable part extends in over the platform towards the teat cups to the cleaning position.

Arrangement for automatically cleaning teat cups of a rotary milking platform

A milking arrangement for animals includes rotary platform (), a driving mechanism () adapted to provide a rotary motion of the platform (), milking stalls () adapted to house the animals () to be milked on the platform (), a blocking system () for blocking selected milking stalls () on the platform () temporarily such that the animals () do not have access to the blocked milking stalls () during a period of time and the remaining non-blocked milking stalls will be used more frequently.

Milking arrangement for animals

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

In a milking facility () provided with on-site measuring equipment () capable of measuring a quality and/or quantity of milk produced, wherein the milk produced is stored in a milk tank () and is then collected () by a dairy plant, there is provided a method comprising the steps of: (i) receiving () a measured value indicative of the quality and/or quantity of milk produced in the milking facility from the on-site measuring equipment; (ii) receiving () from the dairy plant a corresponding measured value indicative of the quality and/or quantity of milk collected and transported, wherein the dairy plant is provided with high-quality measuring equipment (); (iii) comparing () the measured values from the on-site measuring equipment of the milking facility and from the dairy plant; and (iv) calibrating or verifying () the on-site measuring equipment of the milking facility depending on the result of the comparison.

Milk measurement and milk collection

A teat cleaning arrangement ( ) for milking equipment, comprising a teat cleaning device ( ) with teat cleaning means ( ). A milking robot ( ) with a robot front end ( ) is devised to move the teat cleaning device ( ) into engagement with a teat ( ), and control means ( ) are connectable to the robot ( ) for controlling motion thereof. The control means are also connectable to the teat cleaning device ( ) for controlling the teat cleaning means ( ), and engagement and disengagement with a teat ( ). The control means ( ) are devised to activate said teat cleaning means ( ) to clean said teat cleaning device ( ) after each teat disengagement.

Method and apparatus for cleaning of a teat cleaning device

The present invention relates to a device for injecting a cleaning liquid into a teat cleaning cup ( ). Each nozzle means ( ) is connected to a corresponding and separate cleaning liquid supplying means ( ) for injecting said cleaning liquid alternately through said nozzle means ( ). The nozzle means ( ) are also so arranged in said teat cleaning cup ( ) that when alternately injecting cleaning liquid trough each of said nozzle means the teat ( ) is deflected away from the nozzle means ( ).

Method and a device for cleaning teats of an animal

A system and method for controlling and monitoring the operation of an automatic milking system ( ), wherein a central processing unit ( ) is arranged to receive signals from peripheral hardware units ( R) and to process the signals for obtaining hardware status related information or milking animal status related information. An interface ( ) is arranged for communication between the central processing unit and an operator. The interface includes a device for understanding and interpreting vocal instructions from an operator and translating them into machine understandable instructions. The central processing unit includes a device for controlling or regulating at least one of the peripheral hardware units, or to provide status related information in vocal form as a response to said vocal instructions.

System and method for controlling and monitoring the operation of an automatic milking system

An apparatus for cleaning teats of a milking animal includes a teat cleaning device ( ) having cleaning elements ( ) for performing a cleaning action with regard to a teat of the animal to be cleaned. The apparatus is equipped with elements ( ) for establishing the identity of the animal to be cleaned as well as control elements ( ) for controlling the teat cleaning device ( ). This control is carried out in dependence on the established identity in such a way that an individually adapted cleaning action is obtained, which is sufficient and gentle for the animal.

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Uttran, Sweden

Jan Eriksson