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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2005
Anders Schuster, Hörby, SE;
Anders Schuster, Hörby, SE;
Delaval Holding AB, Tumba, SE;
Abstract
A method for controlling the milking by a milking machine comprises the steps of: (i) controlling () a milking vacuum so that the milking vacuum is varied through the vacuum levels of a given range, while a milking animal is milked by the aid of the milking vacuum; (ii) monitoring () a milk flow from the milking animal during the variation of the vacuum levels; (iii) setting () the milking vacuum to the lowest vacuum level of the given range, for which the milk flow from the milking animal is at least a given fraction of the highest milk flow monitored while the milking vacuum is varied; and (iv) keeping () the milking vacuum at the set vacuum level during a following part of the milking of the milking animal.