Abstract:
The invention refers to a device which is arranged to carry a set of teatcups (1) arranged to be attached to a repective teat. The device includes a carrying member (2), which is displaceable between at least a first inactive position beside the animal to be milked and a second active milking position and on which the teatcups (1) are mounted via a respective flexible conduit member (3). The conduit member (3) includes at least a milk conduit (1') and is designed to permit a certain movability of the teatcup (1) in relation to the carrying member (2). Each conduit member (3) extends upwardly from the carrying member (2) and connects to a side portion of the respective teatcup (1).
Abstract:
A device for measuring the complex impedance, such as the electrical conductance and/or the capacitance, of milk, for example in connection with mastitis detection, comprises a sample chamber which is provided with sensors and in which a milk sample can be received. The sensors are mounted in the sample chamber at an essentially mutually equal height level. The sensors may also have an elongated shape and be mutually parallel.
Abstract:
A rotary milking facility having an annular floor made up of subfloor supported modules. Each module defines plural bail areas and is each moulded at least primarily in a composite material.
Abstract:
A farm system comprising a plurality of smart tags which are each configured to be worn by an animal, a transmitter and receiver unit for wireless communication with the smart tag, one control unit which is communicatively connected to the transmitter and receiver unit and a farm unit which can be controlled by the control unit. Each smart tag comprises at least one sensor and is configured for wirelessly transmitting information obtained by one of the sensors to the transmitter and receiver unit, wherein the transmitter and receiver unit is configured for supplying the received information to the control unit and wherein the control unit is configured for processing the received information and, at least on the basis of this processed information, controlling at least a farm unit and/or generating a report signal for indicating to a user of the system that an activity is to be carried out.
Abstract:
An apparatus is designed for holding the tail of an animal to one side while the animal is on a milking platform. The apparatus consists of a structure mounted to the rail along or around the milking platform which holds the tail such that the pathway to the udder between the animal's rear legs is unobstructed by the tail.
Abstract:
An apparatus is designed for holding the tail of an animal to one side while the animal is on a milking platform. The apparatus consists of a structure mounted to the rail along or around the milking platform which holds the tail such that the pathway to the udder between the animal's rear legs is unobstructed by the tail.
Abstract:
A milking device includes a vessel (2) and cover plate (3). The vessel and the cover plate form a sealed volume that is internally divided into a collecting chamber (4), a vacuum chamber (5) and an air intake chamber (6). The collecting chamber is arranged between the vacuum chamber and the air intake chamber. The vessel has a first internal wall (7) that separates the collecting chamber from the air intake chamber, with a first passage ( 9 ) between the collecting chamber and the air intake chamber arranged at the first internal wall. The vessel has a second internal wall (8) that separates the collecting chamber from the vacuum chamber, with a second passage (10) between the collecting chamber and the vacuum chamber arranged at the second internal wall.
Abstract:
In certain embodiments, a system for applying disinfectant to the teats of a dairy livestock includes a carriage mounted on a track, the carriage operable to translate laterally along the track. The system further includes a robotic arm including a first member pivotally attached to the carriage such that the first member may rotate about a point of attachment to the carriage, a second member pivotally attached to the first member such that the second member may rotate about a point of attachment to the first member, and a spray tool member pivotally attached to the second member such that the spray tool member may rotate about a point of attachment to the second member. The robotic arm further includes a spray tool attached to the spray tool member. The system further includes a controller operable to cause at least a portion of the robotic arm to extend between the hind legs of a dairy livestock such that the spray tool is located at a spray position from which the spray tool may discharge an amount of disinfectant to the teats of the dairy livestock.