Possibilities to improve rotary parlour milking equipment efficiency

Abstract

The aim of the research was to evaluate the factors influencing the productivity of rotary parlour milking equipment and the possibilities of their correction. Productivity of rotary parlour milking equipment is influenced by three main factors: the number of milking places on the rotary platform, the set rotation speed or the time of one revolution of the platform and cows with longer milking duration. Methodology for theoretical calculation of the cycle of rotary parlour operation according to the statistical indicators of the milk yield of the herd of the corresponding farm has been developed. To test the methodology also experimental research was performed in four farms, where rotary parlours with 32 to 80 milking places are used. The initial data necessary for the research were obtained in the result of timing the milking process and analysing the data obtained from the management on the milking process with MS EXCEL data analysis tool Descriptive Statistics. It has been stated in the research that the operation regimes of rotary parlour milking equipment used in practice and calculated theoretically have slight differences. Therefore, it is necessary to test the method of theoretical calculation additionally in the conditions of operation.

Analyses of Operational and Economic Conditions in Selected Dairy Farms

“…Dairy farming is one of the oldest areas of animal production and is widespread throughout the world. The efficiency of milk production is greatly influenced by the capacity of the farm (Chiumenti et al, 2020;Dorottya Ivanyos et al, 2020) and specific differences in housing technologies (Dorottya Ivanyos et al, 2020;Leso et al, 2019), feeding (Silva et al, 2021) and especially milking (Chiumenti et al, 2020;Silva at al., 2021;Mangalis et al, 2019). All of this depends largely on the technological and technical development of agriculture in the country and region (Celozzi et al, 2020).…”

“…The optimization calculation makes it possible to determine the necessary parameters of milking equipment, which is important for large farms. This is important for those farms that use rotary milking parlours with movable milking stalls (Mangalis et al, 2019), but most milking parlours are simpler at a lower cost and have immovable milking stalls. Several Italian farms were studied (Chiumenti et al, 2020).…”

Modeling of Automatic Milking Systems in Animal Production Farms

“…Methodology for theoretical calculation of the cycle of rotary parlor operation according to the statistical indicators of the milk yield of the herd of the corresponding farm has been developed. To test the methodology also experimental research was performed in four farms, where rotary parlors with 32 to 80 milking places are used (Mangalis et al, 2019).…”