Dairy Milker/Research Development

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• Article Title: Dairy Milker/Research Development

Research

Wanted: Brief description about the highest version of the GVCSTool

Theory

Wanted: Brief paragraph regarding the reasoning behind adding this tool to the GVCS

Relevant Links

Milking and Milk Quality

Conceptual Notes

Wanted: Ifs, ands and buts.

Development

Overview

• The Dairy Milker is comprised of 3 major systems:
  • Milking Unit
  • Vacuum System
  • Collection System

• See page 8 of link "Milk and Milking" for a full diagram

Milking Unit

• Includes the pulsator, teatcups, short and long milk tubes, short and long pulse tubes, and the claw.

• Claw
  • 1 port for the long milk tube
  • 4 ports for the short milk tubes
  • 1 port for the long pulsation tube
  • 4 ports for the short pulse tubes

• Teatcup
  • Metal or hard plastic teat cup shell attached to a flexible rubber or synthetic teat cup liner
  • Space between the teat cup shell and teat cup liner is called the pulsation chamber
  • 1 port for the short milk tube
  • 1 port for the short pulsation tube

• Pulsator
  • Small machine that alternates between applying vacuum at the teatcups and admitting air at atmospheric pressure to the teatcups
  • 1 port for stall cock
  • 1 port for long pulse tube

Design

• Requirements
• Speed
• Throughput
• Weight
• Size Constraints
• Feed stock
• Design Description
• Calculations
• Drawings and Diagrams
• Concept and Alternatives
• Full Design Views
• Cut-away Views
• Exploded Parts View
• 3D Renders
• Decisions
• Project Team

Industry Standards

Industry Standard	GVCSTool

Funding

Wanted: List of expenses for prototyping and documenting GVCSTool

Peer Reviews

Wanted: Peer reviews from the scientific community regarding the R&D of GVCSTool

Experiments and Prototypes

Wanted: Empirical data on performance