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#Install tubing, pulsator, check valve
#Install tubing, pulsator, check valve
'''Teat Cups'''
'''Teat Cups'''
If you bought them prefabricated, install inflations and connect to milk and vacuum tubes coming from the milk bucket.
*If you bought them prefabricated, install inflations and connect to milk and vacuum tubes coming from the milk bucket.
 
*If you are fabricating them:
If you are fabricating them:
#Remove plungers from 600 cc syringe
#Remove plungers from 600 cc syringe
#Drill vacuum hole
#Drill vacuum hole

Revision as of 16:06, 20 December 2012

Fabrication Diagrams

Milk Bucket

Milk Bucket

  • Milk Bucket Fabrication Diagram:

File:Milkbucket.skp

  1. Fabricate milk bucket
  2. Install gaskets
  3. Install tubing, pulsator, check valve

Teat Cups

  • If you bought them prefabricated, install inflations and connect to milk and vacuum tubes coming from the milk bucket.
  • If you are fabricating them:
  1. Remove plungers from 600 cc syringe
  2. Drill vacuum hole
  3. Install barb coupler and seal with silicone
  4. Connect tubing

edit drawing

Pulsator

Pulsator

  • Pulsator Fabrication Diagram:

File:Pulsator.skp

  1. Fabricate pulsator body
  2. Install gasketry
  3. Assemble solenoids
  4. Connect tubing

Vacuum pump

  1. Install vacuum regulator (if necessary)
  2. Connect tubing to milk bucket