Studies of operating parameters in milking robots
2009
Laurs, A., Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Jelgava (Latvia). Faculty of Engineering | Priekulis, J., Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Jelgava (Latvia). Faculty of Engineering | Purins, M., Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Jelgava (Latvia). Faculty of Engineering
The research has been carried out on the dairy farm of the Latvia University of Agriculture training and research farm Vecauce where two milking robots VMS of the company DeLaval are introduced. In the research the milking capacity per milking robot a day and cow milking frequency per hours as well as the load has been stated. The research shows that every hour one robot milks in the average 5.5 cows. The robotic load at the present cow herd (88 cows) is 80 %. The cows that are in the first third of the lactation period are milked in the average 3.7 times, in the second third – 3.0 times, but in the third – 2.1 times per day. According to the results of the research it can be concluded that the robotic load in all hours of the day is approximately the same. In order to achieve more complete loading of the robots the number of cows in the herd should be increased up to 100 – 110 animals. Milking with robots it is possible to ensure the number of milking times per day in compliance with the lactation phase. A special worker for driving the cows is not needed in robot operation.
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