| 摘要 |
An arrangement in a rotary milking system includes a rotating platform, an entry thereto and an exit therefrom. A selection gate arrangement at the exit of the rotating platform selectively guides animals, which have been milked in the rotary milking system and leave the rotating platform through the exit, back to the entry of the rotating platform or to a waiting area. A control device is provided for (i) determining whether an animal, which has been milked and leaves the rotating platform through the exit, has at least one udder compartment that was incompletely milked the last time the animal was milked, and (ii) controlling the selection gate arrangement to guide the animal back to the entry of the rotating platform or to the waiting area provided that the animal has at least one udder compartment that was incompletely milked the last time the animal was milked. |
| 主权项 |
1. An arrangement of a rotary milking system comprised of a rotating platform (1) which rotates during milking; an entry (2) to the rotating platform (1), the entry (2) providing for sequential entry of animals (13) to be milked on the rotating platform (1) using a first milking procedure; plural milking stalls (4) on said rotating platform, each milking stall (4) for housing a single one of the milking animals (13) during the milking; an exit (3) from the rotating platform (1), the exit (3) allowing the animals (13) to leave the rotating platform (1) after the milking, the arrangement comprising:
an enclosed selection gate arrangement (23) located at the exit (3) from the rotation platform (1) so that each of the animals leaving the rotating platform through the exit enter into the selection gate arrangement (23), the selection gate arrangement (23) comprising a first exit gate and a second exit gate, the first exit gate connected to the entry of the rotating platform (1) so that animals guided through the first exit gate are guided back to the entry of the rotating platform (1); and a control device (15, 24) operatively connected to the selection gate arrangement (23) and configured to (i) determine whether each animal, which has been milked and enters the selection gate arrangement (23) through the exit (3), has at least one udder compartment that was incompletely milked the last time the animal was milked, and (ii) control the selection gate arrangement to guide the animal through one of i) the first exit gate back to the entry of the rotating platform, when the determination is that the animal has at least one udder compartment that was incompletely milked the last time the animal was milked, and ii) the second gate. |
