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Mouthpiece
chamber
Mouthpiece
Milk phase
When air is drawn
out of the pulsation Cluster unit Rest phase
chamber inside the When air is pumped
teat cup, a vacuum Consisting of four teat cups, into the pulsation
(suction) is created a claw, a long milk hose and chamber inside the
around the teat. a long pulse pipe, the cluster teat cup, the lining
The pressure unit draws milk from the cow collapses, massaging
difference opens into the main pipe system. the teat and closing
the teat canal and the teat canal.
draws the milk out.
Pulsation chamber
Teat cups Short milk pipe
Each cluster consists of
four teat cups themselves Long milk pipe
each made up of a metal A short milk hose connected to
shell, a rubber lining and a the teat cup directs milk away
short milk pipe. from the cow to the claw where
it's transported - together with
the milk from other cows - to
Claw the main milking pipeline.
Beneath the teat cups is the
claw, which connects the
short pulse pipe and milk
pipes to the main system's
long air pipes and long milk
pipes. Here air is added to the
milk to help it flow through Milking station
the system.
Vacuum line
Pulsator (not shown)
The pulsator is the valve on a pipe
that's connected to the claw and
adjusts the air pressure in the
pulsation chamber. The pulsator
is attached to a main air pipeline
that feeds into the claw.

Milk pump (not shown)
A motor-driven milk pump Milk line
removes the collected milk from Vacuum pump
the main pipeline and transports
it to the receiver tank for chilling
and processing. Cooling tank
How do you mill< a cow?

You'll need a mechanism unlike any udder

he milk is extracted using a vacuum !milk phase) a vacuum is created, which
applied to the cow's teats. Milk gently draws milk from the teat. When the
T stored in the udder is drawn into a chamber is filled with air !rest phase) the
system of pipes leading to a receiver tank lining of the teat cup collapses and
where the milk is collected before being massages the teat. Continued repetition of
passed to the cooling tank. these phases not only aids milk production
A 'cluster' of four teat cups- each by mimicking the action of a suckling calf, it
consisting of a stainless steel shell, a flexible also promotes blood circulation.
rubber lining and a short pulse pipe- are To help the milk flow away through the
attached to the teats. Between the outer pipeline, once out of the cow the milk is
shell and lining is a pulsation chamber that mixed with air added by a claw-the claw
collapses with the addition of air from a connects the teat cups to the milk and
pulsator. When the chamber is devoid of air pulse tubes.

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