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Milking Center
Holding Area
Milking parlor
Milk cooling & storage
Equipment & utility area(s)
Supply & chemical storage area(s)
Office & conference area(s)
Employee lounge & lockers area(s)
Restroom / shower
tour
Future expansion?
Larger building & add stalls later?
Second parlor?
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Detachers?
Power gates?
Auto ID?
Production monitoring?
Activity monitoring?
Sorting?
Convenience typically comes with a cost
Parallel
Herringbone
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Parabone / 70 degree
Rotary Parlor
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Measures of Performance
Cows per hour (CPH)
Cows per hour per person
Side
Parallel
Side opening
Side / Rear
Rear
Operators Area
100 s
129 s
Low line with milking unit at each stall
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Dbl-8
5.0
80
100
120
160
200
240
400
4.5
72
90
108
144
180
216
360
4.0
64
80
96
128
160
196
320
3.5
56
70
84
112
140
168
280
3.0
48
60
72
96
120
144
240
Swing Parlors
Milking units shared between sides
Cow entry
Udder preparation
TPH
Dbl-8
6.0
48
60
72
96
120
144
240
Machine attachment
5.0
40
50
60
80
100
120
200
Machine on time
4.0
32
40
48
64
80
96
160
Machine detachment
3.0
24
30
36
48
60
72
120
Cow exit
Speed or Quality?
Speed
Quality
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Cow Movement
Archived Webinar
Grouping
Traffic lanes
Holding area
Holding area / parlor transition
Cow platform
Exit options
Return lanes
Sorting & isolation
October 9, 2012
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Grouping
Production
Group size
Start with parlor capacity
Age
Speed of milking
2X milking
3X milking
4X milking
Breed
Special cows
Identification
Keep time away from housing area less than 3 hrs/day
Group size
Multiple of stall row
Group size
Multiple of stall row
Not a concern with side opening or rotary parlors
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Group Movement
Move entire group at once
Group Movement
Move groups independently
Group Movement
Keep traffic patterns simple
Traffic Lanes
Adequate lane width
Traffic Lanes
Confident footing
Grooved Pattern
Resilient Flooring
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Traffic Lanes
Less than 6% slope in direction of cow flow
Level across width
Traffic Lanes
Covered for shade & weather protection
Can block air flow
Holding Area
Holding Area
Adequate space per cow
12 to 15 ft2 per cow
Holding Area
18 to 40 ft wide
long & narrow
length to width ratio - 2.5 : 1
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Holding Area
Resilient flooring
Crowd Gate
Encourages voluntary MP entrance
Crowd Gate
Avoid electrified crowd gates
Avoid bulldozers
Lighting
Illumination level
10 ft-candles or more
progressively brighter
Avoid shadows
HA / MP Transition
Smooth flow from HA to MP
HA / MP Transition
Wall or no wall?
3/11/2013
Rotary Parlors
Rotary Parlors
HA / MP Transition - Rotary
Entrance lane
8 to 12 long
32 to 36 clear
Cow Platform
Entrance lane width
Cow Platform
Confident footing
Grit
Resilient
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Cow Platform
Standard Exit
Equipotential plane
Standard Exit
Rapid Exit
Turning lanes
52 to 65 clear
Straight lanes
32 to 36 clear
Rapid Exit
Rapid Exit
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Rapid Exit
Rapid Exit
Up to 12 stalls 8
13 to 24 stalls 10
25 to 39 stalls 12
40 stalls or more 14 minimum
Double return
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Return Lane
Guides cows from milking parlor to traffic lane
Straight lanes
32 to 36 clear
Turning areas
52 to 65 clear
Footbaths
Return Lane
Wider return lane if:
Cows are sorted elsewhere
Mechanical cleaning
Straight lanes
72 clear
Turning areas
8 10 clear
Footbath
Solution bath
8 to 10 long
3 or wide width
6 to 8 high sides
Solution depth 4 to 5
Easy to Clean
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Sorting Lane
Separate individuals from group
manual or automatic gate
short-term holding
Sorting Lane
Adjacent to return lane
cows in single file
32 to 36 clear
head gate?
Short-Term Treatment
Short-Term Treatment
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Isolation Pens
Short-Term Treatment
Palpation Rail
Traffic Lane
Return Lane
Work Lane
Cow Lane
Cow Movement
Grouping
Traffic lanes
Holding area
Holding area / parlor transition
Cow platform
Exit options
Return lanes
Sorting & isolation
Cow Movement
Operator Movement
Cow Comfort
Operator Comfort
Operator Convenience
Milk quality is driven by attitude.
- D. Reid, 2013
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Operator Movement
Operators should move around milking
center with relative ease
Steps
Consistent rise & run (12run: 7 run)
Non-skid surface
handrails
Operator Movement
Personnel lanes
Non-skid treads
handrails
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Operator Convenience
Operator Movement
Pass-throughs
Udder availability
29% - 50% operators time involved with activities of
the udder
Udder observation
Udder preparation
Machine attachment
Machine inspection
Machine detachment
Teat dipping
Pit depth: 38 42
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Cow Platform
Parallel
Swing parlors
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Automation
Power entrance & exit gates
Automation
Indexing
Automation
Automatic detachers
Automation
Cow identification
Parlor entrance
Parlor stalls
Sorting area
Cow Comfort
Ventilation
Cooling
Lighting
Flooring
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Source: Harner III, J.P., et al., 2000. Reducing heat stress in the holding area pens, MF2468. KSU AES & CES.
Source: Harner III, J.P., et al., 2000. Reducing heat stress in the holding area pens, MF2468. KSU AES & CES.
Source: Harner III, J.P., et al., 2000. Reducing heat stress in the holding area pens, MF2468. KSU AES & CES.
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Operator Comfort
Ventilation
Heating & cooling
Lighting
Flooring
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Natural ventilation
Mechanical ventilation
Combination
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Space heaters
Aim toward operators area
Fluorescent
LED
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Cleaning
Flush
Cleaning
Scrape & spray
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Cleaning
Cow platform & equipment
Cleaning
Conveniently located hose bibs & reels
Cleaning
Boot wash stations
Milking Center
Holding Area
Milking parlor
Milk cooling & storage
Equipment & utility area(s)
Supply & chemical storage area(s)
Office & conference area(s)
Employee lounge & lockers area(s)
Restroom / shower
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