ANALYSIS OF RESEARCH RESULTSON THE IMPROVEMENT OF MILKING MACHINES

Abstract

The purpose of this work is to analyze the results of research on the improvement of milking machines. The novelty
of the work lies in the substantiation of a promising direction for improving the milking machine for cows.
The introduction contains a brief description of the country’s dairy industry and the analysis of the energy intensity
of milk production in comparison with the world’s best producers. The main part presents exploratory research
in the field of improving the design of milking machines for cows.
It is established that the problem of the vacuum pressure value increasing when the walls of the nipple rubber are
decompressed (transition to the “sucking” cycle), leading to a reversible movement of milk in the milking machine and
an increase in energy costs for the process of machine milking remains unresolved and little studied. Eliminating the
increase in vacuum pressure in the suction chamber of the milking cup when the walls of the nipple rubber are
unclenched, will exclude the reverse movement of milk in the milking machine and reduce the energy intensity of the
machine milking process by 15,3 %.
The results of the research will be useful in the development of milking machine designs for selecting the most
energy-efficient operation parameters, taking into account the intensity of the animal’s milk output.

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