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| Milking Robots
> Components of Astronaut |
| 1.MPK (Milking Point Keyboard) |
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By means of function keys
of MPK, a number of robot functions can
be operated manually. Various data including
milk yield and conductivity or feeding data
can be seen on the display while the cow
is milked. If you connect it to Astronaut’s
exclusive PC, you can also look at the cow’s
disease data and breeding data. |
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| 2.MRCP (Robot Control Panel) |
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This panel is vital for
the farmers. Farmers use it everyday for
the operations and settings of the machine.
If a new cow is to be milked by Astronaut
for the first time, you can operate assisted
milking using this MRCP. |
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| 3.Feed funnel |
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Feed funnel is a place of
Astronaut to provide the cow with the ration
of mixed feed. It is possible to provide
up to 2 types of feed by adding extra feed
hopper(s). |
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| 4.Arm |
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Inside the arm there are
many kinds of important control systems.
So frame of the arm is made to be strong
enough no to be damaged even when stamped
by the cow. Arm is the component to milk
the cow on behalf of man’s hands. What makes
it possible is the high-precise technique
of following the cow’s movement. Also, it
has a built-in safety device so that cows
won’t be hurt and can spend safely in the
box. |
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| 5.Milking component (teat sensor, cleaning brush, teat cup) |
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In this component, there
are brushes to clean the teats, sensor (the
eye of Astronaut) to scan the teats, and
teat cups to milk the cow. Cleaning brushes
rotate and clear the teats off the dirt.
They also have the function to stimulate
the cow’s udder, inducing cow’s comfortable
milk secretion. Teat sensor searches and
pinpoints each teat by using laser.
It is more accurate in locating the teat
than using supersonic waves. Teat cups are
connected to the teats one by one and removed
from the teats, again, one by one. With
this process, incidence of over-milking
is reduced, compared to using conventional
milkers. |
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| 6.milk jar |
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Milk taken from each quarter
will be first sent to the milk jar where
the quantity is measured accurately by the
sensor. |
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| 7.milk pump |
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After the measurement of
milk quantity, milk pump sends the milk
from the milk jar to the bulk tank. |
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| 8.milk filter |
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Milk filter removes the
dirt and prevents the milk quality from
downgrade. |
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| 9.MQC (Milk Quality Control) |
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MQC is equipped with sensors
that check the condition of milk. Through
Astronaut’s exclusive PC, you can look at
milk quality data. When MQC finds any abnormality
in milk condition, it will inform the users
by displaying the report on PC’s screen. |
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| 10.Cabinet (Vacuum pump, Wash tank, etc) |
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In the cabinet, there are
many kinds of equipment, including vacuum
pump which provides necessary vacuum for
milking and water heating tank which prepares
cleaning water to wash inside the tube between
milker and bulk tank. Astronaut is rather
a compact construction as a milking system
packed with all the necessary equipments.
Its peripheral equipments are also simple
and compact. |
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