Project
Title
Entwicklung eines viertelindividuellen Milchmengenmessgerätes; Ermittlung der physikalischen Grundlagen zur ViMi-Entwicklung und Laboruntersuchungen an den entwickelten Labormustern und Prototypen
Acronym
ViMi
Start
01.10.2014
End
31.05.2017
Coordinating Institute
Leibniz-Institut für Agrartechnik und Bioökonomie e.V. (ATB)
Contact
Partner
Impulsa AG
Summary
A quarter individual vacuum control that regulates the vacuum during milking, milk flow dependent and with a high reaction rate has already been successfully developed in a previous research project. It is based on the pressure measurement in the milk tube. This principle and the measurement principles used by the few manufacturers of such measuring devices provide only very rough values for the milk flow per udder quarter. They are difficult to calibrate and measure with time delay. With the existing devices, a precise, high-frequency, milk flow-dependent quarter individual regulation of milking processes is not possible, although this has been demonstrated to have significant benefits for animal welfare and economic efficiency.
Therefore, the project aims to determine the most reliable measurement principle and to technically optimize it for measuring low milk flows. Results will contribute to control milking vacuum, pulsation and other milking parameters more efficiently.
Funding
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie (BMWi)
Funding agency
Arbeitsgemeinschaft industrieller Forschungsvereinigungen "Otto von Guericke" e.V. (AiF)
Grant agreement number
KF2050825AK4
Funding framework
Zentrales Innovationsprogramm Mittelstand