Milk cooling systems

Milk Cooling for Robotic MilkersMilk Cooling for Robotic Milkers

Milk Cooling for Robotic Milkers

The conventional milk cooling system is designed with the following specifications:

• The flow of the milk into the tank is restricted to the limited milking period.• The flow of the milk into the tank does not take place during milk collection.• There is enough time after collecting the milk to clean the tank and prepare it for the next milking.• The user switches the milk cooling on before the milking starts.

Robotic cooling on the other hand:

• The flow of the milk is slower than in a conventional system and is spread over almost 24 hours.• Whenever the tanker arrives the robot is delivering milk. This has to be stopped via the cooling system.• The release of the milk flow should be automated as there will be no user present.

Furthermore care must be taken during the design period to adapt the cooling to the robot milking:

• Precautions must be taken to prevent the initial small quantity of milk from freezing in the tank.• Care must be taken to provide the tank with enough hot water as the robot might have used the hot

water just before the tank demands it.• The milk pipes leading to the tank must be as short as possible. It is recommended that the milk is

pre-cooled and the distance to the milk cooling tank is short to minimise exposure of the milk in the delivery pipes to ambient temperature.

GALA-KOOL Plus is the right control when cooling with robot milking.

Conventional versus robotic

• The control can be fitted on any existing tank.

• Integrates a high number of parameters and signals to make it adaptable to many robot systems, e.g. Boumatic, GEA, Insentec, Lely, SAC. Other brands on demand.

• The control can, depending on the milk quantity, stay in the pulse cooling mode to prevent freezing until enough milk is covering the evaporator.

• To ensure a smooth operation the control communicates with the robot by sending input and output signals.

• The tank cleaning will run automatically and would release the milk flow once the cleaning is finished. The cleaning cycle can be adapted to any type of milk tank.

• The control can send alarm signals for defined status and can send a text message to a mobile phone.

GALA-KOOL Plus

The sequence:• The tanker arrives and the driver pushes one key.• The robot(s) continue milking the cow(s) in the

box(es) and stop new cows from entering.• Milk is collected and the tank driver hits another

key to indicate the end of the process.• The washing of the tank starts as preset.• When the tank wash is finished the outlet valve on

the tank shuts and the milking process is released automatically.

The tank can send alerts if the set parameters of the cleaning are not reached. However, it is strongly recommended to check on the tank daily to ensure that the processes are running as they should.

The sequence:• The tanker arrives and the driver pushes one key. • The milk flow is diverted from the main tank into

the buffer tank.• Milk is collected from the main tank by the tanker,

the tank driver hits another key to indicate the end of the collection and leaves.

• The washing of the main tank is initiated.• Once the cleaning of the main tank is finished, the

outlet valve shuts and the milk flow is diverted into the main tank.

• The milk from the buffer tank is pumped into the main tank and the buffer tank gets washed.

These processes run automatically and alerts can be expected as set up. It is recommended to check the system daily to ensure these processes run smoothly.

Milk Cooling for Robotic MilkersAlternative systems to run robotic cooling

The Standby System:

The robot is put on stand-by during collection and cleaning. This is a low cost system mainly used on farms with one or two robot units.

The Buffer System:

The robots are milking continuously regardless of the cooling status. This system is recommended for a bigger number of robot units.

Milk cooling systems

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Pre-Cooling Heat Recovery Water Heating

with tubular cooler SMART-HEAT & SPAR-HEAT UNI-HEAT

Efficient pre-cooling reduces energy consumption and

reduces the risk of fresh milk being exposed to ambient

temperature when it remains in the delivery pipes.

This heat recovery system uses the waste heat of the condensing units to heat up water for free.

This water heater delivers enough hot water as and when required.