MilkingMilking EfficiencyEfficiency

in AfiFarm Ver. 3.05in AfiFarm Ver. 3.05

How do we milk our How do we milk our cows?cows?

Dealers Meeting, Dead Sea, Israel, 2008

How do we milk our cows?

Is it important?Is it important?

Who cares?Who cares?

What does milking affect?What does milking affect?– Herd Health– Time of Milking (Parlor Throughputs)– Milk Production

How do we milk our cows?

Dairies implement Milking Procedures to improve herd health– Ideal vs Normal milking curveIdeal vs Normal milking curve

AutomatedAutomated Milking isMilking is GreatGreat

Low Flow Time

How do we milk our cows?

DairiesDairies implement Milking Procedures implement Milking Procedures to improve herd healthto improve herd health– Cleaning– Disinfection – Preventing cross contamination– Minimizing claw on time– Addressing milking and machine problems

How do we milk our cows?Does it work? What are our milkers doing?Does it work? What are our milkers doing?

How do we milk our cows?

How do we know?How do we know?

What is Afi Milking Efficiency?

A tool for monitoring the milking processA tool for monitoring the milking process– For keeping track on milkers and milking procedures– For improving the operation of the milking – For monitoring damaging irregularities in milking– For improving the milk letdown– For keeping cows healthy– For increasing parlor throughputs– For early alerts for equipment malfunctions

AFI Efficiency Reports

MilkMilk CurveCurve DeviationDeviation – Graph – Graph

AFI Milking Efficiency Main Main ScreenScreen

Red Indicator

indicates for deviations from the normal

Green Indicator

performances are within the desired targets

blue triangles

A report may be opened

AFI Efficiency Reports

MilkingMilking IrregularitiesIrregularities – A summary of all the irregular actions in milking.

AFI Efficiency Reports

DetailedDetailed ReportReport – Monitoring milking procedure.

Equipment Malfunction Analysis

EquipmentEquipment MalfunctionsMalfunctions – This group alerts for equipment malfunction.

Equipment Malfunction Analysis

StallStall EquipmentEquipment – Analyzes changes in animal behavior and milk letdown in specific stalls.

Suspected Pulsator Problem

Equipment Malfunction Analysis

RecommendationsRecommendations – Analyzes the statistics in the report and generates recommendations.

What Else in Version 3.05 ?

Health Code–2Health Code–2

Additional Information – 8Additional Information – 8

Code ControlCode Control• Code PriorityCode Priority – Importance of codes• Alarm LevelAlarm Level – Start button and alerts in milking• Output ControlOutput Control – Automatic activation of some of the outputs

of the milk meter for specific cows• Un-Identified cowsUn-Identified cows – Alarm level • Additional InfoAdditional Info – secondary numeric info figure

What Else in Version 3.05 ?

New SensorsNew Sensors

• Supports AfiLab

• Supports Pedometer+