milking machine
Automated udder pump
A milking machine is a device that extracts milk from cows or other dairy animals by applying suction to the teats.
The machine mimics the action of hand milking but works faster and requires less labor.
Milking machines transformed dairy farming in the twentieth century, making large-scale operations practical: The farm upgraded to an automated milking machine that handles sixty cows per hour.
Mammalian mammary organ
- teatMammary outlet
- lactationMammary gland secretion
- bulk tankLarge container for liquids
- parlorFormal room for visitors
stanchion · pasteurization · homogenization · creamery · colostrum · pulsator · claw · inflation
Converting to machine operation
- suctionPulling via pressure difference
- pulsatorSomething that throbs rhythmically
- vacuumAbsence of matter
- sensorsDevices that detect input
robotics · electronic · pneumatics · programming · carousel · computerized · touchscreen · precision
Adult female bovines
- goatsHorned farm ruminants
- sheepWoolly farm animal
- herdGrazing animals together
- jerseyKnitted pullover garment
guernsey · bovine · caprine · ovine · mastitis · dairy cattle · doe · ewe
Agricultural storage structure
- pastureGrazing ground for livestock
- farmerOne who cultivates land
- dairy farmLivestock operation for milk
- feedlotLivestock fattening enclosure
silage · fodder · husbandry · farmstead · smallholder · cooperative · rural · agrarian
Processing rate over time
- productivityOutput relative to input
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- outputWhat something generates
- labor-savingMinimizing physical effort needed
time-saving · cost-effective · scalability · reliability · capacity · consistency · hands-free · hygiene
udder
Mammalian mammary organ
parlor · stanchion · pasteurization · homogenization · creamery · colostrum · pulsator · claw · inflation · vacuum pump
mechanization
Converting to machine operation
- suctionPulling via pressure difference
- pulsatorSomething that throbs rhythmically
- vacuumAbsence of matter
sensors · robotics · electronic · pneumatics · programming · carousel · computerized · touchscreen · precision · monitoring
cows
Adult female bovines
jersey · guernsey · bovine · caprine · ovine · mastitis · dairy cattle · doe · ewe · nanny goat
barn
Agricultural storage structure
- pastureGrazing ground for livestock
- farmerOne who cultivates land
- dairy farmLivestock operation for milk
feedlot · silage · fodder · husbandry · farmstead · smallholder · cooperative · rural · agrarian · farm equipment
throughput
Processing rate over time
- productivityOutput relative to input
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- outputWhat something generates
labor-saving · time-saving · cost-effective · scalability · reliability · capacity · consistency · hands-free · hygiene · sanitation
- dairybutter, cream, cheese, yogurt, sour cream
- farm equipmenttractor, tractors, plow, plows, plough
- Farm Technologytractor, combine, harvester, plow, planter
- dairy barnstalls, stanchions, stanchion, bulk tank, hayloft
- dairy equipmentpulsators, vacuum pump, bulk tank, pasteurizer, homogenizer
- automationautomation, macros, macro, automate, hotkeys
milking machinenursing calf
Young bovine feeding maternally
suckling · bottle feeding · udder · teat
milk, machine, machinery, milking, milked, milker, milking machines