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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+