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Milking Parlor Styles
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Disadvantages and Advantages
Disadvantages: As the number of stalls on a side increases it becomes more difficult of each cow and milking machine.
Advantages: Parlors with more than 12 stalls on a side benefit from rapid exit stalls to speed up exit area past the holding area.
Para-bone Milking Parlor
Disadvantages and Advantages
Swing or Swing Over Milking Parlor
Disadvantages:
Advantages: This configuration usually eliminates the need for front positioners as used in a parallel.
A para-bone milking parlor is a cross between a parallel and herringbone. It is arranged at parallel spacing, however, the cows stand in the herringbone fashion.
Herringbone Parlor
Herringbone parlors are the most common parlor type in the US 'small' parlors. Cows stand on an elevated platform in an angled or herringbone fashion facing away from the operator area.
Side Opening / Tandem
The Auto-Tandem milking parlor, a solution that which combines a stress-free milking process with a high degree of automation.
Parallel or Side by Side
The number of cows that can be used depends on the number of operators:
4 to 8 cows can be used with one operator
8 to 12 cows can be used with two operator
90 degrees Side by Side Parallel Stall Construction is a specially designed for rear leg milking. It is suitable for both milking pit and milking platform designs, and can be adapted to high capacity industrial size milking parlor.
Efficiency: This parlor had a high stall use rate of 7 to 8 cows per hour.
Efficiency:
Disadvantages and Advantages
Disadvantages and Advantages
Disadvantages: The cows are milked individually which in most cases could take longer because it makes sure the cows that need to milk longer can have as long as they need.
Advantages: Each cow is milked individually and on it's own - this increases throughput by up to 30% per milking stalls. Individualized milking also increases the quality of the milk as there is no group pressure and the animal can be milked calmly.
Disadvantages: Access to the udder is between the rear legs, which reduces visibility of the front quarters and can make unit attachment and udder sanitation more difficult.
Advantages: This configuration makes the walking distance shorter than in a herringbone parlor.