ECONOMICALLY MOST EFFICIENT EQUIPMENT IN MILKING PARLOURS

Nowadays milk cows are handled loose and milked in a separate parlour or area using stand type equipment. One of the most popular types today is the herringbone type equipment, i.e., where cows during milking stand slanting in an angle of 32 or 50 in relation to the trench. Also side-by-side equipment and tandem location as well as rotary milking equipment are used. Besides, all of them may have different numbers of milking places and the number of the serving milkers can also vary. The present research describes the economically most efficient stand type milking equipment with the herd of 200 to 800 cows. The mathematical model developed by the company "GEA Farm Technologies GmbH" has been applied in the research. It has been stated that for herds with 200 to 800 cows the herringbone type equipment is most efficient but for herds with 400 to 800 cows - the rotary milking equipment.