AfiMilk MPC Installation Manual 94
Chapter
8
Unique Setup & Configurations
Software Configuration
St
parameter value is set to the milk flow rate to start stripping, the same way cluster
removal (
F2
) delay is calculated. Strip threshold is parameter 11 in parameters group 1
(Cow Parameters).
Milk Diversion
This option enables the Afimilk MPC system to control milk separation per needs. Milk
separation may be used to divert undesirable milk from the main bulk tank (High SCC,
Antibiotic…) OR, to separate per destination (high quality milk used for cheese
manufacturing while the rest for drinking).
Hardware and Electronic Configuration
Milk separation requires constructing additional milk collecting system (Milk Line, pumps,
secondary tank…). The way for afimilk
to control milk separation is via
afimilk
MPC acting
as an operator of a bi-directional valve installed at each milking point.
Assigning Milk Diversion command to cows
Milk diversion is controlled by
afimilk
by assigning diversion command codes to specific
cows. It offers two options for diverting milk into a secondary line:
o Diverting the entire volume of milk of selected cows.
o Diverting certain amount of foremilk for specific cows (Cistern milk contains
higher somatic cell count).
Once the system is configured to support milk diversion, specific afimilk
codes may be
assigned for toggling cows requiring milk diversion. Each diversion code may be assigned
with the quantity of Foremilk (number of milk dumps at pre-milk phase) to divert, thus
allowing the system to select diversion quantities per cows' physiologic situation.
The setup of milk dump is in the
DU
parameter. When setting the number of milk dumps,
each
DU
unit represents 200cc of milk to be dumped. For example, 1= 200cc, 2 = 400cc, 3
= 600cc, and so forth. The range of diversion units is from 0 to 10.
When
DU
= 0 the function is disabled
When
DU
= 10 – ALL THE MILK OF THE COW IS SENT TO THE DIVERSION LINE
The value of
St
must be smaller than the value of
F2
.
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