Glossary of Terms 1
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innovators in agriculture
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
4Effect: pulsator
A: ampère
AGS: alarm guard system
approx: approximately
Astri-L: chemical for cleaning the brushes
Astri-Lin: caustic for cleaning the milking system
Astri-Cid: acid for cleaning the milking system
Astri-UC: chemical for disinfecting the teats
Astronaut: Lely ASTRONAUT A3 Next Milking Robot
cm: centimeter
Cosmix: Lely concentrate feeder
CRS+: Lely cleaning and alarm system
Dead milk time: time it costs to transport the milk
from the cow to MQC.
ECS: external cleaning system
EU: European Union
gal: gallon
Grazeway: Lely selection gate
in: inch
Infrared reader: reader for Qwes H tags and Qwes
HR tags
ISO-reader: Reader with standardized method and
format of transfer of data between sensors.
kg: kilogram
kPa: kiloPascal
kW: kiloWatt
l/min: liters per minute
L4C: Light for Cows, the lighting system for cow
barns
lb: pound
LED: Light Emitting Diode
LH: Left Hand
m: metre
M4Use: Milk for Use
mA: milliAmperes
MIMI antenna: (also known as Qwes id reader)
reads the data from the tag of the cow.
mm: millimeter
ml: milliliter
MQC: Milk Quality Control
MQC-C: to measure the class of the somatic cell
count of the milk per cow per quarter
PC: Personal Computer
PCB: Printed Circuit Board
Premilk device: Device (T-piece) to drain the first
milk of each milking. Also used to drain water
during Lelywash.
psi: pounds per square inch
Qwes id reader: (also known as MIMI antenna)
reads the data from the tag of the cow.
RH: Right Hand
s: second
Segregation gate: A gate (controlled by the milking
robot) that controls the direction of the cows when
they leave the milking robot
T4C: Lely Time For Cows Farm Management
Software
TDS: Teat Detection System
Shuttle: device for taking a sample of the milk
collected in the milk jar
Twin tube: two combined tubes (vacuum and milk
transport) connecting the teat cups with the 4effect
V: Volt
X-Link: Lely user interface with Astronaut milking
robot