Simulation of design parameters of a milking cup with an extended service life

Abstrakt

Modern milking machines need some additional studies to meet the requirements as to milking equipment. An imperfect design of a teatcup results in an incomplete milking of cows. The availability of devices for milk flow stimulation promotes an increase in a cow milk yielding capacity. But here arises a problem of an un-controlled axial motion of a teatcup on a teat. As a result, a full milkflow is re-duced, particularly at the final stages of milking. There is an effect of an increase in an inner diameter of a liner barrel, which causes that teatcups fall down. A scientific problem of the mitigation of some negative developments with the view to improve the efficiency of a teatcup arises. In a teatcup shell a liner is in a detended position during milking and resting periods. Thus, it under constant stretching. It results in a loss of elasticity irrespective of the material, as well as in reduction ofthe period of service maintenance. The use of a device for support-ing a liner which is in a stretched state only during the milkflow, will result in an increase of a teatcup efficiency. The suggested automatic pneumatic mechanism releases a liner from the load during the resting period. The dependence of a ten-sion force of a liner from the surface area of an annular membrane has been es-tablished. It has been proven that the membrane surface of 0.00065 m2 provides tension for a mechanism performance irrespective of operating vacuum pressure. The regression equation which connects geometrical parameters of an operating system with the efforts directed at the opening of a leading membrane has been received. A suitability of operation of using a pneumatic tightening device has been substantiated. An insignificant axial motion of a liner during a cycle of milk-ing creates a stimulating effect. As a result, a completeness of miliking increases by 3-8%.

Autorzy

Jonas Čėsnaa
Jonas Čėsnaa
Oleksandr Medvedskyib
Oleksandr Medvedskyib
Yulia Postolc
Yulia Postolc
Valentina Kukharetsd
Valentina Kukharetsd
Maksym Zayets
Maksym Zayets
Roman Hrudovije
Roman Hrudovije
Yuriy Pantsyrf
Yuriy Pantsyrf
Zbigniew Daniel
Zbigniew Daniel
artykuł
Agricultural Engineering
Angielski
2022
26
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243-252
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