Patent ID: 7886692
Filing Date: 2011-02-15
Classification: A01J,F04B,G05D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. Milking system for milking animals comprising at least a first and a second milking machine and a vacuum source for providing said at least first and second milking machines with vacuum through conduits, wherein a control system connected to said first and second milking machines and to said vacuum source and provided to regulate said vacuum source depending on the vacuum requirements of said at least first and second milking machines, wherein said control system is adapted to detect a milking machine operating mode, for each of said at least first and second milking machines, wherein a first detected milking machine operating mode for a milking machine has different vacuum requirements than a second detected milking machine operating mode, said at least first and second milking machines are operating completely independent of each other, so that one milking machine may operate in any milking machine operating mode independent of the other, and said control system is provided to select a vacuum source operating mode for said vacuum source.