Patent ID: 7231887

Claim:
A milking installation comprising: a milking robot for automatically connecting teat cups to teats of a dairy animal, the milking robot being located at a first location; and a compressed air system comprising: a compressed air line; a pneumatically controllable cylinder operatively connected to a part of the milking robot for connection of the teat cups; a source of compressed air having an inlet located at a second location remote from the first location for supplying compressed air for the cylinder; a temperature sensor emitting a temperature signal that is representative of the temperature of ambient air wherein a dew point limit depends on said temperature signal; a dew point sensor measuring a dew point of the compressed air and a emitting a dew point signal that is representative of the dew point; a control unit for controlling the installation wherein the control unit actively reduces the dew point in response to a control signal emitted when the dew point is higher than the dew point limit wherein the dew point is reduced by increasing pressure of the compressed air or operating a dryer to dry the compressed air.