Patent ID: 8468970

Claim:
A method for controlling milking by a milking machine comprising at least one teat cup ( 19 ) connected to a source of vacuum via a milk tube ( 17 ), wherein during milking a milking vacuum in said milk tube is kept at a selected vacuum level and a maximum pulsation vacuum is kept at a selected vacuum level, comprising the steps of: initially terminating said milking by i) lowering the milking vacuum in said milk tube to a first lowered milking vacuum level (8L), which is lower than a previous milking vacuum level in said milk tube during said milking, and ii) lowering the maximum pulsation vacuum to a first maximum pulsation vacuum level (9L), which is lower than a previous maximum pulsation vacuum level during said milking; and subsequently preventing backflowing of the milk from the milk tube back into the teat cup by lowering the milking vacuum in said milk tube to a second lowered milking vacuum level; and wherein after the step of initially terminating the milking, removing the teat cup from the animal by raising the maximum pulsation vacuum to a second maximum pulsation vacuum level (2L), the second maximum pulsation vacuum level being higher than the first maximum pulsation vacuum level.