Milking Cluster Cleaning Basket with Circumferential Nozzles
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current cleaning systems for milking clusters are inefficient in removing dried animal excreta and milk residues, leading to potential mastitis transmission and increased costs, and require manual operation, which is labor-intensive and prone to contamination.
Innovation Solution
A cleaning system featuring a basket with circumferential nozzles and an inner pin, both connected to a cleaning agent source, allowing for automated and rapid cleaning of milking clusters, including inner surfaces of teat cups and pulse tubes, using conical and blade nozzles to ensure thorough disinfection and minimize agent usage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual cleaning operation is used, then operator flexibility is maintained, but cleaning efficiency is low and contamination risk increases
Solution Approach 1:
The milking cluster performs self-cleaning by being inserted into the cleaning system where automated nozzles spray cleaning agent onto all surfaces of the cluster, eliminating the need for manual cleaning operations while maintaining thorough cleaning effectiveness
Solution Approach 2:
Manual mechanical cleaning actions are replaced by an automated spray system with multiple nozzles that deliver cleaning agent to all surfaces of the milking cluster through a fixed cleaning system structure
2Reliability
If conventional cleaning systems are used, then basic cleaning is achieved, but dried animal excreta and milk residues are not effectively removed
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaning system is divided into multiple functional nozzle groups (conical nozzles for outer surfaces, blade nozzles for inner surfaces, pulse tube nozzles for tubular structures) that simultaneously clean different parts of the milking cluster with specialized cleaning patterns
Solution Approach 2:
The cleaning agent delivery system uses dynamic spray patterns with conical nozzles that rotate and blade nozzles that move across surfaces, creating variable cleaning pressure and coverage to effectively remove stubborn dried excreta and milk residues
3Reliability
If multiple cleaning agents are applied, then comprehensive disinfection is achieved, but agent consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
Different types of nozzles are strategically positioned to deliver cleaning agent to specific locations requiring different cleaning intensities - conical nozzles for outer surfaces, blade nozzles for inner surfaces, and pulse tube nozzles for tubular structures - optimizing agent distribution to achieve comprehensive disinfection while minimizing overall consumption
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The system provides precise, rapid, and automated cleaning and disinfection of milking clusters, reducing the risk of mastitis transmission and minimizing operator effort, while ensuring all surfaces are effectively cleaned with reduced agent usage.
Implementation Method 1
a plurality of cleaning nozzles arranged thereon, which are directed towards the inside of the basket and fluidly connected with the source of a cleaning agent
Implementation Method 2
By increasing the intensity of the hydromechanical effect on the inner walls of the liners tensioned in the teat cups, the said machine provides shorter process time of washing milking machines
Implementation Method 3
brush parts which remove impurities from the inner surfaces of the teat cups
Implementation Method 4
The cleaning nozzles spray the washing agent on the inner surface of the liners tensioned in the teat cups
Data Source
AI summary
A cleaning system, in particular for a milking cluster, comprising a basket with a base and with a circumferential structure, the said basket receiving an object to be cleaned, wherein the basket circumferential structure has a plurality of cleaning nozzles arranged thereon, which are directed towards the inside of the basket and fluidly connected with the source of a cleaning agent. A cleaning method is also disclosed, in particular for a milking cluster, performed in this cleaning system.