公开(公告)号：US20210337763A1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-04

申请号：US17281108

申请日：2019-10-10

Applicant: LELY PATENT N.V.

Inventor： Pieter Gerlof DE GROOT ,  Rik STEENBERGEN ,  Ida Helena TEN HAVE ,  Anneke GOUW

IPC: A01J5/007

Abstract: A method and device for milking using a milking system with a control unit and an adjustable stimulator, including stimulating for a stimulus time and subsequently milking a dairy animal, measuring and evaluating the milk flow profile in order to determine if the milk flow profile is bimodal. If it is, then the control unit automatically adjusts the stimulating operation by extending the stimulating operation by an extension value. If it is not, then the control unit may, optionally automatically, shorten the stimulating operation. As a result, the milking system is able to reduce the strain on the teats caused by unnecessary stimulation or by milking in an efficient way during a bimodal part of the milking operation and also to adjust this during the entire lactation, if necessary. In this way, changes in the dairy animal itself are also compensated for.