Monitoring the inner surface of teat cup liners made from different materials

The modern milking equipment consists of several rubber parts. Among these rubber parts, the most important is a teat cup liner, which provides direct contact force to teat tissue. Properties of teat cup liners directly affect the technical and technological process of milking, udder health conditio...

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Main Authors: R. Gálik, Š. Boďo, L. Staroňová
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences 2015-12-01
Series:Research in Agricultural Engineering
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Online Access:https://rae.agriculturejournals.cz/artkey/rae-201510-0011_monitoring-the-inner-surface-of-teat-cup-liners-made-from-different-materials.php
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description The modern milking equipment consists of several rubber parts. Among these rubber parts, the most important is a teat cup liner, which provides direct contact force to teat tissue. Properties of teat cup liners directly affect the technical and technological process of milking, udder health condition and quality of obtained milk. The aim of the study is to specify the inner surface roughness of cup liners made from different materials. Roughness was measured using Surftest-301 Mitutoyo connected to a printer. Teat cup liners were monitored and evaluated at three different locations of the inner surface, every three months in primary production. The obtained results showed linear regression between the inner surface roughness of teat cup liners and exposure time. Significant differences of selected indicators of silicone liners were observed with P-value (0.029) < alpha (0.05). The model equation shows that if the value of cup liners exposure time increases by one month, inner surface roughness is likely to increase by approximately 0.039 μm.
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spelling doaj.art-db6fd52d75074af3a19d4bc5bf4e88f12023-02-23T03:47:42ZengCzech Academy of Agricultural SciencesResearch in Agricultural Engineering1212-91511805-93762015-12-0161Special IssueS74S7810.17221/50/2015-RAErae-201510-0011Monitoring the inner surface of teat cup liners made from different materialsR. Gálik0Š. Boďo1L. Staroňová2Department of Production Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Nitra, Slovak RepublicDepartment of Production Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Nitra, Slovak RepublicDepartment of Production Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Nitra, Slovak RepublicThe modern milking equipment consists of several rubber parts. Among these rubber parts, the most important is a teat cup liner, which provides direct contact force to teat tissue. Properties of teat cup liners directly affect the technical and technological process of milking, udder health condition and quality of obtained milk. The aim of the study is to specify the inner surface roughness of cup liners made from different materials. Roughness was measured using Surftest-301 Mitutoyo connected to a printer. Teat cup liners were monitored and evaluated at three different locations of the inner surface, every three months in primary production. The obtained results showed linear regression between the inner surface roughness of teat cup liners and exposure time. Significant differences of selected indicators of silicone liners were observed with P-value (0.029) < alpha (0.05). The model equation shows that if the value of cup liners exposure time increases by one month, inner surface roughness is likely to increase by approximately 0.039 μm.https://rae.agriculturejournals.cz/artkey/rae-201510-0011_monitoring-the-inner-surface-of-teat-cup-liners-made-from-different-materials.phpteat cup linerexposureroughness
spellingShingle R. Gálik
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Monitoring the inner surface of teat cup liners made from different materials
Research in Agricultural Engineering
teat cup liner
exposure
roughness
title Monitoring the inner surface of teat cup liners made from different materials
title_full Monitoring the inner surface of teat cup liners made from different materials
title_fullStr Monitoring the inner surface of teat cup liners made from different materials
title_full_unstemmed Monitoring the inner surface of teat cup liners made from different materials
title_short Monitoring the inner surface of teat cup liners made from different materials
title_sort monitoring the inner surface of teat cup liners made from different materials
topic teat cup liner
exposure
roughness
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