Greenoak offers a wide range of milking machines for dairy cows:

• herringbone milking parlours,
• swingover milking parlours,
• rotary milking parlours,
• rapid exit milking parlours,
• barn milking systems (milking pipeplines),
• portable milkers.

Milking parlours can be fitted with basic milking equipment or extended to full automation based on the requirement of the client.

To select a style the client will need to give consideration of the following to assist in selecting the best arrangement:

• Number of animals to be milked
• Target hours to milk
• Number of operators
• Milk yield of each animal
• Constraints in buildings

If in doubt Greenoak can assist in helping to define the best options once we know the parameters above. Video materials presented here will help you understand better the operation of different parlour types.

Table below can give you an idea of different parlour designs operational parameters in comparison with each other. The figures presented in this table can be used as a rough guide for initial assessment.

Parameter/Parlour design	Throughput	Labour costs	Personnel skills	Running costs	Relative costs
Herringbone parlour	50%	90%	50%	50%	50%
Swing-over parlour	30%	100%	50%	70%	40%
Rapid exit parallel parlour	80%	80%	90%	70%	80%
Rotary parlour	100%	60%	100%	100%	100%

Barn milking systems/milking pipelines for farms where the cows are kept tied to the stalls.

To assist farmers with small herds we can supply portable milkers. Portable milking machines are also useful when the animals can not be brought to the parlour for any reason.

In this section you can find basic description, pictures and videos on all the milking machine types mentioned above as well as information on milking machine components.

Our activities are not limited to equipment manufacture and sales. We offer comprehensive services to dairy farmers to allow achieving their business objectives.

Milking cows
Herringbone milking parlours Swingover milking parlours Rotary milking parlours Rapid exit milking parlours Barn milking system (milking pipeline) Portable milkers AirWash cluster flushing system Backing gate Milk cooling tanks Milking machine components

Milking machine videos 3D milking parlour

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