Parlor Performance - Rotary Parlor

The following Performance indicators are displayed on the dashboard.

Parameter

Description

Rotary Parlor Operation Efficiency

Milking Efficiency

Represents the overall efficiency of the milking. This value helps to track changes of the operation efficiency over different sessions.

Wasted Time

Displays the total time the parlor was not c rotating (stopped or reversed) during the session.

Cow Prep. Sequence

Average Time to Attach

Displays the average time to prepare a cow for milking; reflects the quality of cow preparation.

Rotary Parlor Operation Efficiency

Click the Rotary Parlor Operation Efficiency blue triangleto open the report.

Top Table - each row displays information for one session

Parameter

Description

Date

Date for data. By default, data is displayed for the last 24 hours, but it may be extracted also for longer periods.

Session

Milking session 1= morning

Milking session 2 = noon

Milking session 3 = evening/night

Milked Cows

Displays the number of cows milked during the session.

Cows/Hour

Displays the average number of cows milked per hour for the session.

Deviation Cows/Hour

Displays last session deviation from the average number of cows milked per hour for that session.

Deviation Milk/Hour

Displays the last session deviation from the average milking rate (liters per hour).

Number of rotations

Number of times the parlor rotated during the session.

Average rotation time

Average duration of the rotation.

Stall rotation speed

Displays the time it took one stall to move to the next stall position.

Actual session time

Displays duration of the entire session.

Average removal point

Displays the average position along the perimeter, when the milking stopped.

Wasted time

Displays the amount of time the parlor stopped rotating or rotated in reversed.

Milking efficiency

Displays the value given to the overall efficiency of the milking process.

Bottom Table - each row displays information for one rotation of the selected session.

Parameter

Description

Rotation number

Displays the number of the parlor rotation in which the data was collected.

Milked cows

Displays the number of cows milked during the rotation.

Cows ID

Displays the number of cows that were identified by their tag.

Rotation time

Duration of the rotation.

Time wasted

Displays the amount of time the parlor stopped rotating or rotated in reversed during the rotation.

Point last removal

Point where the cow stopped milking.

Note: The ideal is for most cows to finish at 75% of the full parlor rotation.

Stop time

The amount of time the parlor stopped rotating.

Reverse time

The amount of time the parlor rotated in reverse.

Rotation efficiency %

Displays a value given to the overall efficiency of the rotation operation.

Cows Prep. Sequence

Click the Cows Prep. Sequence blue triangleto open the report.

Top Table - each row displays information for one rotation of the rotary parlor.

Parameter

Description

Date

Date for data. By default, data is displayed for the last 24 hours, but it may be extracted also for longer periods.

Session

Milking session 1= morning

Milking session 2 = noon

Milking session 3 = evening/night

Rotation number

Displays the number of the rotation in which the the data was collected.

Milked Cows

Displays the number of cows milked during the session.

Cows ID

Displays the number of cows that were identified by their tags.

Rotation start time

Time of day that the rotation started.

Rotation time

Displays the duration of the rotation.

Average attach point

Displays the average position along the parlor rotation that the cluster was fully attached.

Average time to attach

Average amount of time (seconds) until the cluster was fully attached.

Average removal point

Displays the average position along the parlor rotation that the cluster was removed.

Bottom Table - each row displays information for a cow that was in the parlor during the selected rotation.

Parameter

Description

Stall

Displays stall number from which the data was collected.

Cow

Displays the ID number of the cow in the stall during data collection.

Attach point

Displays the position along the parlor rotation that the cluster was attached to the cow.

Time to attach

Displays the amount of time it took to attach the cluster to the cow.

Removal point

The stall position when the cluster was removed.

Stall attached

Displays the number of positions the cow passed with the cluster attached.

AMT 1

The actual milking time for the cow.

Time removed

Displays the length of time the cow remained on the parlor after the cluster was removed.

Exit

Displays date and time the cow exited the parlor.