Improving Dairy Farm Efficiency Using Novel Automation Processes

英国乳制品行业继续面临着来自成本增加、劳动力市场分散和牛奶质量标准日益严格的强大压力。北方乳品设备有限公司已经为奶农提供了超过15年的支持，并于2012年获得了英国皇家奶农协会（RABDF）颁发的著名机械和设备奖，以表彰其对乳制品行业最重要的经济贡献。这是基于我们的Sanicleanse产品，该产品在挤奶前对奶牛乳头进行温和有效的清洁。这一程序鼓励牛奶“下奶”，从而减少挤奶时间。这不仅优化了农场劳动力的使用，还增加了牛奶产量，并在挤奶前对乳头进行消毒，以最大限度地减少牛奶中的细菌含量。保湿溶液改善皮肤健康，从而减少乳腺炎的发生。我们的系统不仅对农场主和消费者有益，而且还支持牛群福利。我们在全球范围内提供我们的系统，包括英国800多家奶牛场。在这个项目中，我们将利用我们对行业的了解，并利用强大的合作伙伴关系来创新和进一步改进挤奶过程。我们独特的方法是技术和人工监督的完美结合，可降低成本，提高效率，并确保在挤奶过程中有效地照顾牛群。与已建立的全自动挤奶厅（安装成本非常高，可能会引发伦理/福利问题）不同，我们的方法价格实惠，回报快，可以非常灵活地部署，以适应各种规模的固定和移动的挤奶厅。无损检测团队将继续高度关注操作员和动物的安全保障。我们的分包商CR Solutions将专注于自动化交付方面。该项目将通过创造就业机会，提供重要的国内和出口业务，从而提高英国的税收贡献，对英国经济产生积极影响。

The UK dairy industry continues to face strong pressure from increased costs, fragmented labour markets and increasingly stringent standards for milk quality.Northern Dairy Equipment Limited has been supporting farmers for over 15 years and in 2012, received the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers (RABDF) prestigious Machinery & Equipment Award for the most significant economic contribution to the dairy industry. This was based on our Sanicleanse products which deliver gentle and effective cleaning of cow's teats prior to milking. This procedure encourages milk 'let-down' and thus reduces milking times. Not only does this optimise the use of farm labour, it also increases milk yields and sanitises the teat prior to milking to minimise bacteria levels in milk. A moisturising solution improves skin health which in turn reduces occurrences of mastitis. Our system is not only good for the farmer and the consumer, it supports herd welfare and we supply our systems globally, including to over 800 UK dairy farms.In this project, we are building on our knowledge of the industry and exploiting strong partnerships to innovate and further improve the milking process. Our unique approach is an ideal blend of technology and human supervision which drives down costs, improves efficiency and ensures that herds are cared for effectively during milking. Unlike established, fully automated milking parlours (which are very expensive to install and can raise ethical/welfare questions), our approach is affordable, delivers fast payback benefits and can be deployed very flexibly to suit fixed and mobile milking parlours of all sizes.NDE's team will maintain a strong focus on operator and animal safeguards. Our subcontractor, CR Solutions, will focus on aspects of automation delivery. This project will impact the UK economy positively through job creation, delivery of significant domestic and export business resulting in higher UK tax contributions.