Performance Testing

• 2008 Method for assessing Udder Hygiene

• ISO Standard Device for Measuring Liner Mouthpiece Depth available from MTT Agrifood Research in Finland

• 2007 Methods for Measuring and Interpreting Milking Vacuum

• 2007 Survey of Milking Facilities, Management, and Performance on Wisconsin and Italian Dairy Farms

• 2007 Evaluating  Milking Performance in Wisconsin and Italy

• 2007 Making the Most of Machine-On Time: What Happens When the Cups Are On?, Paper Presented at the 46th Annual Meeting of the NMC
  21-24 January 2007, San Antonio Texas, USA

• 2005 The History of Vacuum Regulation Technology

• 2005 Procedures for Evaluating Vacuum Levels and Air Flow in Milking Systems: 2005 Update

• Variable Frequency Drives for Dairy Farms. January 11, 2005. Seminar Brochure and Registration Materials.

• 2004 Use of Lactocorder® to Measure Milking Performance

• 2001 Completeness of Milking

• 2001 Effects of Milking Vacuum on Milking Performance and Teat Condition

• 2001 Evaluating Milking Machine Performance  (Spain 2001)

• 2001 Instrument Requirements and Methods for Measuring Vacuum in Milking Machines

• 2001 Measurement and Classification of Irregular Vacuum Fluctuations (IVF)

• 2001 Methodology of Measuring Strip Yield

• 1999 Recommendations for Field Tests on Milking Machine Performance

• 1998 Statistical Considerations for Milking Time Tests

• 1997 Characteristics of Vacuum Changes in the Short Milk Tube and Liner Mouthpiece During Milking

• 1996 Equipment Specifications and Methods for Dynamic Testing

• 1996 Test Equipment and Its Application for Measuring Vacuum in the Short Milk Tube

• 1995 Evaluation of Vacuum Recorders for Milking Machine Performance Testing

• IDF Bulletin:  Instruments for Mechanical Tests of Milking Machines

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