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ANSI/ASAE S300.4 FEB2008 (ISO 3918:2007)
Approved September 2009 as an American National Standard
These materials are subject to copyright claims of ISO, ANSI and NOTE Milk is discharged when required from the recorder jar (6.8)
ASABE. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form, either into a milk receiver (6.10) by a milk transfer line (6.9) or into
including an electronic retrieval system, without the prior written a collecting vessel.
permission of ASABE. All requests pertaining to the ANSI/ASAE S300.4 Other acceptable terms for recorder milking machines are weigh jars
FEB2008 (ISO 3918:2007) Standard should be submitted to ASABE. or weigh vessels
Proposed by the ASAE Milk Handling Committee; approved by the See Figure 3.
Electric Power and Processing Division Technical Committee; adopted by 0.5.3 Modified Section 4, Vacuum System
ASAE as a Recommendation June 1966; reconfirmed December 1970,
December 1975; revised and reclassified as a Standard December 1977; 4.2.1 capacity-controlled vacuum pump: vacuum pump (4.2), the
reconfirmed December 1982, December 1987; revised December 1988; output of which is varied in order to maintain a stable vacuum (2.7) in
reaffirmed December 1994; revised July 1996 and supersedes S254.4 the system (variable frequency drive(VFD))
DEC94, Uniform Terminology for Bulk Milk Handling; reaffirmed Add 4.3.1 mechanical regulator: device that controls the vacuum
December 2001, February 2003; reaffirmation extended two years level by allowing air to enter the system to maintain stable vacuum
December 2007; adoption with modification of ISO 3918:2007 February Add 4.3.2 variable frequency regulator (capacity control regula-
2008; approved by ANSI September 2009. tor): device that controls the vacuum level by varying the speed of the
motor driving the vacuum pump to maintain stable vacuum
Keywords: Dairy, Milking, Terminology 4.5 main air line: the airline(s) between the vacuum pump(s) and the
sanitary trap(s) or distribution tank, if provided
0 Forward Add 4.5.1 trap air line: on systems with a distribution tank, the line(s)
0.1 This ASABE document, Milking machines installationsVocabulary, from the distribution tank to the trap
is equivalent to ISO 3918:2007, Milking machines installations 0.5.4 Modified Section 8, Cleaning and milk-cooling equipment
Vocabulary, except for technical deviations noted in the following Forward
sections. These deviations pertain to those provisions where 8.1 air injector: device that allows the controlled, cyclic admission of
harmonization could not be achieved between ASABE and the air during cleaning and sanitizing to produce slug flow conditions
International Standard. 8.2 air injector line: washline on which an air injector is mounted to
0.2 This International Standard defines terms to use in research work, provide periodic air admission to the milkline(s)
official regulations, design, manufacture, installation and use of milking 8.3 automatic wash system: assembly of control devices, piping,
machines for cows, water buffaloes, sheep, goats or other mammals valves, and chemical reservoirs needed for cleaning and/or sanitizing
used for milk production. This scope is identical to the scope of ISO the internal surfaces of a CIP milking system through a predetermined
3918:2007 except for: sequence of wash cycles
0.2.1 The term cow in this document generally is referring to female 8.4 backflush system: a procedure for rinsing and/or sanitizing the
dairy cattle; however, for simplicity in not needing to list all female dairy milking clusters between cows
animals (doe, ewe, etc.) it is sometimes used to refer to female dairy Clean-in-place (CIP): the capability to clean and disinfect the milk
animals in general. contact components of a milking system by circulating appropriate
0.3 There are no Normative References listed in ISO 3918:2007, Milking solutions through them without disassembly
machines installationsVocabulary. 8.5 cleaning: the process intended to remove soil from milk contact
0.4 This standard had been submitted as an American National standard surfaces and reduce bacterial build-up
to ANSI (American National Standard Institute). The original content of 8.6 jetter assembly: assembly comprising a connection from the
ISO 3918 was based on ASAE S300. washline or the milking vacuum line to a manifold, together with cups
0.5 This standard deviates from ISO 3918:2007 as follows: or plugs to which the teatcups are attached during cleaning
0.5.1 Modified Section 2, Terms and definitions 8.7 jetter hose: hose or tube connecting the jetter assembly to the
2.13 milk types, abnormalities of milk: The following types of lacteal jetter line
secretions are not suitable for sale for Grade A purposes. 8.8 jetter line: washline(s) to which the jetter assemblies are
2.13.1 abnormal milk: milk that is visibly changed in color, odor connected
and/or texture 8.9 rinsing: part of cleaning, flushing with water only
2.13.2 undesirable milk: milk that, prior to the milking of the animal, 8.10 sanitizer: chemical solution used to kill bacteria on the product
is expected to be unsuitable for sale, such as milk containing colostrum contact surfaces
2.13.3 contaminated milk: milk that is un-saleable or unfit for human 8.11 suction line: washline that draws wash solutions from the wash
consumption following treatment of the animal with veterinary products, sink, vat, or tank and connects to the jetter line
i.e. antibiotics, which have withhold requirements, or treatment with
medicines or insecticides not approved for use on dairy animals by 8.12 washline: line that, during the cleaning process, carries cleaning
FDA or the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and sanitizing solutions from the wash sink, vat, or tank to the milking
units, milkline, or milking vacuum line
0.5.2 Modified Section 3, Types of milking machine
8.13 wash vat (tank or sink): vessel designed to hold cleaning
3.6 recorder milking machine: milking machine (3.1) in which milk solutions for use in cleaning the milking system
flows from the cluster (7.2) into a recorder jar (6.8) supplied by vacuum
(2.7) from a milking vacuum line (4.9) and is kept in the recorder jar 0.5.5 Add Section 9, Milk cooling, milk storage and bulk milk handling on
during milking (2.14) of each animal farms
t at b
100
t at bt ct d
where
ta is the duration of the increasing vacuum phase (5.9);
Figure 5 Relationship between pump capacity, air used by components, tb is the duration of the maximum vacuum phase (5.10);
effective reserve, manual reserve and regulation characteristics. tc is the duration of the decreasing vacuum phase (5.11);
td is the duration of the minimum vacuum phase (5.12);
5.2.1 pulsator controller: device which provides signals to operate the duration of one pulsator (5.2) cycle is t a t b t c t d.
pulsator(s) (5.2) 5.14 limping: the unintentional difference between pulsator ratios
5.3 pulsator air line: line (2.1) connecting the main air line (4.5) to the (5.13) measured at different teatcups (7.3) of the same cluster (7.2),
pulsators (5.2) expressed in units of percentage
5.3.1 main pulsator air line: part of the pulsator air line (5.3) between
the main air line (4.5) and the first branch
NOTE If there is no branch, there is no main pulsator air line.
5.4 long pulse tube: connecting tube (2.2) between the pulsator (5.2)
and the cluster (7.2)
5.5 short pulse tube: connecting tube (2.2) between the pulsation
chamber (5.6) and the claw (7.4)
5.6 pulsation chamber: space in a teatcup (7.3) between the liner
(7.3.2) and the shell (7.3.1)
5.7 pulsation: cyclic opening and closing of a liner (7.3.2)
5.7.1 pulsation cycle: one complete liner (7.3.2) movement sequence
5.7.2 pulsation rate: number of pulsation cycles (5.7.1) per minute
5.7.3 alternate pulsation: pulsation (5.7) where the movement of two
liners (7.3.2) within a cluster (7.2) alternates with the movement of the
other two liners or, in a cluster with only two teatcups (7.3), for example
for sheep or goats, cyclic movement of one liner alternating with the
movement of the other liner
Figure 6 Pulsation chamber vacuum record.
8 Cleaning and milk-cooling equipment 8.6 jetter assembly: assembly to which the teatcups (7.3) are attached
during cleaning (8.2) to establish a connection from the washline (8.7)
8.1 bulk milk tank: sanitary storage vessel or vat, used to cool and/or
or milking vacuum line (4.9) to the teatcups
store milk
8.7 washline: line (2.1) that, during the cleaning (8.2) process, carries
8.2 cleaning: process intended to remove soil from milk contact
cleaning and disinfectant solutions from the wash trough or water heater
surfaces and reduce bacterial build-up
to the milking units (7.1), milkline (6.2) or milking vacuum line (4.9)
8.3 rinsing: part of cleaning (8.2) with water only
8.8 air use for cleaning: air that is admitted during the cleaning process
8.4 sanitation: part of cleaning (8.2) with disinfectant means to increase turbulence and velocity of cleaning solutions
8.5 clean-in-place (CIP): system for cleaning and disinfecting the milk
and/or cooling system without disassembly
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