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Today, more people around the world live in cities than in rural areas. The World Health Organisation estimates that by 2030, 6 out of every 10 people will live in a city, and by 2050, this proportion will increase to 7 out of 10 people. The explosive growth of cities and the rapid formation of a large global middle class mean that the consumption of value-added products such as dairy is set to increase dramatically over the next few decades.

Ensuring that global milk production can meet future demands means we need to find even more ways to produce dairy products like milk and other foods more efficiently. The key is sustainability and taking a long-term view of food production in terms of the reduction of environmental impact and also encouraging the economical stability needed to run a business in a competitive market such as food production.



Automatic milking refers to the extraction of milk from dairy animals without human labour. Milk extraction is only one of many areas in dairy farming that can be automated. Farmers can, for example, use semi-automatic or automatic gates to control cow traffic, there are automatic cluster release systems that can be used to remove milking equipment from animals and automatic teat spraying systems are used to clean and disinfect teats.

1. Parlour Automation

Every milk collection sub-station is equipped with fully integrated milking systems which accurately measure individual buffalo milk production. Every milk parlour maintains a database for x no. of buffaloes/ cows. An indicator lamp system auto-detects instances of non-milking or non-registration of milk in storage unit or if the buffalo has not ingested the prescribed diet. These small yet purposeful methods helps to achieve record milk collection volumes. All milking point activities such as milk yield recording, pulsation, soft stimulation and cluster removal are managed.

2. Satelite Farms

Farm Automation always believed in empowering farmers with micro and macro scientific and technical know-how, to help them broaden the expanses of their operations. The farms are automated to monitor various activities like feeding, milking and cleaning. Each farm is equipped with milking machines and dung scrapers. Automation includes supply of mineral mixture, de-worming, orally fed tablets, vaccines for foot & mouth and H.S. and B.Q. are supplied at subsidized rates. Mobile veterinary staff provide door to door medical services to farmers such as AI and pregnancy diagnosis.

3. Processing & Cleaning Solutions

Integration of software solutions for the smooth running of plants- Be it in the areas of product processing or in the CIP's of various lines,tanks concerned with production. Also, it should be upgraded and/or expand plant operations with the existing equipments set up by incorporating the latest solutions to provide a cost-effective automated plant with an emphasis on energy savings. Emphasis should beon working continually to innovate new products based on need-based ideas and plan to come up with new,unique and cost-driven solutions for the dairy/brewery and beverage industries.

4. Less Mess/ Cleaning

The cleaning-solution-based- equipment system that performs all the tasks with speed and accuracyand at the same time proves to be cost-effective too.This system is called the 'Clean Master' and is available in 4 skid-mounted models depending on the technical and budgetary requirements of the plant by dairyautomation.

5. MES Application

The Manufacturing Execution System is suitable for manufacturing and equipment performance, production execution,quality and tracking.

6. Automation System

This system consists of PLC and HMI for plant-wide automation.


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