Transferidor de leite automatizado

Abstract

In small farms, most of the processes involved in milk production is manually performed. The milking machine is a system that makes this job easier for small farmers, however, there is still demand of hand labor for the milk transfer from the milking machine to the cooling tank. Milk transfer machines found in the market are not accessible to small producers because of its cost. In this context, this paper presents the development of an automated milk transfer machine with reduced cost. In the proposed system, it has been used solenoid valves, level ultrasonic sensor, milk pump, microcontroller development kit, drive module with relays, among other elements that have been developed specifically for the transfer machine. The equipment was adapted into a commercial milking machine in order to performe machine’s test aiming to prove the functioning of the entire system.