A Brief Glimpse of Dairy Industry and Dairy Equipment

The dairy industry of India is one of the fast growing industries which serve as a model industry to various countries across the globe. However, the Indian diary industry lacks behind when compared to the global markets in the field of dairy products. The dairy industry of India requires more hygienic conditions to pack and store the milk so as to ensure that it lasts for a longer period of time without spoilage.

Present Scenario of Dairy Industry

The climatic condition of India is one factor which leads to spoilage of milk and milk products. Therefore it is essential for Indian diary farmers to use more sophisticated products for milking the cows and storing the milk in clean and hygienic conditions. The need to boost clean and hygienic milking condition with the use of milking machines, uses of bulk coolers to store milk and the use of stainless steel cans to store the milk are essential to improve the quality of dairy products in the country.

There are various types of dairy equipment which are used for better packaging and milking purposes. Most of these devices are manufactured in India, although some of the equipment is imported from foreign countries such as Italy and Europe.

It is important to understand that the dairy industry of India is still limited to the use of road tankers, small homogenizers, obsolete milk vending machines, storage tanks, liquid milk packaging systems and so forth. There are several machineries which are used for packaging and processing milk products such as paneer, butter, cheese, curd and so forth. It is essential to use the right type of equipment to ensure high grade quality and durability of these dairy food items.

Different Types of Dairy Equipment

The quantity and quality of milk depends on the type of milking equipment used by the dairy farmers. Some of the most common types of dairy equipments used in most of the commercial diary farms include the milking machine, milk testing equipment, cream separator, electronic milk analyzers, milk packaging units and so forth. Apart from these devices, some of the modern dairy equipment includes the milk stirrer which is widely used by most of the dairy product manufacturers.

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Different Dairy Equipment Used in Dairy Farms

When dairy industry was in its nascent stage, people used their hands to milk the cow, buckets to store them and hands to keep the farms clean. But with time, things got a little more relaxed and numerous sophisticated equipments came to play that not only reduced manual labour, but also made the work more organized.

Milking systems are used to milk the cows. Unlike the age old methods, when a person has to milk the cattle, this machine makes the livestock stand in one place with the use of a pen. Then with the help of a four piece milking device, the cattle are milked and the milk is transferred to a storage tank with the help of tubes. It is important that the animal remains calm while it is being milked. For this, generally fodder is kept around to let the animal remain engrossed in chewing fodder.

Food dispensers also are amongst the widely used dairy equipments. It acts like an automated feed machine. During the time when the animals are being milked, a feed hopper is kept near the pen. There is an automated system that drops a measured amount of feed into the hopper for the cow to eat it. This way it stays in place and there is no problem while it is being milked.

Dairy equipments like the auto-scrapers are extremely useful too. Their main aim is to keep the place clean. Many a times, there are quite a few cows or buffaloes in the pen together. This means that there will be a lot of waste from the cows. The waste proportions increase during the milking of the cow. This not only makes the pen dirty, but is also an unhygienic place for the animals. These auto-scrapers run along tracks and clear all these waste material leaving the pen clean.

The dairy equipments are created keeping in mind that the physical labour required to maintain dairy farms is reduced a great deal and the farm remains clean.

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