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| Milking Inflations or liners for the milking of cows, sheep, goats or buffaloes. To further understand, read on. Why Choose A Silicone Inflation
The Hybrid® inflations are manufactured from silicone rubber, the milk tubes and air tubes use either natural rubber or synthetic polymers each part uses the materials that are the best selection for their individual use! The silicone liner comes in contact with animal fats, teat dips and cleaners and must be resistant to absorbing these materials. The silicone liner must also be capable of being flexed millions of times if it is to last over 6,000 milkings and still retain it's shape and elasticity necessary for proper milking. The milk tube which does not see the the fats and dips the inflation comes in contact with do not require the oil resistance seen by the inflation head and barrel but they are prone to a cutting action found with the claw nipple. Steel nippled claws are twice as likely to cut the milk tube as compared to plastic nippled claws. The best material for milk tubes is a combination of both nitrile and natural rubber. Silicone rubber should never be used for milk tubes! Air tubes or (pulsation tubes) are generally made from EPDM and SBR rubber since the materials in combination are quite strong, flexible and are quite ozone resistant. Tarp straps are a good example of the materials ozone resistance. Silicone rubber should never be used for air tubes! The Hybrid® inflation takes into account that one material is not for every component (shell-inflation-nipple-milk tube -air tube) and looks at the best material for each application.
The Hybrid® inflation comes as a set of 4 (ea) inflations complete with shells inflations vented nipples air and milk tubes. There are 2 different milk tubes available which are of different hardness depending on the style of claw you are using. The sets also come with either a 1/4" ID or a 9/32" ID air tube. Air vents are located in the plastic nipple between the shell and the milk tube for quickly evacuating the milk from the inflation to the claw. Both jetter cups and manifold cups are available for in/place washing for most systems. Pricing is important but performance and longevity (outstanding teat ends, good milking speed and 6,000 to 13,000 ICM's) should be foremost on the dairyman's mind! Giving your girls, family, and or farm employees the best product does not cost, it pays! Call Reed at 920-699-3745 for more information or Cell 920-248-9517 24/7
Updated 1/22/2010 Question or Comment or reedlarson@tds.net
The purpose of this web site is to stimulate input on what can and is being done primarily in the milking of cows however what is mentioned in the following pages should apply to sheep, goats and buffalo. Information that is provided is correct to the best of our knowledge but it's accuracy can not be totally guaranteed. The art of understanding and then applying that art to designing the ultimate product for the extraction of milk from mammal's is an on going process and new developments are being seen each day and on the horizon big changes await as you will see by reading other pages! How big is the dairy industry, there are an estimated 220 million dairy cows, 67 million milking buffaloes and well over 100 million sheep and goats being milked in the world today. In the world over 400 different styles and shapes of inflations are being used today. Learn more about Inflations and how their performance is affected by design.
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