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Abstract

In a process for milking animals and with the aid of teatcup liners, each teatcup liner is brought to be cyclicly partly opened during an initial milking phase (I), when the teat in the teatcup liner still is slack, so that the teatcup liner is prevented from crawling upwards on the teat and throttle the milk passage between udder and teat. During a subsequent main phase (II) of the milking, when the teat is extended, the teatcup liner is brought to be cyclicly opened at least substantially completely. The initial phase is ended and the main phase is started when at least one monitored milking variable reaches a predetermined value. According to the invention the milking variable is the milk quantity extracted from the animal. Alternatively, further milking variables may be monitored such as the milk flow and the time from the beginning of the initial phase (I). Hereby the initial phase can be adapted to individual animals, whereby the milking time is minimized.

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First Claim