Swingover miking parlour

Swingover parlours are the same as herringbone parlours except they have only one set of milking cups to be shared between the two rows of cows, as one side is being milked the cows on the other side are moved out and replaced with unmilked ones; with the notation 8/16 or 20/40. The swingover style uses half the number of milking controller as one control is used for both sides of the parlour and is therefore mounted down the centre of the pit. The Ram, and the Cluster attached to it, is able to swing from one side of the parlour to the next and hence is a cheaper option to a doubled up parlour. The advantage of this system is that it is less costly to equip, however it operates at slightly better than half-speed and one would not normally try to milk more than about 100 cows with one person. However, savings in cost are off-set by animal throughput but the choice of parlour type is usually determined by the size of the herd, the future requirements and the amount the customer has to spend.