Diseño e implementación de un sistema automático de apertura y cierre de puertas, con aspersión de agua en el alimento de las jaulas de ordeño para el ganado bovino, en la Estación Experimental Tunshi – ESPOCH.

Abstract

It presents the reduction of cowboy operation times the moment of milking in the door opening and closing activities and in obtaining moisture from the food, becoming the study variable. The work was carried out analyzing the situation in which the milking cages are located and the mixing food process with the water to obtain the required humidity. Taking into account that the previously mentioned activities were carried out manually. During this analysis, it was also possible to see ergonomic problems of the cowboy at the time when it was doing the door opening and closing activities. For the development of the door automation systems of the milking cages was proceeded to design, test and finally build the parts of the mechanical system, which guarantees the operation; the reduction of effort for the cowboy was provided and at the same time the comfort was given. In the same way to get moisture in the food will be implemented an automatic system that will work simultaneously with the dosage of the food, which will be controlled by means of a PLC. Implemented the automatic systems for opening and closing doors and sprinkling water on the food, operational tests are carried out in the first instance without the presence of bovines and after that in a milking day to witness the correct operation. Then a comparison of the times was made, and it was determined that with the implementation the time saved in the extraction for each bovine is 15% and of the activities in which the percentage of saving was involved is 88%. Adding to this the elimination of ergonomic problems.