Digital milk analyzers Ekomilk to measure milk composition, fat content measurement on dairy farms, milk collection points, labs and milk processors

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Digital Milk Analysers “Ekomilk” to determine milk composition,

ingredientsIntroduction for dairy farms, milk processors and milk

collection centers besides milk quality control laboratories

and veterinarians

21 October 2015

Canada/Bulgaria

Website: www.ekomilk.eu

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How many Ekomilk users are there worldwide to date (Oct

2015)?


More than 100000 happy Ekomilk users.

Every user is important to us.


“Ekomilk” end-users, applications and background

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Typical Ekomilk end-users• Milk producers, dairy farms (cow, sheep, goat, buffalo , other),

cooperatives, often as a complement to the official laboratory analyses

• Milk collection points, tank trucks and tank trailers for milk collection/hauling, see next slides

• Milk processors: cheese, yoghurt, lassi/kefir, ice cream• Veterinarians

• DVM vets• Independent vet cabinets• Pharmaceutical organisations, to prove the effectiveness of e.g. Antibiotics

and other treatments• In labs, milk quality control centers, DHI (dairy herd improvement)


Typical Ekomilk end-users• Nutritionists, udder hygiene, feed additive and animal health

specialists• Milk control, milk quality and animal health laboratories:

• On farm, • In pharmaceutical companies,• Official government milk quality control labs, milk payment organisations• At milk processors

• Universities and agriculture schools and institutes• Research organisations


Typical applications

• Often as a complement to , or replacement of, official laboratory analyses (DHI etc)

• Determining the milk ingredients (milk components, milk composition): fats, proteins, SNF, added water, pH, conductivity, total milk solids

• Measuring of fat contents: • Definition: the proportion of milk (by weight) made up by butterfat• Also called fat percentage• Ekomilk measures fats usually from 0.5-12%, +/- 0.1%• The exact range depends on the instrument version and configurationFor instance there is a difference between raw milk and homogenized

(processed, which is often also pasteurized) milk• The accuracy of Ekomilk milk parameters (Ekomilk measurement results)

can be guaranteed upon request for most samples, according to the specs and the conditions mentioned in the manual, for samples from a specific milktank taken over a period of time. Finetuning by the end-user of the factory calibration (there is a digital calibration menu in each Ekomilk) might be required to achieve this. Please contact us for more info.

• Many comparisons have been performed, with classical methods like Babcock test or Gerber Method besides Fossomatic and other official methods


Milk fat percentage: background• Milk fat is composed of a complex mixture of lipids. Triglycerides are

the major type of lipid in milk fat. Triglycerides are composed of three fatty acids covalently bound to a glycerol molecule by ester bonds. Milk fat is the major source of lipid used by the neonate mammal for accumulating body adipose in the initial days after birth.

• Milk fat is secreted from mammary epithelial cells as fat globules which are primarily composed of a globule of triglyceride surrounded by a lipid bilayer membrane similar to the apical membrane of the epithelial cells.

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http://ansci.illinois.edu/static/ansc438/Milkcompsynth/milkcomp_fat.html


Fat percentage, applications• Types of milk analyzed: next slide• Milk fat content is important for, ao.:

• Milk payment at milk collection center• Animal health diagnosis; together with proteins or other parameters,

ketose, acidosis and other diseases can be detected• Genetic selection, breeding planning• Cheese making: the butterfat content often determines the flavor and

texture in the final cheese• Cheese making, milk processing: the yield is determined (ao, caseins

aswell) by total milk solids• Other milk processing: yogurt, ice cream, lassi, kefir etc

Comment from an Ekomilk user-cheese maker in France:“Thanks to my Ekomilk instrument, I now determine the milk composition

(ingredients, parameters) within 40 seconds on site. No need to wait for external lab results, no need for external milk sample collection nor milk sample transport. Much lower costs, much higher operation efficiency for my staff thanks to Ekomilk.”


Types of milk measured• Half and half , Whole milk or regular milk, reduced fat milk, low

fat milk, Skim milk or nonfat milk, Channel Island milk or breakfast milk, Semi-skimmed milk, full fat milk

• Pasteurized, homogenized, processed, raw or cream (after dilution)

• Reconstituted powder milk• Cow, goat, sheep, buffalo• Other: custom, please contact us

We calibrate every Ekomilk instrument in our factory before shipment.Therefore, when ordering , please clearly specify which milk you want

to measure.


Milk collection or hauling• Each Ekomilk has a 12VDC power plug and cable for using the

car or tanker truck power supply• Such Ekomilk measurement system in the tanker truck allows

immediate milk fat/proteins/pH/... content measurement when collecting the milk at the farm or at the collection center

• In some countries, Ekomilk has also installed a milk payment calculation system which communicates with banks over GPRS, CDMA or UMTS


“Ekomilk” analysers for milk composition: a few examples


Ekomilk Bond Total_version 2For determining fast and accurately tankmilk composition via 10 milk

ingredients/components

Characteristics:

• Automated and no reagens needed

• Fast measurement (90 to 30 sec) and precise

• Data Collection System (internal memory)

• USB & RS232 interface

• Integrated Thermal Printer

• Digital calibration menu for users, cleaning program

• 12VDC cable, 240VAC and 110VAC versions

• Certified TUV and CE - EC, ISO 9001:2008

Reliable and robust

Integrated printer, pH and temperature measurement with set of

calibration solutions

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Milk parameter/component |Range and accuracy for raw tank milk, example

• Milk fat (butterfat)

Matière grasse (MG, TB), contenido de grasas, Milchfett

• Solids-Non-Fat (SNF)

Extrait sec dégraissé (matière sèche à l'exception des matières grasses), solidos sin grasas, fettfreie Trockenmasse

• Density

Densité, densidad, Dichte

• Proteins

Protéines (TP, MP), proteínas, Proteine Gehalt

• Lactose

Lactose, lactosa, Laktose Gehalt

• Freezing point

• Added water

Eau ajoutée

• pH (acidity/alkalinity )+Titratable Acidity conv.

• Temperature

• Conductivity

0,5% to 12% with accuracy ± 0,1%

6% - 12% with accuracy ± 0.2%

1,0260 g/cm 3 - 1,0330 g/cm 3± 0.0005 g/cm 3


0.5% to 7% with accuracy ± 0,2%

0 to -1.000 °C with accuracy ± 0,015 °C

0% - 60% with accuracy ± 5%

0,00 – 14 pH with accuracy ± 0,02

0 - 50 °C with accuracy± 0,1 °C

2 - 20 mS/cm with accuracy ± 1 % (18°C)


Ekomilk Standard/Ultra

Portable and compact, fast

For measuring fast and accurately tankmilk composition, customised

to your budget

Characteristics:

• 6 basic milk parameters/components, 4 optional (see next slides)

• Automated and no reagens needed

• Fast measurement and precise

• Optional Data Collection System (internal memory)

• Optional USB & RS232 interface

• Optional external Thermal Printer

• Digital calibration menu for users, cleaning program

• 12VDC cable, 240VAC and 110VAC versions

• Certified TUV and CE - EC, ISO 9001:2008

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Milk parameter/component |Range and accuracy for raw tank milk, example

• Milk fat (butterfat)

Matière grasse (MG, TB), contenido de grasas, Milchfett

• Solids-Non-Fat (SNF)

Extrait sec dégraissé (matière sèche à l'exception des matières grasses), solidos sin grasas, fettfreie Trockenmasse

• Density

Densité, densidad, Dichte

• Proteins

Protéines (TP, MP), proteínas, Proteine Gehalt

• Lactose

Lactose, lactosa, Laktose Gehalt

• Freezing point

• Added water

Eau ajoutée

• pH (acidity/alkalinity ) )+Titratable Acidity conv.

• Temperature

• Conductivity

0,5% to 12% with accuracy ± 0,1%


1,0260 g/cm 3 - 1,0330 g/cm 3± 0.0005 g/cm 3


0.5% to 7% with accuracy ± 0,2%

0 to -1.000 °C with accuracy ± 0,015 °C

0% - 60% with accuracy ± 5%

0,00 – 14 pH with accuracy ± 0,02

0 - 50 °C with accuracy± 0,1 °C

2 - 20 mS/cm with accuracy ± 1 % (18°C)

Legend:

Green means optional parameter

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Important points• Regular cleaning of the instrument as in the user’s manual is

essential • De-aerator (e.g. ultrasonic) is needed if milk analysis is

performed within a few hours after manual milking or if pasteurisation, in order to remove air bubbles (gas) before measurement

Easy cell count and mastitis control 18May 2015

Ekomilk Scan+: specifications

For monitoring and managing mastitis, subclinical and clinical, via

somatic cell count (SCC) in fresh cow milk (max 24h after milking)

Main specifications:

• Measuring range: 90k – 2M2 cells/ml

Procedure extension till 8.2Mcells/ml

• Average duration/measurement:

approx. 65 seconds including rinsing

The exact duration depends on the cell level and measurement mode.

• Repeatability: <+/- 5%

(around 300k cells/ml)


Ekomilk Scan+: calibration

Calibration specifications:

• Standard calibration: for raw cow milk <12h after milking (up to 24h)

• Accuracy: Using the software for digital calibration, comparing to a consistent

reference (e.g. an official laboratory standard such as Fossomatic), a precision of

around +/- 15% can be achieved for the majority of your samples. Please consult

the manual for conditions.


Ekomilk Scan+: technical specifications

Main technical specifications:

• Proven method, reliable;

• Compact design, portable and lightweight;

• Cost-effective and budget-friendly;

• Power supply: DC12V (cable included) or AC230V/110V;

• Internal memory for 250 measurements;

• Interface for PC and thermal printer;

• Software for analysis and visualization of results;

• CE Certified

• 1 or 2 years warranty


New “Ekomilk” analysers are under development and can

be customised, please contact us


Characteristics of “Ekomilk”• We conceive every Ekomilk analyzer according to the following

criteria :• affordable and cost-efficient; usually less than 0.05$/measurement

including reagens and rinsing consumables• reliable and of high-quality,• robust and portable, lasting many years• easy-to-use and versatile,• using the latest technologies, like “ultrasound” technology, IoT, Wifi

Direct and Cloud connection• tested and certified by many institutes and laboratories all over the

world

Ekomilk is at your service since more than 20 years.


Maintenance, calibration• Regular cleaning of the instrument as in the user’s manual is

essential• Regular digital calibration check can be done via comparison

with external official labs or by experimental (classical) means, such as the Babcock test or Gerber Method for fat content

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Contact for demonstration and orders:

• Demonstration videos:

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• Email:

[email protected]

• Skype:

Ekomilk factory

• Website:

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If you are in an exclusive region, your request will be forwarded to our

local partner.

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Digital milk analyzers Ekomilk to measure milk composition, fat content measurement on dairy farms, milk collection points, labs and milk processors