Abstract: A control unit arranged to control a flow of milk through a cooling system from a balance tank to a storage tank where the balance tank receives an input in the form of milk from a number of milking points and the control unit receives a first level-indicating signal reflecting a milk level in the balance tank and a prediction parameter indicating an estimated future input of milk from the number of milking points for generating a first control signal to a milk pump in the cooling system for causing the flow of milk to be pumped out from the balance tank at a flow rate determined by the first control signal.

Abstract: A milking arrangement with a milk transport line and a plurality of milk stations connected thereto, with a receiver that receives milk transported from the milk stations via the transport line, a vacuum system that supplies a vacuum in the transport line via the receiver, a cleaning liquid source connected to the transport line, and a controllable injector that introduces gas into the milk transport line that to cause a slug of cleaning liquid from the cleaning liquid source to be formed and forwarded through the transport line, a vibration sensor being arranged on the receiver and configured to measure a motion of the receiver caused by the slug entering the receiver, and a control system configured to control the operation of the injector and to determine an entering of the slug into the receiver based on the measurement of the vibration sensor.

Abstract: A milking system configured to milk animals includes a milking station, a first milk tank, and a second milk tank, a controllable valve arrangement configured to open or close a first branch and to open or close a second branch of a milk transport conduit, to control to which tank that milk is transported, and a control device configured to control the controllable valve arrangement. The milking system includes a sensor configured to sense a property of milk present in the first milk tank or of milk flowing towards the first milk tank, or a sensor configured to sense a property of a cooling arrangement for controlling the temperature of the milk in the first milk tank. The control device is configured to control the controllable valve arrangement based on information from the sensor.