Object number
2009/86/1
Title
Alfa-Laval bucket milker,
Creator
Description
This is the pulsator from an Alfa-Laval Company Ltd. bucket type milking machine. A milking machine works by creating a vacuum that alternates with the air pressure to draw the milk from the cow’s teats. The pulsator is a device which regulates the alternating vacuum and air pressure cycle to draw milk with damaging the teat. The Alfa-Laval pulsator is made of Bakelite and brass and has only two moving parts which work without oil. This, along with other parts from the Alfa-Laval bucket milker, belonged to the donor’s father-in-law, a part time farmer in Buxton, Derbyshire, 1950–1990.
Physical description
A pulsator (2009/86/1), operating cover (2009/86/2), milk claw (2009/86/3), and four teat cups ((2009/86/4-7) from an Alfa-Laval bucket-type milker. Pulsator of bakelite and brass; operating cover of brass, copper, and rubber; milk claw of brass and rubber; teats of brass and copper.
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – ‘Description: A pulsator (/1), operating cover (/2), milk claw (/3), and four teat cups (/4–7) from an ‘Alfa-Laval’ bucket type milker. Pulsator of Bakelite and brass; operating cover of brass, copper and rubber; milk claw of brass 7 rubber; teats of brass & copper. // Dimensions: Pulsator: Max length 8.5cm; Max height 5.5cm; Max width 6 cm / Operating cover: Diameter 19.5cm; Max depth 23cm; Max height 14cm / Claw: 11 x 9 x 5cm / Each teat: 18 x 6.5cm; Diameter 5.5cm. // Associated information: Belonged to donor’s father-in-law, William Clayton, of Buxton, Derbyshire, who was a ‘part-time farmer’, 1950–1990 // References: See MERL TR AF P2/A20 & TR ALF P2/A4'
Production place
Cwmbran
Production date
1950 - 1959
Production period
1950s
Object name
Material
Dimensions
- Length 85 mm
- Height 55 mm
- Width 60 mm
- Diameter 195 mm
- Depth 230 mm
- Height 140 mm
- Length 110 mm
- Depth 90 mm
- Height 50 mm
- Height 180 mm
- Depth 65 mm
- Diameter 55 mm
Associated subject
External document
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