Rotolactor

Rotolactor

Modern 2008 "rotary milking parlor" (Rotolactor), Großerkmannsdorf, Germany
Process type	Cow milking apparatus
Industrial sector(s)	Dairy
Main technologies or sub-processes	Milking a large number of cows
Product(s)	Rotary milking parlor
Main facilities	Walker-Gordon Laboratories dairy
Inventor	Henry W. Jeffers
Year of invention	1930
Developer(s)	Borden Company

The Rotolactor is a largely automatic machine used for milking a large number of cows successively using a rotating platform. It was developed by the Borden Company in 1930, and is known as the "rotary milking parlor".