I.S. 187:1986

Foreword
Declaration
SECTION 1 Scope and Application
  1.1 Scope
  1.2 Application
SECTION 2 Definitions
  2.1 General terms
  2.2 Cluster assembly
  2.3 Vacuum system
  2.4 Milk system
  2.5 Pulsation system
  2.6 Measurement
SECTION 3 Construction and Performance
  3.1 General
  3.2 Vacuum pumps
  3.3 Regulator
  3.4 Stability of system vacuum
  3.5 Vacuum gauge
  3.6 Air pipeline
  3.7 Drain valves
  3.8 Interceptor and sanitary trap
  3.9 Vacuum taps
  3.10 Pulsation systems
  3.11 Milk assembly and cluster assembly
  3.12 Bucket unit and direct-to-can
  3.13 Milk pipelines and fittings
  3.14 Design of milking pipeline systems
  3.15 Milk cocks
  3.16 Recorder jars
  3.17 Attachments in the milking vacuum system
  3.18 Flexible tubes
  3.19 Rigid connectors or nipples for use with flexible tubes
  3.20 Teatcup liners, shells and claws
  3.21 Receivers
  3.22 Releasers
  3.23 In-place cleaning and disinfection
  3.24 Instructions for use and maintenance
SECTION 4 Mechanical Tests
  4.1 Test equipment
  4.2 Mechanical tests
  4.3 Prediction of pump capacity and effective reserve
       at other barometric pressures
  4.4 Test report
Appendices
1 Conversion Table for units of Pressure
2 Reference Standards
3 Index to Section 2 - Definitions

Describes terms used in the design, manufacture, installation and use of milking machines, specifies the minimum performance requirements and certain dimensional requirements for the satisfactory functioning of milking machines, and describes the tests to be used to determine whether a milking machine installation complies with these requirements.