Milk pump constant running problem

[Ormond]

We've a fulllwood parlour , milk pump this time of year seems to be running constantly ...due to froth.....milk probes must still be sensing......We've changed the milk pump seals.....no different....wondering if anyone has had a similar issue....almost needs a float switch or something

 

[Will Blackburn]

Move the probes further apart?

 

[moorender]

If you have a plate cooler or ice-bank, run a small amount of cold milk back into the top of the receiver jar, 6mm tube is usually more than big enough. The cold milk kills the froth.

 

[JES]

Milkstone on probes, give a good rub with Emery paper

 

[Happy hillbily]

This is what I have done here, taking cool air from inside an ice bank tank will do the same.
Also recheck milk pump seals, had problems here 4 days after service.

 

[dairydurham]

We've a fulllwood parlour , milk pump this time of year seems to be running constantly ...due to froth.....milk probes must still be sensing......We've changed the milk pump seals.....no different....wondering if anyone has had a similar issue....almost needs a float switch or something

We had same problem & the pump was very noisy. Tried in vain to correct by moving apart, in the end replaced with GEA float switch wired straight into the Fulwood box .Job done

 

[Mr Mackay]

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This is what I have done here, taking cool air from inside an ice bank tank will do the same.
Also recheck milk pump seals, had problems here 4 days after service.

Hmmm ,I am a bit thick ,whats actually happening there ? I cannot see the milk pump or vessel? Is that a float switch there !!

 

[Ormond]

We had same problem & the pump was very noisy. Tried in vain to correct by moving apart, in the end replaced with GEA float switch wired straight into the Fulwood box .Job done

Intresting....I think this the route we need to go down....our plate cooler is quite a distance from the milk vessel so not ideal running a long pipe. I take it its a straight forward enough swap to do?

 

[Coldbrook]

Our probes work timer switches, which switches itself of every 40 seconds.I think milk froth maintains a link but won't form a link .

 

[Happy hillbily]

Hmmm ,I am a bit thick ,whats actually happening there ? I cannot see the milk pump or vessel? Is that a float switch there !!

Better pic for you. The jar is on a cradle with a mercury switch at the top just out of picture, its as simple as it gets with nowt to go wrong, just need to keep the slide inside the spring clean.

 

[dairydurham]

Intresting....I think this the route we need to go down....our plate cooler is quite a distance from the milk vessel so not ideal running a long pipe. I take it its a straight forward enough swap to do?

Straight forward enough for a dairy engineer