What is a Milk Tank?
In dairy farming, a bulk milk cooling tank is a large storage tank for cooling and holding milk at a cold temperature until it can be picked up by a milk hauler. The bulk milk cooling tank is an important piece of dairy farm equipment.
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What does a milk tank do?
Milk is stored at the farms in either closed or open milk tanks. To maintain the quality of the milk it is quickly cooled from 38°C leaving the cow to 4°C in the milk tank. The milk tank is typically equipped with a mixer to accelerate the cooling process and homogenize the milk.
What are milk tanks made of?
Most tanks used in dairy production are made of stainless steel because of the durability and cost-effectiveness of the material. Stainless steel is also commonly used in other food processing applications, such as mixing tanks or water tanks, due to these properties.
What is the shape of the milk tank?
A milk tank is in the shape of a cylinder with a hemisphere of the same radii attached to both ends of it as shown in the figure.