Seconds saved per cow add up over every milking, every day – but only if the teats stay healthy. Tom Duke, Head of Product Development at ADF Milking, explains why ADF Lux – recognised as an innovation in the EuroTier 2026 Innovation Award – was designed as a lighter cluster to shorten milking times while keeping teat condition in mind, and what that can mean for labour, parlour throughput and running costs on a dairy farm. He sheds light on the development process and discusses the results of independent studies conducted this year. In conversation with a German industry expert, he examines what faster milking is worth to a dairy farm, using practical examples, and answers the questions a sceptical farmer would ask.