the invention relates to a flow with a milchtank (19), with the milchtank (19) connected zitzenbecher (17), with a sp u00fclanschluss (21) to discharge a fluid into the flow and with a fl u00fcssigkeitsring vacuum pump (25) to create a must to the zitzenbecher (17).erfindungsgem u00e4 u00df includes the flow of a pufferbeh u00e4lter (27) for a betriebsfl u00fcssigkeit the fl u00fcssigkeitsring vacuum pump (25). a sp u00fclkanal (15, 18, 31) extends from the sp u00fclanschluss (21) to the pufferbeh u00e4lter (27). the invention concerns also a melkverfahren.with the invention, the fluid as betriebsfl u00fcssigkeit for fl u00fcssigkeitsring vacuum pump (25) is used.