Based on the analysis of the current state of test methods for wear of friction pairs and the need for methods with certain operating conditions, the problem of developing a theory of test methods for wear of friction pairs according to the ball-cylinder scheme was solved, which makes it possible to determine the parameters of wear models and the general characteristics of the wear resistance of materials. It is shown that the type of wear within the range of properties of the friction pair parameters ensures compliance with the basic conditions in contact: materials, lubrication, pressure, speed, temperature, type of movement, and other less significant factors. It has been established that one of the fundamental issues in the development and conduct of wear tests is to take into account the influence of the stationarity of the wear mode at a point. Test methods in steady and unsteady modes (transient mode) are different. The test method should be based on the solution of the contact problem for a friction pair sample-counter-sample. Based on the solution of wear-contact problem for the "ball-cylinder" scheme, a theory has been developed for identifying the parameters of the wear pattern. To solve the inverse problem, a method of approximating function is proposed and implemented. The power approximation of the experimental function after substitution into the resolving equation gives simple expressions for calculating the model parameters. The results obtained make it possible to predict the intensity of wear of tribocouples under given initial operating conditions: according to loads, sliding speed, characteristics of lubricants and structural materials.

Analyzed the methods of cleaning and washing, the design of machines with a vibration drive. The choice of a specific method of cleaning and washing is determined depending on the type and properties of contaminants, on the requirements for the cleanliness of products, and the type of production. The scheme of operation of a vibrating machine for cleaning and washing machine parts in a pulsating flow of liquid with solid particles is considered and parameters that affect its performance are determined. The results of studies of physical phenomena during the formation of a pulsating submerged jet are presented, and the influence of design parameters and modes of the drive robots on the maximum jet pressure is determined. An analytical dependence of the maximum instantaneous pressure of the jet has been obtained experimentally, which makes it possible to determine the optimal ratios of parameters when designing a vibration machine for cleaning and washing contaminants.

At present, kinetic and thermodynamic methods for assessing the lubricating effect of oils are being increasingly developed. At the limit friction, the reduction of friction and wear of surfaces is due to the ability of the lubricant to form layers of adsorption or chemical origin on the surface. Analytical models of transition temperatures and wear in the limit lubrication mode must be used to mathematically describe the processes in the subsystems and the transition between them. The Fourier equation of thermal conductivity is accepted as the basic calculated dependence. It is assumed that the process of heat propagation under the conditions of formation of lubricating films is not Markovian, i.e. the magnitude of the heat flux is determined by the entire "history" of heat transfer in a certain elementary volume. The equation of motion of a lubricating film over the surface of a body that is being lubricated is obtained from the equation of motion for a Newtonian continuous medium. As a result, nonlinear heat and mass transfer models are obtained to determine the transition temperatures in the formation of boundary lubricating films in the concept of structural-thermodynamic approaches to describe the processes of boundary lubrication of surfaces

The efficiency of plastic oil is determined by the duration of its retention on the surface. Evaluation of the effectiveness of plastic lubricants depends on their mechanical properties. It is proposed to use the dependence of hardness on time when pressing a spherical indenter as one of the basic characteristics of the mechanical properties of plastic oils. The method of determining the function of oil hardness is based on the mechanics of contact interaction of a solid ball and a plane presented in this work, which has the property of creep according to the flow theory. One of the main methods of testing the deformation properties of plastic lubricants is to determine the number of penetrations. The number of oil penetrations is determined by the depth of indentation of the indenter; more informative for such a process is the ultimate pressure (hardness), which actually reflects the phenomenon of resistance to indenter indentation in the material. For uniform distribution of pressure under a spherical indenter the technique of construction of function of dynamic hardness of plastic materials is defined and on the basis of tests results of construction of dynamic hardness are received. Tests on contact creep of plastic lubricants are carried out, functions of dynamic hardness are received and the analysis of influence of character of change of dynamic hardness on wear processes in the presence of lubricants is carried out. To analyze the influence of deformation properties on the tribological properties of lubricants, comparative tests of the two above-mentioned types of lubricants on a four-ball friction device were performed. It was found that Litol-24 oil has the best wear resistance. The nonlinear period of running-in for this oil is practically absent that, obviously, under the given conditions of tests is connected with more stable in time deformation properties.