The paper presents the features of solving the most important practical problem for the agro-industrial complex: the development of a system of criteria and indicators for the formation and development of the secondary market of used agricultural machinery in order to optimize the machine and tractor fleet. An assessment of the possibility of using restored (modernized) agricultural machinery has been carried out. Convincing scientific reasoning for the development of this most important area in the activities of the agro-industrial complex makes it possible to constantly improve work to extend the service life of expensive agricultural equipment and the efficiency of its use, including used ones.

The article deals with the role and tasks of general technical training of future engineers, justifies the choice of general technical subject “Machine parts, design basics and lifting and transport machines” as a link between general and special subjects. The article reveals the possibilities of using integrative computational and graphic works to form the general technical competence of engineering students, the technological aspect of designing integrated content of general technical subjects on the example of developing end-to-end complex individual tasks.

During the study, the authors have solved the problems associated with the kinematics of a manipulator intended for the automatic care of cattle. The working unit of the manipulator is a system positioning all four milking cups in the individual location of the udder teats. A significant advantage of this manipulator kinematics is the ability to simultaneously connect milking cups to the teats of a cow’s udder to provide physiologically more correct milking and reduce the total milking time.

Abstract. The paper outlines the main problems related to the technical service of machines and equipment used in dairy farming. The authors analyze the companies that provide their services to dairy farms of various sizes and forms of ownership, ranging from personal subsidiary farms to agricultural holdings. The main disadvantages of technical service of small and medium farms are shown, namely: large number and disunity of individual equipment suppliers; lack of incoming control of products and materials being in contact with milk; inconsistency in a number of cases of the proposed technical and technological solutions and equipment operation modes with the international requirements and other regulatory documents; impossibility of providing qualifi ed consulting, technical, fi nancial, legal and economic support to agricultural producers. The authors propose a structural and logistic model of a regional multifunctional service center for the livestock breeding industry, providing comprehensive technological, technical and operational services related to consulting, training, choosing the best available technologies and appropriate sets of machines. The multifunctional service center is expected to unite the disparate eff orts of regional service companies and dealers, improve the quality of services provided to commodity producers, and raise the level of production on small and medium-size farms.

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