Analysis of known methods and modern equipment for printing and publishing (sheet rotary machines, roll machines, flat-printing and platen machines for flat impression block, relief, intaglio and digital printing) is conducted in this article. In a result of the analysis article authors have to make a conclusion, that most prospective equipment for automated printing and publishing complexes are: high-performance sheet and roll machines, in that number crucible, flatbed and rotary three-cylinder machines and also single-layer and multi-layer sectional machines, digital laser and inkjet machines. Authors propose a mathematical model of an automated optimization system of functioning of modern printing and publishing companies. In the model are used databases with information about orders (quantity, volumes, content, terms of orders fulfillment, admissible prime value and characteristics of quality of finished products), production capacities of printing and publishing enterprises of the region (destination, quantity and productivity of equipment, its technological capabilities, loading with other orders, service life), as well as additional data about value of transportation and storage of ready products, the possibility and feasibility of transferring orders to other enterprises and more. The elaborated model can be used as a basis for creation of a computer program for automated synthesis and analysis of functioning optimization of modern printing and publishing companies in the region to improve their efficiency, as well as for help customers of printing products in selection of optimal variants of orders fulfillment. The modeling results will allow to rationalize the utilization of enterprises capacity, to reduce the value of finished products, to ensure their proper quality, to avoid of disruptions during of peak periods of enterprises loading, to reduce the value of repair and maintenance of the complex equipment.

The paper proposes a highly efficient equipment for the preliminary mechanical treatment of wastewater from agricultural enterprises, ensuring a continuous working process, the necessary quality of cleaning with minimal energy expenditure. The equations for determining the basic operating parameters of the equipment are given: changes in the flow area, flow rates of water passing through the installation, the required power of the electric motors. Also presented are graphical dependencies calculated using the obtained equations.

Modernization problems of known equipment now are actual enough for different branches of the mechanical engineering. Therefore, a lot of time and efforts is spent on rationalization and automation of synthesis and analysis of modernized objects. The known methods and the software tools for synthesis and analysis of schemes of different equipment and technologies for the machine building production are not enough universal and labor-intensive, because a significant part of work for their realization is fulfilled by high-qualified specialists without of use of computers. There is an improved method of criterial synthesis and analysis elaborated in this article. This method allows with relatively small expenses of time to receive effective variants of different equipment with consideration of the all main initial conditions and parameters and with a possibility of determination with help of simple formulas of the most important criterions of their evaluation for founded selection of the most effective variant. Under realization of the proposed method as main initial parameters of the projected equipment for machining, loading-unloading or transportation are used: equipment destination, its admissible dimension, mass, working capacity, cost, power-consuming, accuracy. Taking in consideration these initial parameters at the next stages are selected admissible variants of modernization. Final evaluation and selection of the most prospective variants are made under criterions of admissible dimension, mass, working capacity, cost, power-consuming, degrees of standardization, unification and automation. At basis of the proposed method can be elaborated a computer program of automated synthesis and analysis for high-effective modernization of modern equipment and technologies for the machine building production.

There are schemes of equipment for dehydration of damp dispersive waste of food productions (spirit grain, beer pallets, beet pulp, coffee and barley slag) analyzed in this article. These wastes at the majority of food enterprises of Ukraine are poured out onto the ground and that leads to environment pollution. However, in case of dehydration of these wastes to humidity 20 – 25%, they can be used as valuable additions to agricultural forages or as high-energy fuels. Thus, the problems of waste utilization and protection of nature from pollutions are resolved simultaneously. Besides, the enterprise gets a profit from the sales of forage additions or fuel. The known equipment for mechanical dehydration, for example, the screw-presses and the decanter centrifuges, provides the waste final humidity no less 74 – 76%, therefore waste demand of an additional drying after the dehydration at this equipment. That brings to a significant increase of energy expenses. An application of the vibro-blowing dehydration at the installations with the hydraulic pulse drive provides waste final humidity 20 – 25%, but these installations are complex by design, have big dimensions and high cost. A drying in pulverizing or in vacuum dryers is most power-consuming dehydration method (expenses of energy - 740 ÷ 2248 kW h/ ton of dehydrated waste). Equipment for the chemical and biological dehydration is the large multiple-unit complexes with low specific productivity. Therefore, article authors offer a scheme of the installation with the combined unbalanced and hydraulic drive that has a relatively simple design, compact dimensions, high reliability and at the same time, in correspondence with the authors’ estimation, will provide necessary, above indicated humidity. Also equations for determination of the main working parameter – the pressure in the press-form of the proposed installation are presented in the article.

Hydroponics is a perspective direction of development of modern agriculture that provides perennial growing of main species of vegetables and greenery on small areas and with minimal expenses of water and fertilizers. This technology allows to get large enough harvests of fresh vegetables in big cities including office and living premises. Last time entrepreneurs and inventors pay a lot of attention for elaboration of more effective methods of hydroponics and equipment for their realization in direction of decrease of using areas, economy of water, nutrients and increase of air supply and plants capacity. There are several known methods of hydroponics: static solution culture, continuous-flow solution culture (NFT), deep water culture, passive sub-irrigation, flood and drain sub-irrigation, run-to-waste system, top-fed deep water culture, rotary system, aeroponics, fogponics. Commercial and industrial use got the first three from above mentioned methods. Herewith the method of static solution culture does not provide of necessary saturation of plant’s roots with air. Under realization of the method of continuous-flow solution culture are possible little buffering against interruptions in the flow (power outages), water logging in some channels, besides there are limitations for maximal length of channels (12 – 15 m). The method of deep water culture in industrial scales is used mainly for growing of lettuce. The other mentioned methods are not enough effective from point of view of commercial utilization. The improved hydroponic installations, presented in the article, were elaborated with consideration of such demands: versatility of use (a possibility of growing of various species of plants); harmonies optimal provision of crops with water, nutrients, light and air; maximal use of premise’s space; a possibility of re-space during of the growth period, increase of area for each plant and support of its stalk and sprouts. Also, the formulas for definition of main parameters of the elaborated installations are presented in the article.