The influence of factors on the width of the roller contact and the specific pressure under roller pressing of leather is analyzed in the article. As a result of experimental studies, the dependences of the width of the contact area and specific pressure on the intensity of the load, velocity, and diameter of the rollers were determined. It was revealed that the parameter of the technological specific pressure on the hide in the contact zone increases with an increase in the intensity of the load, the speed of rolls, the width of the contact area, and a decrease in the radius of rolls. An analytical dependence of the residual moisture content of leather on the specific pressure was determined. It was established that with an increase in specific pressure, the residual moisture content of leather decreases and asymptotically approaches a certain value of the function.

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Analytical dependencies were obtained to calculate the lengths of roll contact curves, the lengths of the slip and no-slip zones, and angles that determine the position of the separation points of these zones. It was revealed that the slip zones asymptotically decrease to zero with an increase in the angle of inclination of the material to the line of centers. It was determined that an increase in the radii of the rolls and the projection of external forces on the axis, and a decrease in the projection of external forces on the  axis led to an increase in the slip zone and a decrease in the no-slip zone.