The electric-contact heating method is proposed to be applied to reduce the moisture content of the industrial-grade cotton seeds to meet the relevant standard requirements. The rationale for safe heating conditions has been provided. The effect of different factors on the efficiency of the preliminary drying of seeds has been studied. Theoretical and graphic laws of the specific energy consumption change depending on different parameters have been defined. The obtained results prove the high efficiency of the proposed method: specific energy consumption decrease by 2.8 – 3.8 times against the existing technology.

To reduce moisture content of technical seeds in compliance with standard requirements, electric contact heating method is applied. The technical seed moisture content reduction process has been studied experimentally through electric contact processing. The mathematic model of the process has been defined. The optimal parameters of the process have been identified based on the mathematic model. To identify the optimal parameters of the technical seed moisture content reduction process the computer program, calculation algorithm has been developed by using computer program PascalABC.

Currently, more and more challenges of modern industrial enterprises require an increase in the reliability of the information on the quality of products. This becomes possible when using digital technologies to assess the quality of products. The cited publication discusses the technology for recognizing defects in the surface of sheet products in images obtained from cameras of the strip inspection system during rolling. The authors proposed a classification of the signs of defects in the image and highlighted the most significant of them also suggested using geometric, optical and spectral features for images of flat-rolled products containing defects of different classes. The research results at this stage, obtained during the processing of digital images, showed that to identify a defect and reduce false-positive and false-negative alarms of the automated defect identification system, it is required to conduct a study of interval estimates and make decision-making rules based on intersection and merging of intervals; introduce additional classes that allow the introduction of signs that characterize the irregularity of the shape of defects and the characteristic location; the use of new technologies of soft computing will reveal the hidden patterns of the manifestation of defects in the images of the surface of the steel strip.

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