Additive technologies for production and repair of agricultural equipment

Introduction. The article raises the issue of repairing modern agricultural machinery. Because of increasing the complexity of the design of machine components, there is a problem of failure of their parts. Manufacturers often do not sell these parts separately that makes it impossible to repair failed machine components. In this case, the purchase of a machine component assembly is required. The problem of supplying service parts is very significant. This significantly increases the repair time that negatively affects the agricultural production profitability due to the extremely limited time for farming operations. A solution to the issue of supplying service parts, reducing the cost of repairs and breakdown time is in the independent production of parts using additive technologies. Aim of the Study. The study is aimed at examining the complete cycle of additive manufacturing using 3D scanning, 3D printing, and vacuum casting in silicone molds to reduce the renovation cost of technical equipment for agriculture.