The results of tests for resistance to abrasive wear on highly abrasive hard rock white electrocorundum are presented. The main material of fast-wearing elements of mining and processing equipment-110G13L steel (Gadfield steel) in comparison with other 9 grades of steel and cast iron, including specially developed wear-resistant foreign steels such as Hardox and Miiluks, is analyzed. The studies were carried out using an experimental stand for studying the material wearing process. On the stand the sample was fixed in a holding device and, after being brought into contact with the abrasive, it was rotated under a constant load. As a result of the experiments, it was confirmed that the order of placement of the tested materials in terms of increasing wear resistance coincides with their placement in terms of increasing hardness. At the same time, the wear resistance of the most resistant material – U8A steel after quenching – is about 4 times higher than this indicator for the least resistant components – low-carbon steel 25L, including gray and high-strength cast iron SCH21, VCH35. The wear resistance of 110G13L steel, as well as 65G, U8 steels in the hardened state, is from 1.5 to 2 times higher than that of foreign steels M400, H450, M500, H500. The results of the conducted studies allow us to evaluate the analyzed materials on the basis of their wear resistance and hardness indicators on the feasibility of using them in the manufacture of fast-wearing parts of mining equipment. Based on the research data, it seems promising to develop new ways to increase the wear resistance of domestic steel, including 110G13L steel traditionally used in mining.

Prospects of ecological technologies development in the Russian oil industry have been developed in the paper. Reducing the negative impact on the environment is inextricably linked with the development of applied technologies. On the basis of scientific, systematic and comparative analysis we have identified major environmental issues arising from extraction, processing and use of oil and the directions of their solution. The greatest negative impact on the environment is provided by such factors as sludge formation, burning of associated gas, increased accident rate and the use of fuel oil. A number of problems in the field of environmental safety in the oil industry may be avoided by using innovations. In this work, we have assessed the prospects for reducing the negative impact on the environment through the application of modern engineering solutions in the field of ecology. In order to reduce environmental impacts and economic costs, it is primarily proposed to develop technologies in the area of safe waste management, modernization of treatment facilities and prevention of oil and oil products spills.

The results of experiments on determination of the cylindrical part mass loss of the cone-shaped strikers made of 38XM (AISI P20), У8 (AISI W1-A), and X12MФA (AISI D2) steels, which have been subjected to heat treatment applied by the striking tools manufacturers, and additional cold treatment, with their friction and abrasive wear on granite, are presented. It was found that the strikers made of steel X12MФA with all types of heat treatment show the greatest wear resistance under the wear conditions (static conditions), while the strikers made of 38XM have the lowest wear resistance. Cryogenic treatment and, to a lesser extent, cold treatment increase the wear resistance of all materials. The comparison of set values of wear resistance Ist and hardness HV of the strikers, as well as the analysis of their microstructure allows to conclude that wear resistance of a tool depends not only on its hardness, but also on the type, volume, shape of carbides forming the structure of material used for tool manufacturing. For this reason, after the cryogenic treatment, the tool made of X12MФA steel shows the greatest wear resistance, because its material has the highest content of carbon (~1.5%) and alloying elements (~13%), which provides up to 10.8% increase in the number of fine carbide particles in its structure, that ensure wear resistance increase, after the cold treatment. The results obtained for Ist are compared with the earlier obtained data on wear resistance of the same striker at striking upon granite (in dynamic conditions). The conclusion about similarity of the wear mechanisms of the analyzed strikers in dynamic and static conditions is made.