Abstract
The article considers promising directions for reducing the energy performance of machines during tillage. It is established that the most effective reduction of the traction resistance of machines for tillage can be provided by the synthesis of technical means for tillage with devices for generating additional disturbing forces and fields that change the interaction of working bodies with the soil, i.e., using forced vibrations applied to the frame of the tillage tool. The design of the modernized working body of the slot machine and a number of its structural and geometric parameters are justified and developed. The use of a new working body will allow simultaneously with the cutting of slits to increase the moisture capacity of the arable layer, and effectively accumulate autumn-winter precipitation.