POLYMERIC COMPOSITE BASED ON GLASS POWDER – USAGE POSSIBILITIES IN AGROCOMPLEX

Polymeric composites can simply enlarge utility properties of adhesives – resins, and not only in the agrocomplex. The paper focuses on the composite system whose matrix was created from a two-component epoxy resin and glass powder was used as the filler. The composite system shows the increase of the abrasive wear resistance at preserving adhesive and cohesive characteristics and so it is predetermined for the application in the sphere of cementing and adhesive bonding of large units where the machine strength and given wear resistance at good resistence against various types of degradation agents are required. From this point of view such composite systems are suitable for cementing and easy renovation in the sphere of the agrocomplex both in plant and animal production. The filler inclusion into the epoxy resin did not decrease the adhesive and cohesive characteristics, it increased wear resistance up to 38% and hardness up to 56%, but it reduced impact strength about 70%. For statistical evaluation, STATISTICA software package (one-factor ANOVA) was used, reliability level ? = 0.05.