V.A. Belyi Metal Polymer Research Institute offers consumers Composite materials and products made from them for a reversible fan under a manufacturing agreement and is looking for partners to conclude a distribution services agreement.

Composite materials and products made from them have been developed for operation under challenging operating conditions (elevated temperatures, high-intensity alternating loads, abrasive wear), including import-substituting components for reversible fans in the cooling systems of agricultural machinery engines.

Main groups of composite material analogs of the V.A. Belyi Metal Polymer Research Institute.

Polymer composites based on PA, PTFE, POM, and their blends.
Materials based on polyamide, polytetrafluoroethylene, and polyacetal matrices, as well as blended polymer-polymer composites (PA/PE, PA/PP, etc.) with fiber fillers (glass, carbon fiber, aramid), are used in heavily loaded friction units and alternating operating conditions.
They are similar in functionality to the polymer composite materials developed at IMMS (e.g., IMMS-L, IMMS-A), but differ in filler composition and processing technology (injection, extrusion, pressing).

Dispersion-Strengthened Metal Composites
Dispersion-strengthened metal matrices (Al-, Cu-, Ni-, and Fe-heterophase composites) with the introduction of oxides, carbides, borides, or nitrides provide high heat resistance and creep resistance at temperatures up to 0.7–0.8 Tmelt of the base metal.
These systems are similar in purpose to cast Cu- and Fe-based composites of the V.A. Belyi Metal Polymer Research Institute for highly loaded friction and abrasive wear assemblies.

Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMC)
CMCs based on SiC, Al₂O₃, and Si₃N₄, reinforced with SiC or C-fiber, are designed to operate at high temperatures, undergo alternating thermomechanical loads, and withstand abrasive wear in aggressive environments.

In terms of their combination of heat resistance, rigidity, and fatigue strength, they are the closest analogues for their intended purpose, although the technology and tribological properties differ significantly from those of polymer- and metal-polymer-based of the V.A. Belyi Metal Polymer Research Institute systems.

Information on composite materials and their products for reversible fans is available in the Catalog "Advanced Developments of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus" 2024, pp. 66-67.(in Russian)

Composite materials (composites) outperform traditional metals in challenging conditions due to their high specific strength, thermal stability, and fatigue strength. They are particularly relevant for research at the Institute of Mechanics of Metal-Polymer Systems (IMMS NAS Belarus), which is developing polymer composites for extreme operating conditions.

The primary direct and functional analogs of IMMS composite materials for use in challenging operating conditions (elevated temperatures, high-intensity alternating loads, abrasive wear) are polymer and metal-polymer-fiber composites, as well as dispersion-hardened metal matrices and ceramic composites, which exhibit similar tribological and mechanical properties.

While maintaining comparable performance characteristics, products manufactured from these composite materials are up to 40% cheaper, and the components used to produce them are not only readily available on the Belarusian market but are also produced domestically. The scientific and technical level is comparable to foreign analogues. Due to the relevance of the topic, the production of composite materials and products made from them is established in many countries.

Currently, the V.A. Belyi Metal Polymer Research Institute is an academic scientific and technical complex focused on fundamental and applied research in two main areas:

1) Physicochemical foundations for the development of composite materials based on organic and inorganic polymers;
2) Surface physics, chemistry, and mechanics, analysis of contact interactions, friction, wear, and lubrication in technical and biological systems.

Within these areas, the Institute is a leading research and production complex in the following areas:

- Interfacial phenomena in polymer-polymer and metal-polymer systems;
- Weather resistance and durability prediction of polymer composites;
- Adaptive materials and structures;
- Physics and chemistry of lubrication;
- Sealing and filtration methods;
- Composite product design methods;
- Recycling of multicomponent polymer systems;
- Physics and technology of thin films;
- methods of surface analysis, description and classification of surface topography at the micro- and nanoscale, and solutions to contact and thermal problems in tribology;
- space tribology;
- friction and lubrication of natural and artificial joints;
- diagnostics and monitoring of machine friction units.

The most significant practical results have been achieved in the field of polymer materials science. Research by the Institute's scientists has significantly expanded the range of domestic polymer composites and products. Several dozen import-substituting and export-oriented polymer composite materials have been developed for mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and agriculture.

In recent years, more than 40 brands of import-substituting and export-oriented polymer composite materials have been developed in the field of polymer materials science for mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, construction, and agriculture. Serial production of a number of materials has been launched at the Belneftekhim concern. The Institute exports many of its developments, primarily to Russia.

In the field of tribology, concepts of rough layer structure, friction surface morphology, and wear particle morphology have been developed. A number of computational methods and models for discrete frictional contact, friction thermal dynamics, and computer modeling of solid-state contact interactions have been developed. Based on fundamental research in this field, a number of new methods for analyzing material surface layers, including at the micro- and nanoscale, have been developed.

Every year, work is carried out under contracts with CIS and non-CIS countries (Russia, Ukraine, USA, France, the Republic of Korea, Switzerland, Poland, and others) for the development and supply of scientific equipment, new materials, and technologies.

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