V.A. Belyi Metal Polymer Research Institute offers polymer waste producers an extrusion-press technology for their processing under a commercial agreement with technical assistance and is looking for partners tu conclude a Research cooperation agreement to improve the technology for producing innovative composite materials and expand the application of the materials to other objects.

Every year, 100 million tons of polymer waste and 40-50 million tons of car tires end up in landfills.

The V.A. Belyi Metal Polymer Research Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus has developed an extrusion-press technology for recycling polymer waste and recycled cord fiber. The key to this technology is a modifier that allows for the combination of cord fiber and unsorted polymer waste to produce construction products (boards) with the following performance characteristics:

* tensile strength - at least 10 MPa
* abrasive wear - no more than 1.7 mm3/m
* friction coefficient on steel - no more than 0.65.

Extrusion-press technology parameters:
* press platen clamping force - 100-300 tons
* extruder capacity - 100-150 kg/hour

The technology improvement project was a winner of the 13th National Youth Competition "100 Ideas for Belarus." A presentation of the project can be found here.(in Russian)

Analogues of currently produced composite boards include ECORASTER boards from PURUS PLASTICS GmbH (Germany) and products from HÜBNER-LEE (Germany).

The technology for recycling polymer waste to produce composite materials for construction purposes, developed by the V.A. Bely Institute of Mechanics of Metal-Polymer Systems, represents an environmentally and cost-effective solution. It addresses waste disposal issues, reduces construction materials production costs, and creates products with improved performance characteristics. This makes the technology promising for both the domestic market and international cooperation.

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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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Polymer waste producers interested in purchasing extrusion-press technology for their recycling under a commercial agreement with technical assistance.

Partners interested in concluding a research cooperation agreement to improve extrusion-press technology for recycling polymer waste and to refine the technology for producing innovative composite materials and/or expand the application of these materials to other applications.