Abstract

This paper is focused on the preparation of polymer blends with addition of alternative filler from glass industry in various granularity (>40µm, 40-32µm, 32-25µm, 25-0µm). The polymer matrix (PMX3) consists of melamine resin, phenolic resin and nitrile rubber. This polymer matrix composition is commonly applied in friction composite systems in automotive industry. The surface activity of various filler fractions was studied. The rheological properties, such as minimum torque, maximum torque, optimum vulcanization time and scorch time of prepared friction polymer matrix were tested, using the PRPA 2000 rheometer. Mooney viscosity of new prepared polymer matrix was studied with help of Mooney Viscosimetr 91.03 Gottert testing machine.