Development of a Polymer Composite Material with an Epoxy Binder for Producing a High-Pressure Cylinder.

Experience of structure development, manufacture, and testing of a pneumatic pressure shell accumulator with a volume of 25 dm³ is presented. A binder composition for "cold" hardening based on ÉD-20 epoxy resin and Étal-23X cycloaliphatic amine is developed. In terms of rheological and physicomechanical properties the binder proposed is suitable for manufacturing shells by a "wet" winding method with low energy consumption for hardening. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]