Analysis of technologies for producing composites with polyester-glass recyclate

The aim of the article was to present selected methods for the production of layered composites in the aspect of the additive in the form of polyester-glass recyclate. The polyester-glass recyclate was obtained from the original composite material from which the ship’s hull was made in Poland in the 1980s. The article presents the technology of processing polyester-glass waste in order to obtain recyclate. The methods of manual lamination, vacuum bag method and vacuum infusion were described successively. The advantages and disadvantages of particular technologies have been presented in terms of the possibility of their use in the production of polyester-glass recycled composites. From the described and verified technologies, the vacuum bag method can be the most advantageous for composites with recyclate.