| abstract |
A method for manufacturing lightweight structural elements, for example, in form of plates which, at low density, have high mechanical strength and good insulating properties, wherein 70-95 parts by weight of open porous blown glass spheres have a grain fraction of 0.2 to 20 mm and a gross density between 0.2 and 0.55 g/cm3 are mixed with 4-30 parts by weight of an epoxy binder. The epoxy binder consists of a bisphenolic resin, to which 0.5-5 parts by weight of a polysiloxane are added, and an amine hardner. The blown glass spheres are thereby wetted on their surfaces. They are poured into a mold corresponding to the shape of the lightweight structural element, after which heat is added, as a result of which the amine hardener reacts with the polysiloxane and epoxy resin and an epoxy foam results between the blown glass spheres. |