Abstract:
A pneumatic tire includes metal cords each made of metal filaments twisted together, the metal cords having an initial elongation in a range of from 0.05 to 0.20% and a standard deviation of the initial elongation in a range of not more than 0.02. A method of manufacturing the metal cord comprises shaping metal filaments in a two-dimensional zigzag waveform, and twisting the shaped metal filaments together, wherein the number of the filaments is in a range of from 8 to 12, the metal filaments have the same diameter (d) of from 0.15 to 0.30 mm, the shaped metal filaments have the same zigzag waveforms, the zigzag waveform of each said shaped metal filament has constant wave lengths (P) and constant wave heights (h) wherein the ratio (P/d) is in the range of 100/3 to 700/3, and the ratio (h/d) is in the range of 5/3 to 80/3.
Abstract translation:充气轮胎包括金属丝,金属帘线由金属丝绞合在一起,金属帘线的初始伸长率在0.05至0.20%的范围内,初始伸长率的标准偏差不大于0.02。 一种制造金属帘线的方法包括以二维之字形波形成形金属丝,并将成形的金属丝捻合在一起,其中细丝的数量在8至12的范围内,金属细丝具有相同的直径 (d)为0.15〜0.30mm,成形金属丝具有相同的之字形波形,每个所述成形金属细丝的之字形波形具有恒定波长(P)和恒定波高(h),其中比率(P / d )在100/3〜700/3的范围内,比率(h / d)在5/3〜80/3的范围内。
Abstract:
A steel cord (10) adapted for the reinforcement of elastomers comprises: a core steel filament (12) with a core steel filament diameter dc and coated with a polymer (14); six intermediate steel filaments (16) with an intermediate steel filament diameter di smaller than or equal to the core steel filament diameter dc; these intermediate steel filaments (16) are twisted around the core steel filament (12); ten or eleven outer steel filaments (18) with an outer steel filament diameter do smaller than or equal to the intermediate steel filament diameter dl; these outer steel filaments (18) are twisted around the intermediate steel filaments (16), the outer steel filaments (18) are preformed in order to allow rubber penetration inside the core (10). The core steel filament (12), the intermediate steel filaments (16) and the outer steel filaments (18) all have a tensile strength at least 2600 MPa. The cord (10) has an outer diameter D according to following formula: D≦dc+2×di+2×do+0.1 wherein all diameters are expressed in millimeter (mm).
Abstract:
A tire cord having core filaments (10) performed into a helical configuration while maintaining the core filaments (10) in a parallel, side-by-side relationship. The core filaments (10) are not twisted or stranded together. High tensile strength sheath filaments (11) are also performed into a flattened helical configuration so that the sheath filaments (11) can be wrapped around the side-by-side core filaments such that the sheath filaments (11) do not put such tension on the core filaments (10) as to cause the core filaments (10) to bunch. The core filaments (10) are maintained in a flat side-by-side configuration so that no voids are formed and rubber can penetrate into the tire cord. The core filaments (10) may number from three to six and the sheath filaments (11) from one to seven. The cross-section of the tire cord is flattened and confined within an oval-shaped outer bound (21), the oval outer bound (21) being characterized by a major axis and a minor axis. It is desirable that the minor axis be no greater than 60% of the major axis to create the appropriate difference in the bending modulus of the tire cord in the horizontal versus the vertical direction.
Abstract:
A pneumatic tire has a bead core consisting of a single core and plural sheath layers formed by helically winding plural sheath wires around the core, in which an end count of sheath wires in an outermost sheath layer is made smaller than an end count at a close-packed state or each sheath wire constituting a second sheath layer from an outermost side is covered with a coating rubber prior to the winding.
Abstract:
A cord comprising at least a first pair and a second pair of wires (2a, 2b) of different diameter randomly disposed in transverse cross section thereof, is obtained by arranging in a nacelle (7) of a double-twisting laying machine, a twister (16) operating upstream of a preformer (15). The twister (16), rotating in a direction opposite to that of the impeller (5) and at a speed which is twice that of the impeller, neutralizes the internal torsional stresses induced in the wires (2a, 2b) by effect of the double twisting carried out upon the action of the impeller itself. Thus, a better control of the preforming operation executed on the wires (2a, 2b) disposed parallel in respectively coplanar axes is enabled. The obtained cord (1), within each laying pitch and only under a traction condition involving a load not exceeding 5 kg, has at least one right cross section in which at least one wire (2a, 2b) is spaced apart from at least one of the adjacent wires so as to facilitate the rubberizing step, by enabling access of the blend to the cross section and penetration thereof along the cord axis. The cord is preferably used as a reinforcing element for the belt structure.
Abstract:
A rubber article-reinforcing steel cord includes a core obtained by forming a single filament in a wavy shape, an inner sheath formed by arranging 5 to 6 filaments around the core, and an outer sheath formed by arranging 9 to 12 filaments around the inner sheath. The inner sheath and said outer sheath are twisted together. The diameter of each of the filaments of the inner and outer sheaths is not greater than that of the filaments of the core, 5d .ltoreq.L.ltoreq.3d and 1.2.ltoreq.H.ltoreq.d2.0d in which L and H are a wave length and a wave height of a wave shape of the waved filaments of the core, respectively, and d is a diameter of the filament of the core, and a ratio p.sub.3 /p.sub.2 between the twisting pitch p.sub.2 of the inner sheath and the twisting pitch p.sub.3 of the outer sheath is in a range of 1.4 to 2.5. A heavy duty pneumatic radial tire is also disclosed, which uses such steel cords in a belt.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein is an endoscopic extraction device which retains its operative usefulness for longer periods of time, and therefore need to be replaced less frequently. This extended instrument life is accomplished through the use of a composite wire construction, which includes, an inner monofilament wire of nitinol material surrounded by six stranded stainless steel wires. A wire construction in which a nitinol wire is surrounded by five stranded stainless steel wires is also disclosed. After constructing a wire basket in the normal manner using this material, heat is applied to the formed basket in its pre-formed shape to set the memory characteristics of the inner nitinol core.
Abstract:
A steel cord (1) for the reinforcement of elastomers, especially for the reinforcement of breaker layers in a tire, said steel cord comprising two strands of at least two filaments (11, 12) each, said strands being twisted around each other and forming helicoids of a same pitch, the filaments (11) of the first strand having a pitch differing from the pitch of said helicoids and having a value of more than 300 mm, the filaments (12) of the second strand having the same pitch as said helocoids and being twisted in the same sense as said helicoids, all the filaments of both of said strands having a diameter between 0.08 and 0.45 mm, wherein the diameter of the filaments of one of said strands is at least 0.02 mm greater than the diameter of the filaments of the other of said strands. Preferably the diameter of the filaments (12) of said second strand is at least 0.02 mm greater than the diameter of the filaments (11) of said first strand.
Abstract:
Strand for application as reinforcement in objects of polymer material comprising at least one core and less than six outside wires arranged round it, the core having an outside diameter larger than the diameter of the circle tangent to each of the outside wires in the hollow space that remains free when their cross-sections have the highest packing density and smaller than the diameter of the outside wires, whereby the outside wires are made of carbon steel wire with a tensile strength of at least 2250-1130 log d N/mm.sup.2, d being the wire diameter in mm.
Abstract:
A steel cord for the reinforcement of rubber articles is disclosed, which comprises a central base structure composed of 1 to 4 steel filaments, and at least one coaxial layer composed of plural steel filaments arranged around the central base structure so as to adjoin them to each other, these steel filaments being twisted in the same direction at the same pitch. In the steel cord of this type, the steel filaments constituting the central base structure have the same diameter (dc), while at least one steel filament of the coaxial layer has a diameter (dso) smaller than the diameter (dc) of the steel filament in the central base structure.