Abstract:
A machine for manufacturing a cord consisting of twisted metallic wires comprises a pair of crimping wheels with meshing toothed surfaces for crimping a plurality of wires when they are passed between said meshing toothed surfaces, and a twisting means for twisting together the wires along a twisting path downstream of the pair of crimping wheels. The pair of crimping wheels is arranged at the beginning of the twisting path and the twisting together of the wires preferably starts between the meshing toothed surfaces.
Abstract:
A pneumatic tyre comprises a belt (7) disposed radially outside a carcass (6) in a tread portion (2), the belt (7) comprising two crossed plies (7A,7B) of monofilament metallic cords (10A,10B,10C) laid at angles of from 15 to 30 degrees with respect to the circumferential direction of the tyre, each monofilament cord being composed of a waved single filament, the filament having a non-circular sectional shape having an aspect ratio in a range of from 0.65 to 0.95 and a cross-sectional area in a range of 0.09 to 0.20 sq.mm.
Abstract:
A machine for manufacturing a cord consisting of twisted metallic wires comprises a pair of crimping wheels with meshing toothed surfaces for crimping a plurality of wires when they are passed between said meshing toothed surfaces, and a twisting means for twisting together the wires along a twisting path downstream of the pair of crimping wheels. The pair of crimping wheels is arranged at the beginning of the twisting path and the twisting together of the wires preferably starts between the meshing toothed surfaces.
Abstract:
Tire for vehicle wheels, comprising metallic reinforcing cords made of a single strand of elementary filaments preformed by sinusoidal waving and wound together. Said metallic cords show a value of the integral of the breaking stress not lower than 5000 J/m3.
Abstract:
A pneumatic tyre comprises a cord-reinforced layer such as carcass (6), belt (7), bead reinforcing layer which is made of metallic cords (10), each metallic cord (10) being made up of six to twelve metallic filaments (F) whose diameter (d) is in a range of from 0.15 to 0.45mm, the metallic filaments (F) including waved filaments (FA) and unwaved filaments (FB), each waved filament (FA) being two-dimensionally waved at a wave pitch (PW) and wave height (h) before twisted, the wave pitch (PW) is in a range of from 5.0 to 35.0 times the diameter (d) of the filament, and the wave height (h) is in a range of from 0.2 to 4.0 times the diameter (d) of the filament, and the metallic filaments (F) are twisted together into the cord (10) at a twist pitch of from 10 to 40mm so that the two-dimensionally waved filaments (FA) are each subjected to a certain rotation around their axis.
Abstract:
A steel cord characterised by a zigzag filament which is zigzagged two dimensionally or in a plane by a zigzag pitch length (Pw) and a zigzag wave height (h) and made up of straight segments each extending between zigzag peak points, each of the zigzag pitch lengths (Pw) and zigzag wave heights (h) being ccnstant along the longitudinal direction thereof and either a second zigzag filament of the same type but having a different pitch length (Pw) or a straight filament such that the cord has an open construction so that rubber can penetrate it. The cord may be a single bunch or a twisting together of two or more bunches each comprising zigzag filaments. The cord may have zigzag filaments of at least two different zigzag pitch lengths. In each of tnese constructions the result is to give an open cord construction and the invention also includes a tyre incorporating such cord in the carcass breaker or the like.