Abstract:
A metal cord (10) for reinforcing rubber articles and a pneumatic tire (1) including metal cords (10) to reinforce tire components such as carcass (6), breaker (7) and band (9) are disclosed, wherein a metal cord (10) according to one aspect of the present invention comprises filaments (F) having a tensile strength of from 4000 to 5500N/sq.mm and a diameter of from 0.10 to 0.35mm and the filaments (F) are twisted together, the filaments (F) before being twisted are two-dimensionally waved so that the elongation after fracture of the cord (10) becomes in a range of from 2 to 6%. According to another aspect of the present invention, the metal cord (10) is a single filament (F) having a tensile strength of from 4000 to 5500N/sq.mm and a diameter D of from 0.10 to 0.35mm, and the filament (F) is two-dimensionally waved so that the elongation after fracture becomes in a range of from 2 to 6%.
Abstract:
A pneumatic tyre comprises a carcass (6) extending between bead portions (4) through a tread portion (7) and sidewall portions (3), and a belt (7) disposed radially outside of the carcass in the tread portion (2), wherein the belt (7) comprises at least one monofilament cord ply (11) made of parallel monofilament cords (10), each monofilament cord is a single metallic filament (F) having a circular cross sectional shape, a diameter of from 0.35 to 0.70 mm, a tensile strength of from 2800 to 3700 Newton/sq.mm, and a bending rigidity of from 35 to 260 gf cm, and the cord count of the monofilament cords in the monofilament cord ply is in a range of from 30 to 50 /5 cm.
Abstract:
A pneumatic tyre comprises a cord-reinforced layer (10) such as carcass (6), belt (7), bead reinforcing layer which is made of metallic cords, each metallic cord being made up of six to twelve metallic filaments (F) whose diameter (d) is in a range of from 0.15 to 0.45 mm, 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 are twisted together into the cord at a twist pitch of from 10 to 40 mm so that the two-dimensionally waved filaments (FA) are each subjected to a certain rotation around its axial.
Abstract:
Device for manufacturing metal cords to be used particularly for reinforcing composite elastomeric products, comprising: a supporting structure (100); a rotor (5) engaged with respect to said supporting structure (100) and rotatable according to a predefined axis; a cradle fastened to said supporting structure (100) according to an oscillation axis which coincides with the rotation axis of the rotor (5); feeding devices operatively fitted on said cradle to feed several elementary wires from the respective feeding spools (8), said elementary wires being driven onto said rotor (5) according to a stranding path with and sections (10A, 10C) coinciding with the rotation axis of the rotor (5) and with a central section (10B) distanced from said rotation axis; at least one preforming device (15) operatively engaged with the cradle and operating on one of said elementary wires in a section upstream with respect to the first end section (10A) of the stranding path. Furthermore, said at least one preforming device (15) is suitable for providing said elementary wire with a substantially sinusoidal deformation without sharp edges.
Abstract:
A pneumatic tyre comprises a cord-reinforced layer (10) such as carcass (6), belt (7), bead reinforcing layer which is made of metallic cords, each metallic cord being made up of six to twelve metallic filaments (F) whose diameter (d) is in a range of from 0.15 to 0.45 mm, 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 are twisted together into the cord at a twist pitch of from 10 to 40 mm so that the two-dimensionally waved filaments (FA) are each subjected to a certain rotation around its axial.
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 circular sectional shape having a diameter in a range of from 0.40 to 0.50 mm, or alternatively 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 steel cord (114) for the reinforcement of rubber products comprises strength elements (100, 132) and has length, a longitudinal central axis (112) and a cord pitch. Each of the elements (100) has a projection on a plane YZ perpendicular to the longitudinal central axis (112). At least one of these projections takes the form of a curve with a radius of curvature which alternates between a maximum and minimum. The curve further has a center of curvature. The radius of curvature and the center of curvature lie inside the curve so that a convex curve is obtained. The cord (114) is further characterized by one or both of the following features: (i) the distance between two minimum radii of curvature of said curve measured along the longitudinal central axis (112) is different from half the cord pitch; or (ii) if all of said elements (100) provide a convex curve, at least one of said convex curves substantially differs from another convex curve. The steel cord (114) allows full rubber penetration despite low values of cord diameter and part load elongation (PLE).
Abstract:
A steel cord (10) comprising steel elements which have been twisted around each other in a first direction and comprising at least one steel element (12) having a wave form, is manufactured in the following economic way :
(i) deforming at least one steel element (12) into a planar wave form ; (ii) twisting the at least one steel element (12) in a second direction and to a predetermined degree ; (iii) twisting the thus deformed and twisted steel elements (12) together with other steel elements (21) in the first direction so that the twisted steel elements are individually subjected to a rotation around their own axes in the first direction.