Abstract:
A steel cord (4) for reinforcing rubber articles and a pneumatic radial tire (10) having a belt layer (14) using the same, in which the steel cord comprises a crimped-curled core (2) made of a steel filament wave-shaped in a plane (crimped) and turned (curled) and 5 - 8 sheath filaments (3) wound around the core in the same direction as the turn direction of the core. The wavelength λc of core-crimp is preferably defined as 8dc≦ λc ≦ 30dc when the diameter of the core filament is dc, and the turn-number nc of the core around the center axis of the core per one wave-length of the core-crimp is preferably defined as 0.12 ≦nc≦ 0.85 (turn/pitch). Since the core filament is three-dimensional, the core periphery in cross-section is lengthened and the rubber penetration property is remarkably enhanced so that the resistance to cut separation indicating tire durability is enhanced. The space between cords can be lengthened when the strength is constant and the resistance to BES is enhanced. Productivity is better than that of core crimped cord.
Abstract:
A steel cord for reinforcing rubber articles comprises one wave-form or helical core steel filament and a plurality of sheath steel filaments disposed around the core steel filament, the pitch Pc of the core steel filament is 3.0 dc/0.34 ≦ Pc ≦ 10.0 dc/0.34 (dc = diameter of steel core filament) and the core forming ratio Rc = Lc/dc (Lc is an amplitude of the wave or helix of the core steel filament) is within a particular range varying depending on the number of sheath steel filaments. The rubber articles containing the steel cord have an improved resistance to corrosion propagation and a high strength. A pneumatic tire is reinforced with the above-mentioned steel cord and contains a cross belt layer where (i) an angle 0 formed by a reinforcing steel cord and the equatorial plane of the tire is : (ii) a gap between adjacent two steel cords in the same layer, I, is : (iii) a gauge of the gum between two facing cords, G, is : The pneumatic tire exhibits suppression of development of crack at the belt end in addition to the advantages as above.
Abstract:
[Object] A manipulation rope having an excellent torque transmittability is provided. [Solution] A manipulation rope 2 is a rope 2 that is advantageously used as a manipulation rope for a medical instrument, and includes a side wire 6 or a side strand which is an outermost layer, the side wire 6 or the side strand having a spiral shape in which a flatness that is an aspect ratio obtained by a major axis being divided by a minor axis is greater than 1.00 and not greater than 1.10. An elongation of the rope at a time when a tensile load that is 1.0% of a breaking load is applied, is preferably not less than 0.04% and preferably not greater than 0.10%.
Abstract:
Tyre for motor vehicles, provided with a belt structure (3) interposed circumferentially between the carcass (2) and the tread band (4), and comprising at least one pair of belt plies (5,7) radially superimposed on each other and extending axially substantially by the same amount as said tread band. Each ply (5,7) has a plurality of cords (6,8) orientated obliquely with respect to the equatorial plane of the tyre and in opposite directions, and a reinforcing layer (10) radially external to said at least one pair of belt plies (5,7), having reinforcing elements (11) which are substantially parallel to each other and parallel to the equatorial plane. The reinforcing elements (11) of the 0° layer comprise single metal wires preformed according to a given preforming ratio, which have a high elastic modulus and a considerable elongation at low stresses.
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%.