Abstract:
A (metal/rubber) composite comprising a rubber matrix reinforced with a metallic body adhering to the rubber matrix by means of an adhesive interphase; the rubber matrix is based on diene elastomer; the metal is a carbon steel, the carbon content of which is between 0.35% and 1.2%; to constitute the adhesive interphase, the carbon steel is coated with a metallic layer bearing aluminium oxides or hydroxides, which itself is covered by an organosilane film providing, as coupling agent, the bond between the aluminium oxides-hydroxides on one hand, and the rubber matrix on the other hand. The invention also relates to articles or semi-finished products made of rubber which are reinforced with or formed by such a composite, in particular tires.
Abstract:
A steel cord for the reinforcement of thermoplastic elastomers, the steel cord including more than one strand, each strand including two or more steel filaments, at least some of said the steel filaments being provided with a zinc coating. The zinc coating has a thickness lower than two micrometer and an alloy layer zinc-steel is present between the zinc coating and the steel.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for manufacturing a metal wire capable of suppressing decrease in adhesiveness of a metal wire to a rubber article due to moisture and heat or with time without damaging the wire drawing property of the metal wire, and to provide a metal cord for reinforcing a rubber article. SOLUTION: When the metal wire is manufactured, first, a brass plated inner layer 4a is formed on the surface of a metal raw wire 3 by a non-cyanide plating bath and consecutively a brass plated outer layer 4b is formed on the brass plated inner layer 4a by a non-cyanide plating bath, wherein the brass plated layer 4 is formed to control the Cu content in the brass plated outer layer 4b to be lower than the Cu content in the brass plated inner layer 4a. Then the brass plated layer 4 is heated to 419°C±30°C, the layer is subjected to chemical conversion coating process by electrolysis to form an iron phosphate film 6 on the surface of the brass plated layer 4, and the wire is drawn. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To form a thick coating layer over the surface layer (external surface) of a PC-steel stranded wire without damaging the flexibility thereof as well as a bonding strength when bonded to concrete, so as to improve tensile fatigue characteristic and avoid exposure of under-materials due to damaged coating layer. SOLUTION: The subject method of this invention comprises the following steps A to C. Step A is a pre-treatment for carrying out an under-material adjustment by unbinding the returning side-wire of the PC-steel stranded wire 1 from its core-wire. Step B is a primary coating treatment for loosely stranding a side-wire with respect to the core-wire, and then applying synthetic resin powder as a coating material to the whole surface layer except a spirally ditched portion formed due to stranding, thus forming a resin coating layer only on the surface layer. Step C is a secondary coating treatment for unbinding the side-wire of the PC-steel stranded wire 1 from the core-wire thereof, applying, by way of core-wire adjustment means, the synthetic resin powder coating material to the periphery of the unbound core-wire as well as side-wire, thereby separately forming resin coating layers producing double coating in certain portions of the side-wire. A final step is to strand the side-wire with respect to the core-wire to return the side-wire to its original position, thereby ensuring that the doubly coated portion appears on the surface layer of the PC-steel stranded wire. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI