Abstract:
A steel cord (50) comprises a core layer and an outer layer. The core layer comprises a number of first steel filaments (10) and the outer layer comprises a number of second steel filaments (20). The outer layer is helically twisted around the core layer. The first steel filaments have a twisting pitch greater than 310mm. At least one of the first steel filaments (10) is wavy preformed in one plane. At least one of the second steel filaments (20) is polygonally preformed.
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 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:
This invention relates to a steel cord for tire stably tight in twist, susceptible to impregnation of rubber thereinto, and less in elongation under light loading, and to a method of manufacturing such cords as above, which cord is characterized by being composed of three or more strands and one or more of them are provided with shaped parts in an approximate zigzag form along the longitudinal direction thereof; and the method of manufacturing the steel cord as above is characterized in that one or more than two stands are passed between a pair of toothed meshing surfaces of toothed-wheel-like shaping elements so as to be shaped zigzag and then the strands are twisted together while passed through twisting machine, whereby the cord is buried into the belt part of various kinds of tires for the final use.
Abstract:
A helical cord having an elliptical shape and the like is manufactured so that a length-to-width ratio or a dimension of a shaped form of the cord to be shaped in a longitudinal direction can be changed. A cord (C) is sequentially passed through through holes (21H, 22H) of stationary and movable shaping bodies (21, 22) opposing each other of a shaping device (20). At that time, the movable shaping body (22) is moved along the stationary shaping body (21) by a moving device so that the through holes (21H, 22H) become eccentric with respect to each other, and the cord (C) passing between the eccentric through holes (21H, 22H) is bent and deformed so as to be shaped. Also, a first and a second displacement mechanism that displace the movable shaping body (22) in X- and Y-directions are provided in the moving device, the movable shaping body (22) is thereby reciprocatingly displaced in the both directions in synchronization by displacement amounts which were set, respectively, the movable shaping body (22) is continuously moved in response to the displacements in the both directions, and thus the passing cord (C) is shaped.
Abstract:
Provided by the present invention is a technique which can, in a pneumatic radial tire using corrugated steel cords in the circumferential bent, improve the durability of the corrugated steel cords in order to prevent fatigue rupture thereof caused by an increase in energy input.The present invention is a pneumatic radial tire which has a carcass 1 as the skeleton extending in a toroidal shape between a pair of bead portions on either side of the tire, as well as a belt layer 2 and a tread layer 5 successively arranged thereonto at the outer part in the tire radial direction. The belt layer 2 comprises at least one layer of circumferential belt 3 which comprises a plurality of corrugated or zigzag-shaped steel cords extending along the tire circumferential direction, and when the steel cords are removed from the circumferential belt 3, the bending radius of curvature (R) of the steel cords is within the range from not less than 18 mm to not more than 125 mm.
Abstract:
A zero degree tire reinforcing steel cord is formed by twisting together four to seven individual wires having a wire diameter of 0.20 to 0.45 mm, wherein the steel cord has a substantially spiral or a substantially planar wavy deformation, has an elongation of 1.2% to 2.0% under a tensile load of 50 N and becomes substantially linear with its wavy deformation disappearing under a tensile load of 50 to 250 N. The steel cord stretches to a moderate extent so as to track expansion of the tire in the radial direction during the vulcanization process and thereafter restrains expansion of the tire in the radial direction during continued high speed rotation of the tire.
Abstract:
A band layer in which a band cord is wound around in a spiral manner along a circumferential direction of the tire is provided. The band cord comprises total nine metallic wires including at least five shaped wires, and is formed by twining two to four wire bundles composed of a plurality of said metallic wires twined wile twisting each wire thereof. Each shaped wire is formed in a two-dimensional shape with repeated peaks and troughs in a condition prior to the twisting. The metallic wires of each wire bundle are revolved around the center of the wire bundle while rotating on its own axis through the twining.
Abstract:
A pneumatic tire containing a belt disposed radially outside a carcass in a tread portion, the belt including two cross plies of monofilament metallic cords laid at angles of from 15 to 30 degrees with respect to the circumferential direction of the tire, each monofilament cord composed of a waved single filament, the filament having a circular sectional shape having a diameter in the range of from 0.40 to 0.50 mm, or alternatively a non-circular sectional shape having an aspect ratio in the range of from 0.65 to 0.95 and a cross-sectional area in the range of 0.09 to 0.20 sq.mm.