Abstract:
The steel wire for making steel cord used in rubber product reinforcement has a tensile strength, Y in N/mm.sup.2, such that Y.gtoreq.-1960d+3920, wherein d is the wire diameter in mm, and also a flat Vickers hardness distribution in a cross-section perpendicular to a length direction thereof from the surface to the interior, but excluding a central portion having a central portion diameter corresponding to 1/4 of the wire diameter. The steel wire is made by a method including wet drawing a carbon steel wire rod material containing 0.80 to 0.89% by weight carbon to a predetermined intermediate diameter and subsequently heat-treating and plating to form a final raw material and then wet drawing the final raw material to form the steel wire. The wet drawing steps are performed with drawing dies, each of which is provided with a drawing hole having a drawing hole diameter d.sub.1 and the drawing die has an approach angle 2.alpha. equal to from 8.degree. to 10.degree. and a bearing length of 0.3 d.sub.1. The wet drawing of the final raw material includes a final drawing step performed with a double die and the steel wire immediately after passing through the final drawing die has its temperature controlled so as to be less than 150.degree. C.
Abstract:
A steel wire according to an aspect of the present invention includes a predetermined chemical composition, in which a wire diameter R of the steel wire is 1.0 mm to 3.5 mm, a soft portion is formed along an outer circumference of the steel wire, the Vickers hardness of the soft portion is lower than that of a position of the steel wire at a depth of ¼ of the wire diameter R by Hv 30 or higher, the thickness of the soft portion is 5 μm to 0.1×R mm, the metallographic structure of a center portion of the steel wire contains 95% to 100% of pearlite by area %, the average lamellar spacing of pearlite in a portion from a surface of the steel wire to a depth of 5 μm is less than that of pearlite at the center of the steel wire, the difference between the average lamellar spacing of pearlite in the portion from the surface of the steel wire to the depth of 5 μm and the average lamellar spacing of pearlite at the center of the steel wire is 3 nm to 60 nm, and the tensile strength is 1100 MPa or higher.
Abstract:
A composite material includes a plurality of fibers embedded in a metal matrix. The composite material further includes a plurality of particles disposed in the metal matrix. At least 25% of the fibers contact or are spaced less than 0.2 micrometers from an adjacent fiber within the metal matrix.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an abrasion resistant fabric containing ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMW-PE) filaments and thermotropic liquid crystal polymers (LCP), the use thereof as protective means and to a protective cover containing said fabric. In particular, the invention relates to a rope and to a roundsling containing the protective cover.
Abstract:
A deformed metal composite wire (14) comprises a matrix (12) of a first metal having a first melting point. The composite wire also comprises two or more filaments (10) of a second or further metal embedded ion the matrix (12) and surrounded by the matrix (129. The second or further metal has a melting point which is higher or equal to the first melting point. Either the second or further metal is carbon steel or stainless steel in order to provide the necessary reinforcing or strengthening effect. The wire (14) is in a deformed state so that the two or more filaments (10) have a non-circular filament cross-section.
Abstract:
A composite material includes a plurality of fibers embedded in a metal matrix. The composite material further includes a plurality of particles disposed in the metal matrix. At least 25% of the fibers contact or are spaced less than 0.2 micrometers from an adjacent fiber within the metal matrix.
Abstract:
Provided are a rubber article reinforcing steel wire that is superior in bending fatigue properties to the related art and has a flat cross-sectional shape, and a rubber article using the wire. In a rubber article reinforcing steel wire 10, a major diameter and a minor diameter are substantially perpendicular to each other. Assuming that the major diameter is W, the minor diameter is T, a straight line that passes through a center of the major diameter in a width direction and is parallel to a minor diameter direction is L1, a straight line that passes through a center of the minor diameter in a width direction and is parallel to a major diameter direction is L2, an intersection point of the L1 and the L2 is a center point C, a region within a half of a distance from the center point C to a surface is a central region Rc, and a region outside the central region Rc is a surface layer region Rs, a Vickers hardness Hvc of the central region Rc is more than a Vickers hardness Hvs of the surface layer region Rs; and assuming that a Vickers hardness on the L1 in the surface layer region Rs is Hv1, and a Vickers hardness on the L2 in the surface layer region Rs is Hv2, relationships represented by Hvc−Hv1≦150, Hvc−Hv2≦150, Hv1/Hvc×100≧85.11, and Hv2/Hvc×100≧79.84 are satisfied.
Abstract:
Stranded composite cables include a single wire defining a center longitudinal axis, a first multiplicity of composite wires helically stranded around the single wire in a first lay direction at a first lay angle defined relative to the center longitudinal axis and having a first lay length, and a second multiplicity of composite wires helically stranded around the first multiplicity of composite wires in the first lay direction at a second lay angle defined relative to the center longitudinal axis and having a second lay length, the relative difference between the first lay angle and the second lay angle being no greater than about 4°. The stranded composite cables may be used as intermediate articles that are later incorporated into final articles, such as overhead electrical power transmission cables including a multiplicity of ductile wires stranded around the composite wires. Methods of making and using the stranded composite cables are also described.
Abstract:
Stranded composite cables include a single wire defining a center longitudinal axis, a first multiplicity of composite wires helically stranded around the single wire in a first lay direction at a first lay angle defined relative to the center longitudinal axis and having a first lay length, and a second multiplicity of composite wires helically stranded around the first multiplicity of composite wires in the first lay direction at a second lay angle defined relative to the center longitudinal axis and having a second lay length, the relative difference between the first lay angle and the second lay angle being no greater than about 4°. The stranded composite cables may be used as intermediate articles that are later incorporated into final articles, such as overhead electrical power transmission cables including a multiplicity of ductile wires stranded around the composite wires. Methods of making and using the stranded composite cables are also described.