Abstract:
A cable as may be used in a tire, including a pneumatic tire. The cable is constructed in a manner that can provide a desired stiffness to a tire as well as a certain amount of structural elongation. The cable can be provided in a manner that does not necessarily result in an increase in the overall weight of the tire as would occur by e.g., increasing the diameter of a conventional cable construction.
Abstract:
A product comprising a plurality of interlaced yarns wherein at least a first yarn having a tensile strength, having a value TS in N/tex, said first yarn containing a plurality of UHMWPE fibres having a titer, having a value T in den, wherein the ratio T/TS is at least 5 den.tex/N. The tensile strength is obtained by adjusting the drawing ratio or the UHMWPE filaments/fibres accordingly. The product shows resistance to abrasion. The product can be a rope or round slings, comprising a sheath/jacket comprising said first yarn.
Abstract:
Method of manufacturing a metal cord with three concentric layers (C1, C2, C3), of the type rubberized in situ, i.e. incorporating a composition made of rubber in the uncrosslinked state referred to as “filling rubber”, the said cable comprising a first, internal, layer or core (C1), around which there are wound together in a helix, at a pitch p2, in a second, intermediate, layer (C2), N wires of diameter d2, N varying from 3 to 12, around which second layer there are wound together as a helix at a pitch p3, in a third, outer, layer (C3), P wires of diameter d3, P varying from 8 to 20, the said method comprising the following steps: a first sheathing step in which the core (C1) is sheathed with the filling rubber; a first assembling step by twisting the N wires of the second layer (C2) around the core (C1) thus sheathed in order to form, at a point named the “assembling point”, an intermediate cord named “core strand” (C1+C2); downstream of the said assembling point, a second sheathing step in which the core strand (C1+C2) is sheathed with the filling rubber; a second assembling step in which the P wires of the third layer (C3) are twisted around the core strand (C1+C2) thus sheathed; a final twist-balancing step.
Abstract:
A device and method for manufacturing a metal cord with three concentric layers, rubberized in situ, of M+N+P construction, wherein the method comprises the following steps which are performed in line: an assembling step by twisting N wires around a first layer to form, at a point named the “assembling point”, an intermediate cord named a “core strand” of M+N construction; downstream of the assembling point, a sheathing step in which the M+N core strand is sheathed with a rubber composition named “filling rubber” in the uncrosslinked state, an assembling step in which P wires of the first layer are twisted around the core strand thus sheathed, and a final twist-balancing step.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a three-layered metal cable of construction L+M+N usable as a reinforcing element for a tire carcass reinforcement, comprising an inner layer C1 having L wires of diameter d1 with L being from 1 to 4, surrounded by an intermediate layer C2 of M wires of diameter d2 wound together in a helix at a pitch p2 with M being from 3 to 12, said layer C2 being surrounded by an outer layer C3 of N wires of diameter d3 wound together in a helix at a pitch p3 with N being from 8 to 20, said cable being characterised in that a sheath formed of a cross-linkable or cross-linked rubber composition based on at least one diene elastomer covers at least said layer C2. The invention furthermore relates to the articles or semi-finished products made of plastics material and/or rubber which are reinforced by such a multi-layer cable, in particular to tires used in industrial vehicles, more particularly heavy-vehicle tires and their carcass reinforcement plies.
Abstract:
A steel cord having a 1×2 construction formed by twisting two wire strands together is used as a reinforcing layer of a pneumatic tire. The steel cord has a carbon content of from 0.60 to 0.75%, a strength in the tire of from 2,900 to 3,500 MPa, and a twisting angle of from 1.5 to 3.0°. Therefore, productivity can be enhanced while fatigue resistance of the steel cord used in the reinforcing layer is maintained. Additionally, fatigue resistance of the steel cord is further enhanced due to the average value of the forming factor of the steel cord of this tire being set to from 95 to 105% and the standard deviation σ being set to from 5 to 20%. As a result, tire durability can be enhanced.
Abstract:
Metal cord with three layers (C1+C2+C3) of 2+M+N construction, rubberized in situ, comprising a first layer or central layer (C1) comprised of two wires (10) of diameter d1 assembled in a helix at a pitch p1, around which central layer there are wound in a helix at a pitch p2, in a second layer (C2), M wires (11) of diameter d2, around which second layer there are wound in a helix at a pitch p3, in a third layer (C3), N wires (12) of diameter d3, the said cord being characterized in that it has the following characteristics (d1, d2, d3, p1, p2 and p3 being expressed in mm): 0.08≦d1≦0.50; 0.08≦d2≦0.50; 0.08≦d3≦0.50; 3
Abstract:
Multistrand metal cord of K×(L+M) construction, which can especially be used for reinforcing tire belts for industrial vehicles, consisting of K elementary strands assembled in a helix, with a helix pitch PK, each elementary strand: consisting of a cord (10) having two layers (Ci, Ce) of L+M construction, rubberized in situ, comprising an inner layer (Ci) consisting of L wires (11) of diameter d1, L varying from 1 to 4, and an outer layer (Ce) of M wires (12), M being equal to or greater than 5, of diameter d2, which are assembled in a helix with a pitch p2 around the inner layer (Ci); and having the following characteristics (d1, d2 and p2 being expressed in mm): 0.10
Abstract:
Method of manufacturing a metal cord with three concentric layers (C1, C2, C3), of the type rubberized in situ, i.e. incorporating a composition made of rubber in the uncrosslinked state referred to as “filling rubber”, the said cable comprising a first, internal, layer or core (C1), around which there are wound together in a helix, at a pitch p2, in a second, intermediate, layer (C2), N wires of diameter d2, N varying from 3 to 12, around which second layer there are wound together as a helix at a pitch p3, in a third, outer, layer (C3), P wires of diameter d3, P varying from 8 to 20, the said method comprising the following steps: a first sheathing step in which the core (C1) is sheathed with the filling rubber; a first assembling step by twisting the N wires of the second layer (C2) around the core (C1) thus sheathed in order to form, at a point named the “assembling point”, an intermediate cord named “core strand” (C1+C2); downstream of the said assembling point, a second sheathing step in which the core strand (C1+C2) is sheathed with the filling rubber; a second assembling step in which the P wires of the third layer (C3) are twisted around the core strand (C1+C2) thus sheathed; a final twist-balancing step.