EP2414582B1 - Procede et dispositif de fabrication d'un cable a trois couches - Google Patents

Procede et dispositif de fabrication d'un cable a trois couches Download PDF

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EP2414582B1
EP2414582B1 EP10711225.2A EP10711225A EP2414582B1 EP 2414582 B1 EP2414582 B1 EP 2414582B1 EP 10711225 A EP10711225 A EP 10711225A EP 2414582 B1 EP2414582 B1 EP 2414582B1
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  • the present invention relates to processes and devices for manufacturing three-layer metal cables, in particular of M + N + P construction, which can be used in particular for reinforcing rubber articles such as tires.
  • a radial tire comprises in known manner a tread, two inextensible beads, two flanks connecting the beads to the tread and a belt circumferentially disposed between the carcass reinforcement and the tread.
  • This carcass reinforcement is constituted in known manner by at least one ply (or “layer”) of rubber reinforced by reinforcement elements (“reinforcements”) such as cords or monofilaments, generally of the metal type in the case of pneumatic tires for industrial vehicles carrying heavy loads.
  • steel wires for the reinforcement of the above carcass reinforcements, use is generally made of steel wires ( “steel cords”) called “layers” ( “layered cords”) consisting of a central layer or core and one or more layers of concentric threads arranged around this core.
  • the most used three-layer cables are essentially M + N + P construction cables, formed of a core of M wire (s), M varying from 1 to 4, surrounded by an intermediate layer of N wires, N typically ranging from 3 to 12, itself surrounded by an outer layer of P son, P typically ranging from 8 to 20, the assembly may be optionally shrunk by an outer hoop thread wound helically around the outer layer.
  • M wire M varying from 1 to 4
  • N typically ranging from 3 to 12
  • P typically ranging from 8 to 20
  • Such a cable is described in the application JP2007303044 .
  • We know of the document JP2006283249 a corresponding manufacturing method of such a cable comprising a step of balancing the twists
  • these layered cables are subjected to considerable stresses during the rolling of the tires, in particular to repeated flexures or variations of curvature inducing at the level of the strands of friction, in particular as a result of the contacts between adjacent layers, and therefore of wear, as well as fatigue; they must therefore have a high resistance to phenomena known as "fatigue-fretting".
  • this material penetrates all the spaces between the wires constituting the cables. Indeed, if this penetration is insufficient, then empty channels or capillaries are formed, along and inside the cables, and corrosive agents such as water or even oxygen in the air, likely to to enter the tires for example following cuts in their tread, walk along these empty channels into the carcass of the tire.
  • corrosive agents such as water or even oxygen in the air, likely to to enter the tires for example following cuts in their tread, walk along these empty channels into the carcass of the tire.
  • the presence of this moisture plays an important role in causing corrosion and accelerating the degradation processes above (phenomena known as "fatigue-corrosion”), compared to use in a dry atmosphere.
  • one of the essential characteristics is that a sheath consisting of a rubber composition covers at least the intermediate layer consisting of M son, the core (or unit wire) of the cable may itself be covered or not rubber. Thanks to this specific architecture, not only an excellent penetrability by the rubber is obtained, limiting the corrosion problems, but also the fatigue-fretting endurance properties are significantly improved compared to the cables of the prior art. The longevity of the tires and that of their carcass reinforcement are thus very significantly improved.
  • these three-layer cables are obtained in several steps which have the disadvantage of being discontinuous, firstly by producing an intermediate cable 1 + M (in particular 1 + 6), then by sheathing via an extrusion head of this intermediate cable, finally by a final operation of wiring the N (in particular 12) son remaining around the core thus sheathed, for forming the outer layer.
  • an intermediate cable 1 + M in particular 1 + 6
  • an extrusion head of this intermediate cable finally by a final operation of wiring the N (in particular 12) son remaining around the core thus sheathed, for forming the outer layer.
  • N in particular 12
  • each wire of the inner layer is individually sheathed by passing through a bath of a liquid solution comprising a liquid rubber composition.
  • This method of the invention makes it possible to manufacture, preferably in line and continuously, a three-layer cable which, compared to the three-layer gummed in situ cables of the prior art, has the significant advantage of having a reduced quantity. filling gum, which guarantees a better compactness, this gum being further distributed evenly inside the cable, inside each of its capillaries, thus conferring on it a further improved longitudinal impermeability.
  • any range of values designated by the expression "between a and b" represents the range of values from more than a to less than b (i.e. terminals a and b excluded) while any range of values designated by the term “from a to b” means the range from a to b (i.e., including the strict limits a and b).
  • An essential feature of the above method is to use a twisting step both for assembling the second layer (C2) around the first layer (C1) and for assembling the third layer (C3) around the second layer (C2).
  • the diameter d 0 (or total overall diameter) of the core (C1) is preferably in a range of 0.08 to 0.50 mm, this core may consist of a single wire or several son previously assembled between them by any known means, for example by cabling or more preferably by twisting.
  • the number denoted "M" of yarn (s) of the core is within a range of 1 to 4. More preferably, the core consists of a single unitary wire (M equal to 1) whose diameter d 1 is itself more preferably within a range of 0.08 to 0.50 mm.
  • this core (C1) is first sheathed by uncrosslinked filling rubber (in the green state), provided by an extrusion screw at an appropriate temperature.
  • the filling rubber can thus be delivered at a fixed point, unique and compact, by means of a single extrusion head.
  • the extrusion head may comprise one or more dies, for example an upstream guide die and a downstream die calibration. It is possible to add continuous measurement and control means of the diameter of the sheathed core, connected to the extruder, as well as means for controlling the centering of the core in the extrusion head.
  • the extrusion temperature of the filling rubber is between 50 ° C and 120 ° C, more preferably between 50 ° C and 100 ° C.
  • the extrusion head thus defines a cladding zone having the shape of a cylinder of revolution whose diameter is preferably between 0.15 mm and 1.2 mm, more preferably between 0.2 and 1.0 mm, and whose length is preferably between 4 and 10 mm.
  • the amount of filling gum delivered by the extrusion head is adjusted in a preferred range between 5 and 40 mg, especially between 5 and 30 mg per gram of final cable (i.e., finished manufacturing, gummed in situ).
  • the amount of filling gum delivered be between 5 and 25 mg, more preferably still within a range of 10 to 20 mg per g of cable.
  • the core of the cable at every point of its periphery, is covered with a minimum thickness of filling compound which is preferably greater than 20 ⁇ m, more preferably greater than 30 ⁇ m, especially between 40 and 80 ⁇ m.
  • the elastomer (or indistinctly "rubber”, both of which are considered synonymous) of the filling rubber is preferably a diene elastomer, that is to say by definition an elastomer derived at least in part (ie a homopolymer or a copolymer) of monomer (s) diene (s) (ie, monomer (s) carrier (s) of two carbon-carbon double bonds, conjugated or not).
  • the diene elastomer is more preferentially selected from the group consisting of polybutadienes (BR), natural rubber (NR), synthetic polyisoprenes (IR), various butadiene copolymers, the various isoprene copolymers, and mixtures
  • Such copolymers are more preferably selected from the group consisting of butadiene-styrene copolymers (SBR), whether the latter are prepared by emulsion polymerization (ESBR) or in solution (SSBR), the isoprene copolymers -butadiene (BIR), isoprene-styrene copolymers (SIR) and isoprene-butadiene-styrene copolymers (SBIR).
  • SBR butadiene-styrene copolymers
  • BIR isoprene-styrene copolymers
  • SBIR isoprene-butadiene-styrene copolymers
  • a preferred embodiment consists in using an "isoprene" elastomer, that is to say a homopolymer or a copolymer of isoprene, in other words a diene elastomer chosen from the group consisting of natural rubber (NR). , the synthetic polyisoprenes (IR), the various isoprene copolymers and the mixtures of these elastomers.
  • the isoprene elastomer is preferably natural rubber or synthetic polyisoprene of the cis-1,4 type. Among these synthetic polyisoprenes, polyisoprenes having a content (mol%) of cis-1,4 bonds greater than 90%, more preferably still greater than 98%, are preferably used.
  • the isoprene elastomer may also be associated with another diene elastomer such as, for example, an SBR and / or BR elastomer.
  • the filling rubber may contain one or more elastomer (s), especially diene (s), the latter or they may be used (s) in combination with any type of polymer other than elastomer.
  • the filling rubber is preferably of the crosslinkable type, that is to say that it comprises by definition a crosslinking system adapted to allow the crosslinking of the composition during its cooking (ie, its hardening and not its melting); thus, in such a case, this rubber composition can be described as infusible, since it can not be melted by heating at any temperature.
  • the system for crosslinking the rubber sheath is a so-called vulcanization system, that is to say based on sulfur (or a sulfur-donor agent). ) and at least one vulcanization accelerator.
  • the invention also applies to cases where the filling gum is free of sulfur and even of any other crosslinking system, it being understood that it could be sufficient, for its own crosslinking or vulcanization, the crosslinking or vulcanization system already present in the matrix of rubber that the cable of the invention is intended to strengthen, and likely to migrate by contact of said surrounding matrix to the filling rubber.
  • the filling rubber may also comprise all or part of the usual additives intended for tire rubber matrices, such as, for example, reinforcing fillers such as carbon black or silica, antioxidants, oils, plasticizers, anti-eversion agents, resins, adhesion promoters such as cobalt salts.
  • reinforcing fillers such as carbon black or silica, antioxidants, oils, plasticizers, anti-eversion agents, resins, adhesion promoters such as cobalt salts.
  • the level of reinforcing filler for example carbon black or a reinforcing inorganic filler such as silica, is preferably greater than 50 phr, for example between 50 and 120 phr.
  • carbon blacks for example, all carbon blacks are suitable, in particular blacks of the HAF, ISAF, SAF type conventionally used in tires (so-called pneumatic grade blacks). Among the latter, mention will be made more particularly of carbon blacks of (ASTM) grade 300, 600 or 700 (for example N326, N330, N347, N375, N683, N772).
  • Suitable reinforcing inorganic fillers are in particular silica (SiO 2 ) type inorganic fillers, in particular precipitated or fumed silica having a BET surface area of less than 450 m 2 / g, preferably from 30 to 400 m 2 / g.
  • the N wires of the second layer (C2) are twisted together (direction S or Z) around the core (C1) sheathed to form the strand of soul (C1 + C2), in a manner known per se; the son are delivered by supply means such as coils, a distribution grid, coupled or not to a connecting grain, intended to converge around the core N son in a common point of torsion (or point d 'assembly).
  • the diameter d 2 of the N son is within a range of 0.08 to 0.45 mm and the twisting pitch p 2 is within a range of 5 to 30 mm.
  • the pitch "p" represents the length, measured parallel to the axis of the cable, at the end of which a wire having this pitch performs a complete revolution about said axis of the cable.
  • the tension stress exerted on the core strand is preferably between 10 and 25% of its breaking force.
  • the final assembly is carried out, always by twisting (S or Z direction), P son of the third layer or outer layer (C3) around the strand of soul (C1 + C2) thus formed.
  • the diameter d 3 of P son is in a range of 0.08 to 0.45 mm and the twisting pitch p 3 is greater than or equal to p 2 , in particular in a range of 5 to 30 mm.
  • the cable of the invention is not yet complete: the above capillaries delimited by the N wires of the second layer (C2) and the P wires of the third layer (C3) are not not yet filled with filling rubber, in any case insufficiently to obtain a cable having an impervious to air that is optimal.
  • Torsion balancing is meant here in a known manner the cancellation of the residual torsional torques (or detorsional springback) exerted on each wire of the cable in the twisted state, in its respective layer.
  • Torsion balancing tools are known to those skilled in the art of twisting; they may consist for example of “trainers” and / or “twisters” and / or “twister-trainers” consisting of either pulleys for twisters or small diameter rollers for trainers, pulleys or rollers through which circulates the cable in a single plane or preferably in at least two different planes.
  • the dressing function provided by the use of a trainer tool, would also have the advantage that the contact of the rollers of the trainer with the son of the outer layer (C3) will exert an additional radial pressure on the filling rubber promoting again its optimal distribution in the capillaries present between the second layer (C2) and the third layer (C3) of the cable.
  • the method of the invention described above exploits the torsion of the son and the radial pressure exerted on them at the final stage of manufacture of the cable, to radially distribute the filling rubber inside. cable, while perfectly controlling the amount of filling compound provided.
  • the person skilled in the art will in particular be able to adjust the arrangement, the diameter of the pulleys and / or rollers of the torsion balancing means in order to modify the intensity of the radial pressure exerted on the threads.
  • the thickness of filling rubber between two adjacent wires of the cable, whatever they are, is greater than 1 micron, preferably between 1 to 10 microns.
  • This cable can be wound on a receiving reel, for storage, before being processed, for example, through a calendering installation, for preparing a metal-rubber composite fabric that can be used, for example, as a tire carcass reinforcement.
  • the following relationship is satisfied (d 1 , d 2 , d 3 , p 2 and p 3 being expressed in mm): 5 ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ d 1 + d 2 ⁇ p 2 ⁇ p 3 ⁇ 10 ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ d 1 + 2 ⁇ d 2 + d 3 .
  • the steps p 2 and p 3 are equal, which simplifies the manufacturing process.
  • the formulation of the filling rubber may be chosen to be identical to the formulation of the rubber matrix that the final cable is intended to reinforce; thus, there is no problem of compatibility between the respective materials of the filling rubber and said rubber matrix.
  • the formulation of the filling compound may be chosen different from the formulation of the rubber matrix that the final cable is intended to reinforce.
  • the formulation of the filling gum may be adjusted by using a relatively high amount of adhesion promoter, typically by example of 5 to 15 phr of a metal salt such as a salt of cobalt, nickel or a lanthanide salt such as neodymium (see, in particular, application WO 2005/113666 ), and advantageously reducing the amount of said promoter (or even removing it completely) in the surrounding rubber matrix.
  • a relatively high amount of adhesion promoter typically by example of 5 to 15 phr of a metal salt such as a salt of cobalt, nickel or a lanthanide salt such as neodymium
  • the filling rubber has, in the crosslinked state, a secant modulus in extension E10 (at 10% elongation) which is between 2 and 25 MPa, more preferably between 3 and 20 MPa, in particular included in a range of 3 to 15 MPa.
  • a secant modulus in extension E10 at 10% elongation
  • the third layer (C3) has the preferred characteristic of being a saturated layer, that is to say that, by definition, there is not enough room in this layer to add at least one ( P max +1) th wire of diameter d 3 , P max representing the maximum number of wires rollable in a third layer (C3) around the second layer (C2).
  • This construction has the advantage of limiting the risk of overfilling gum filling at its periphery and offer, for a given diameter of the cable, a higher strength.
  • the number P of son of the third layer can vary to a very large extent according to the particular embodiment of the invention, it being understood that the maximum number of P son will be increased if their diameter d 3 is reduced compared to the diameter d 2 son of the second layer, in order to preferentially keep the outer layer in a saturated state.
  • the core (C1) consists of a unitary wire whose diameter d 1 is within a range of 0.08 to 0.50 mm.
  • the M son are preferably assembled together in an assembly pitch which is preferably between 4 and 15 mm, especially between 5 and 10 mm.
  • the second layer (C2) has 5 to 7 wires (ie, N varies from 5 to 7).
  • the first layer (C1) comprises a single wire
  • the second layer (C2) has 6 wires (N equal to 6)
  • the third layer (C3) has 11 or 12 wires (P equal to 11 or 12).
  • the cable of the invention has the preferred constructions 1 + 6 + 11 or 1 + 6 + 12.
  • the cable prepared according to the invention can be of two types, namely of the compact layer type or the type with cylindrical layers.
  • the compactness is such that virtually no distinct layer of wires is visible; as a result, the cross-section of such cables has an outline which is generally polygonal and non-cylindrical, as illustrated for example in figure 2 (compact cable 1 + 6 + 12 gummed in situ) and figure 3 (compact cable 1 + 6 + 12 conventional, that is to say not gummed in situ).
  • the cable manufactured according to the invention can be described as airtight in the fired state: in the air permeability test described in paragraph II-1-B which follows, it is characterized by a average air flow rate less than 2 cm 3 / min, preferably less than or equal to 0.2 cm 3 / min.
  • the method of the invention has the advantage of making possible the complete operation of initial twisting, scrubbing and final twisting in line and in a single step, regardless of the type of cable produced (compact cable as cable with cylindrical layers) , all this at high speed.
  • the above method can be implemented at a speed (running speed of the cable on the twisting-scrub line) greater than 50 m / min, preferably greater than 70 m / min.
  • the method of the invention makes it possible to manufacture cables which may be lacking (or virtually devoid of) filling gum at their periphery.
  • an expression it is meant that no particle of filling compound is visible, with the naked eye, at the periphery of the cable, that is to say that the person skilled in the art does not make any difference at the end of the manufacturing process, with the naked eye and at a distance of three meters or more, between a cable reel according to the invention and a conventional cable reel not gummed in situ.
  • wire rope is meant by definition in the present application a cable formed of son constituted mainly (that is to say for more than 50% in number of these son) or integrally (for 100% son) a metallic material.
  • the core wire (s) (C1), the wires of the second layer (C2) and the wires of the third layer (C3) are preferably made of steel, more preferably carbon steel. But it is of course possible to use other steels, for example a stainless steel, or other alloys.
  • carbon steel its carbon content (% by weight of steel) is preferably between 0.4% and 1.2%, especially between 0.5% and 1.1%; these levels represent a good compromise between the mechanical properties required for the tire and the feasibility of the wires.
  • a carbon content of between 0.5% and 0.6% makes such steels ultimately less expensive because easier to draw.
  • Another advantageous embodiment of the invention may also consist, depending on the applications concerned, of using steels with a low carbon content, for example between 0.2% and 0.5%, in particular because of a cost lower and easier to draw.
  • a single core wire (C1) first passes through a cladding zone consisting for example of a single extrusion head (11).
  • Feeding means (120) then deliver, around the core wire (C1) and sheathed (for example consisting of a unitary wire), N son (12) through a grid (13) distribution (axisymmetric splitter), coupled or not with a grain of assembly (14), beyond which converge the N (for example six) son of the second layer at an assembly point (15), for formation of the core strand (C1 + C2) of M + N construction (for example 1 + 6).
  • the distance between the sheathing point (11) and the convergence point (15) is for example between 1 and 5 meters.
  • FIG 2 schematically, in section perpendicular to the axis of the cable (assumed rectilinear and at rest), an example of a preferred cable 1 + 6 + 12 gummed in situ, obtainable using the method according to the previously described invention.
  • This type of construction has the consequence that the wires (21, 22) of these second and third layers (C2, C3) form around the core (20) or first layer (C1) two substantially concentric layers which each have a contour (E ) (shown in dashed lines) which is substantially polygonal (more precisely hexagonal) and non-cylindrical as in the case of cables with so-called cylindrical layers.
  • This cable C-1 can be described as cable gummed in situ: each of the capillaries or interstices (empty spaces in the absence of filling rubber) formed by the adjacent wires, taken three by three, of its three layers C1, C2 and C3, is filled, at least in part (continuously or not along the axis of the cable), by the filling rubber such that for any cable length of 2 cm, each capillary comprises at least one rubber stopper .
  • the filling rubber (23) fills each capillary (24) (symbolized by a triangle) formed by the adjacent wires (taken three to three) of the various layers (C1, C2, C3) of the cable, by discarding them very slightly.
  • these capillaries or interstices are naturally formed either by the core wire (20) and the wires (21) of the second layer (C2) surrounding it, or by two wires (21) of the second layer (C2) and a wire (23) of the third layer (C3) which is immediately adjacent to them, or else by each wire (21) of the second layer (C2) and the two son (22) of the third layer (C3) which are immediately adjacent thereto; a total of 24 capillaries or interstices (24) are thus present in this cable 1 + 6 + 12.
  • the figure 3 recalls the section of a cable 1 + 6 + 12 (noted C-2) conventional (ie, not gummed in situ), also of the compact type.
  • C-2 conventional (ie, not gummed in situ), also of the compact type.
  • the absence of filling rubber makes practically all the son (30, 31, 32) are in contact with each other, which leads to a particularly compact structure, moreover very difficult to penetrate (not to say impenetrable) from the outside by rubber.
  • the characteristic of this type of cable is that the various wires form three to three of the channels or capillaries (34) which for a large number of them remain closed and empty and thus conducive, by "wicking" effect, to the propagation corrosive environments such as water.
  • Fm maximum load in N
  • Rm tensile strength in MPa
  • At total elongation in %
  • the modulus measurements are carried out in tension, unless otherwise indicated according to ASTM D 412 of 1998 (test piece “C"): it is measured in second elongation (ie after one cycle). accommodation) the secant modulus "true” (that is, reduced to the actual section of the specimen) at 10% elongation, denoted E10 and expressed in MPa (normal temperature and humidity conditions according to ASTM D 1349 of 1999).
  • This test makes it possible to determine the longitudinal permeability to the air of the cables tested, by measuring the volume of air passing through a specimen under constant pressure for a given time.
  • the principle of such a test is to demonstrate the effectiveness of the treatment of a cord to make it impervious to air; it has been described for example in ASTM D2692-98.
  • the test is here carried out either on cables extracted from tires or rubber sheets which they reinforce, thus already coated from the outside by rubber in the fired state, or on raw manufacturing cables, which have been coated and subsequent cooking.
  • the raw cables must be previously embedded, coated from the outside by a so-called coating gum.
  • a series of 10 cables arranged in parallel is placed between two skims (two rectangles of 80 x 200 mm) of a rubber composition in the raw state, each skim having a thickness 3.5 mm; the whole is then locked in a mold, each of the cables being kept under a sufficient tension (for example 2 daN) to ensure its straightness during the establishment in the mold, using clamping modules; then the vulcanization (baking) is carried out for 40 min at a temperature of 140 ° C and a pressure of 15 bar (rectangular piston 80 x 200 mm). After which, the assembly is demolded and cut 10 pieces of cables thus coated, in the form of parallelepipeds of dimensions 7x7x20 mm, for characterization.
  • the test is carried out on 2 cm of cable length, thus coated by its surrounding rubber composition (or coating gum) in the fired state, as follows: air is sent to the cable inlet under a pressure of 1 bar, and the volume of air is measured at output, using a flow meter (calibrated for example from 0 to 500 cm 3 / min). During the measurement, the cable sample is locked in a compressed seal (eg a dense foam or rubber seal) in such a way that only the amount of air passing through the cable from one end to the other, along its longitudinal axis, is taken into account by the measure; a leakproofness test of the seal is made using a solid rubber specimen, ie without cable.
  • a compressed seal eg a dense foam or rubber seal
  • the measured flow rate is lower as long as the longitudinal imperviousness of the cable is high.
  • measured values equal to or less than 0.2 cm 3 / min are considered to be zero; they correspond to a cable that can be described as airtight along its axis (ie, in its longitudinal direction).
  • the amount of filling compound is measured by difference between the weight of the initial cable (thus erased in situ) and the weight of the cable (and therefore that of its threads) whose filling rubber has been eliminated by a suitable electrolytic treatment.
  • a sample of cable (length 1 m), wound on itself to reduce its bulk, constitutes the cathode of an electrolyzer (connected to the negative terminal of a generator), while the anode (connected to the positive terminal ) consists of a platinum wire.
  • the electrolyte consists of an aqueous solution (demineralized water) comprising 1 mole per liter of sodium carbonate.
  • the sample immersed completely in the electrolyte, is energized for 15 minutes under a current of 300 mA.
  • the cable is then removed from the bath, rinsed thoroughly with water. This treatment allows the rubber to be easily detached from the cable (if this is not the case, we continue the electrolysis for a few minutes).
  • the eraser is carefully removed, for example by simply wiping with an absorbent cloth, while detaching one by one the son of the cable.
  • the threads are again rinsed with water and then immersed in a beaker containing a mixture of deionized water (50%) and ethanol (50%); the beaker is immersed in an ultrasonic tank for 10 minutes.
  • the yarns thus devoid of any trace of gum are removed from the beaker, dried under a stream of nitrogen or air, and finally weighed.
  • the rate of filling rubber in the cable is calculated and averaged over 10 measurements (10 meters of cable in total).
  • the carbon steel wires are prepared in a known manner, for example starting from machine wires (diameter 5 to 6 mm) which are first cold-rolled, by rolling and / or drawing, to a neighboring intermediate diameter. of 1 mm.
  • the steel used is a known carbon steel (USA AISI 1069 standard) with a carbon content of 0.70%.
  • the intermediate diameter son undergo a degreasing treatment and / or pickling, before further processing.
  • the rate of filling rubber measured according to the method indicated previously in paragraph II-1-C, is equal to about 16 mg per g of cable.
  • This filling rubber is present in each of the 24 capillaries formed by the various son taken three to three, that is to say that it fills all or at least partly each of these capillaries of such that there is at least, on any length of cable of length equal to 2 cm, a rubber stopper in each capillary.
  • the filling gum is a conventional rubber composition for a tire carcass reinforcement for industrial vehicles, having the same formulation as that of the carcass rubber ply that the C-1 cable is intended to reinforce; this composition is based on natural rubber (peptized) and carbon black N330 (55 phr); it also comprises the following usual additives: sulfur (6 phr), sulfenamide accelerator (1 phr), ZnO (9 phr), stearic acid (0.7 phr), antioxidant (1.5 phr), cobalt naphthenate (1 phr) pce); the module E10 of the composition is about 6 MPa. This composition was extruded at a temperature of about 85 ° C. through a 0.400 mm calibration die.
  • the C-1 cables thus prepared were subjected to the air permeability test described in paragraph II-1-B, by measuring the volume of air (in cm 3 ) passing through the cables in 1 minute (average of 10 measurements for each cable tested).
  • control gummed in situ cables of the same construction as the C-1 compact cables above, were prepared according to the method described in the application WO 2005/071557 mentioned above, in several discontinuous steps, by sheathing via an extrusion head of the intermediate core strand 1 + 6, then in a second step by wiring the remaining 12 wires around the core thus sheathed, for forming the outer layer .
  • These control cables were then subjected to the air permeability test of paragraph I-2.
  • the method of the invention allows the manufacture of gummed cables in situ which, thanks to an optimal penetration rate by rubber, on the one hand have a high endurance in carcass reinforcement of the tires, on the other hand can be implemented efficiently under industrial conditions, in particular without the difficulties associated with overflowing of rubber during their manufacture.

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