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Definitions

• the invention relates to rubber compositions used as tire treads, pneumatic or non-pneumatic, for vehicles, in particular "winter” tires able to roll on floors covered with ice or ice without being provided with nails (also called “studless” bandages).
• It relates more particularly to vehicle tires, especially winter tires, the tread of which is specifically adapted for driving under conditions called “dry ice” or “cold ice” corresponding to a temperature range typically below -5. ° C., while also satisfying the so-called “melting ice” conditions encountered in a temperature range of between -5 ° C. and 0 ° C., a range in which, in a known manner, the pressure of the tires at the passage of the vehicle causes a melting superficial ice which is covered with a thin film of water harmful to the adhesion of these bandages.
• water-soluble powders include, for example, the use of cellulose powder, PVA (polyvinyl alcohol) or starch, powders of guar gum or xanthan gum, or powder magnesium or potassium sulphate (see, for example, patent applications JP 3-159803, JP 2002-211203, WO 2008/080750, WO 2008/080751, WO 2010/009850, WO 2011/073188, WO 2011/086061, WO 2012/052331, WO 2012/085063). These microparticles are however not adapted to the conditions of running on a dry ice.
• the present invention relates to a tire whose tread comprises, in the unvulcanized state, a heat-expandable rubber composition comprising at least one diene elastomer, more than 50 phr of a reinforcing filler, between 2 and 60 phr of microparticles of water-soluble metal salt powder, between 2 and 25 phr of an expansion agent and between 2 and 25 phr of a hot-melt compound whose melting point is between 60 ° C. and 220 ° C.
• the invention also relates to a bandage in the vulcanized state obtained after firing (vulcanization) of the green tire according to the invention as described above.
• the bandages of the invention are particularly intended for equipping tourism-type motor vehicles, including 4x4 vehicles (four-wheel drive) and SUV vehicles ("Sport Utility Vehicles"), two-wheeled vehicles (including motorcycles) as vehicles.
• industrial vehicles chosen in particular from vans and "heavy goods vehicles” (ie, metro, buses, road transport vehicles such as trucks, tractors).
• any range of values designated by the expression “between a and b” represents the range of values greater than “a” and 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 of values from “a” to "b” (i.e. including the strict limits a and b).
• the bandage of the invention therefore has the essential characteristic that its tread, in the uncured state, comprises a heat-expandable rubber composition (at least for the upper part of the tread which comes into direct contact with the tread).
• the surface of the road comprising at least:
• elastomer or rubber, the two terms being synonymous
• dienes monomers carrying two double bonds carbon - carbon, conjugated or not
• the diene elastomers can be classified in known manner into two categories: those known as “essentially unsaturated” and those known as “essentially saturated”. Butyl rubbers, as well as, for example, copolymers of dienes and alpha-olefins of the EPDM type, fall into the category of essentially saturated diene elastomers, having a level of diene origin units which is low or very low, always less than 15% (mole%).
• essentially unsaturated diene elastomer is understood to mean a diene elastomer derived at least in part from conjugated diene monomers having a proportion of units or units of diene origin (conjugated dienes) which is greater than 15% (mol%). .
• diene elastomers are understood to mean, in particular, "highly unsaturated” diene elastomer, a diene elastomer having a content of units of diene origin (conjugated dienes) which is greater than 50%. It is preferred to use at least one diene elastomer of the highly unsaturated type, in particular a diene elastomer chosen from the group consisting of natural rubber (NR), synthetic polyisoprenes (IR), polybutadienes (BR) and butadiene copolymers, copolymers of isoprene and mixtures of these elastomers.
• NR natural rubber
• IR synthetic polyisoprenes
• BR polybutadienes
• butadiene copolymers copolymers of isoprene and mixtures of these elastomers.
• Such copolymers are more preferably selected from the group consisting of butadiene-styrene copolymers (SBR), isoprene-butadiene copolymers (BIR), isoprene-styrene copolymers (SIR), isoprene-copolymers of butadiene-styrene (SBIR) and mixtures of such copolymers.
• SBR butadiene-styrene copolymers
• BIR isoprene-butadiene copolymers
• SIR isoprene-styrene copolymers
• SBIR isoprene-copolymers of butadiene-styrene
• the elastomers can be for example block, statistical, sequenced, microsequenced, and be prepared in dispersion or in solution; they may be coupled and / or starred or functionalized with a coupling agent and / or starring or functionalization.
• a coupling agent for example, there may be mentioned for example functional groups comprising a C-Sn bond or amino functional groups such as benzophenone for example;
• a reinforcing inorganic filler such as silica mention may be made, for example, of silanol or polysiloxane functional groups having a silanol end (as described, for example, in US Pat. No.
• alkoxysilane groups as described, for example, in US 5,977,238), carboxylic groups (as described, for example, in US 6,815,473 or US 2006/0089445) or polyether groups (as described for example in US 6,503,973).
• elastomers such as SBR, BR, NR or IR of the epoxidized type.
• Polybutadienes and in particular those having a content of 1,2-units of between 4% and 80%, or those having a cis-1,4 content of greater than 80%, the polyisoprenes and the butadiene copolymers, are preferably used.
• styrene and in particular those having a styrene content of between 5% and 50% by weight and more particularly between 20% and 40%, a 1,2-butadiene content of the butadiene part of between 4% and > and 65%>, a content of trans-1,4 bonds of between 20%> and 80%>, butadiene-isoprene copolymers and in particular those having an isoprene content of between 5% and 90% by weight and a glass transition temperature ("Tg" - measured according to ASTM D3418-82) from -40 ° C to -80 ° C, isoprene-styrene copolymers and in particular those having a styrene content between 5%> and 50%> in weight and a Tg between -25 ° C and -50 ° C.
• Tg glass transition temperature
• butadiene-styrene-isoprene copolymers those having a styrene content of between 5% and 50% by weight and more particularly of between 10% and 40%, and an isoprene content of between 15%, are especially suitable.
• the diene elastomer is chosen from the group consisting of natural rubber, synthetic polyisoprenes and polybutadienes having a cis-1,4 bond ratio greater than 90%, butadiene-styrene copolymers and mixtures of these elastomers.
• the heat-expandable rubber composition comprises 50 to 100 phr of natural rubber or of synthetic polyisoprene, said synthetic rubber or synthetic polyisoprene can be used in particular in blending (mixing) with at most 50 phr of a polybutadiene having a cis-1,4 bond ratio greater than 90%.
• the heat-expandable rubber composition comprises 50 to 100 phr of a polybutadiene having a cis-1,4 bond ratio greater than 90%, said polybutadiene being able to be used in particular in cutting with not more than 50 phr of natural rubber or synthetic polyisoprene.
• the diene elastomers of the treads according to the invention could be associated, in a minor amount, synthetic elastomers other than diene, or even polymers other than elastomers, for example thermoplastic polymers.
• Any known filler for its ability to reinforce a rubber composition is usable, for example an organic filler such as carbon black, or an inorganic filler such as silica to which is associated in a known manner a coupling agent.
• Such a charge preferably consists of nanoparticles whose average size (in mass) is less than one micrometer, generally less than 500 nm, most often between 20 and 200 nm, in particular and more preferably between 20 and 150 nm.
• the content of total reinforcing filler is between 50 and 150 phr.
• a content equal to or greater than 50 phr is favorable for good mechanical strength; beyond 150 phr, there is a risk of excessive rigidity of the rubber layer.
• the total reinforcing filler content is more preferably within a range of 70 to 120 phr.
• Suitable carbon blacks are, for example, all the carbon blacks which are conventionally used in tires (so-called pneumatic grade blacks) such as blacks of the series 100, 200, 300 (ASTM grades), for example blacks NI 15, NI 34, N234, N326, N330, N339, N347, N375.
• the carbon blacks could for example already be incorporated into the diene elastomer, in particular isoprenic elastomer, in the form of a masterbatch (see, for example, applications WO 97/36724 or WO 99/16600).
• organic fillers other than carbon blacks mention may be made of functionalized polyvinyl organic fillers as described in applications WO-A-2006/069792 and WO-A-2006/069793, WO-A-2008/003434. and WO-A-2008/003435.
• Reinforcing inorganic filler means any inorganic or mineral filler, irrespective of its color and origin (natural or synthetic), also called “white” filler, “clear” filler or even “non-black filler” "As opposed to carbon black, capable of reinforcing on its own, with no other means than an intermediate coupling agent, a rubber composition for the manufacture of tires, in other words able to replace, in its function of reinforcement, a conventional carbon black of pneumatic grade; such a filler is generally characterized, in known manner, by the presence of hydroxyl groups (-OH) on its surface.
• -OH hydroxyl groups
• Suitable reinforcing inorganic fillers are mineral fillers of the siliceous type, in particular silica (SiO 2 ).
• the silica used may be any reinforcing silica known to those skilled in the art, in particular any precipitated or fumed silica having a BET surface and a CTAB specific surface both less than 450 m 2 / g, preferably from 30 to 400 m 2 / g, especially between 60 and 300 m 2 / g.
• HDS highly dispersible precipitated silicas
• the majority filler used is a reinforcing inorganic filler, in particular silica, at a level within a range from 70 to 120 phr, reinforcing inorganic filler to which may be added advantageously carbon black at a minority rate at most equal to 15 phr, in particular in a range from 1 to 10 phr.
• an at least bifunctional coupling agent (or bonding agent) is used in a well-known manner to ensure a sufficient chemical and / or physical connection between the inorganic filler (surface of its particles) and the diene elastomer.
• organosilanes or at least bifunctional polyorganosiloxanes are used.
• polysulfide silanes, called “symmetrical” or “asymmetrical” silanes according to their particular structure, are used, as described for example in the applications WO03 / 002648 (or US 2005/016651) and WO03 / 002649 (or US 2005/016650).
• polysulphide silanes having the following general formula (I) are not suitable for the following definition:
• x is an integer of 2 to 8 (preferably 2 to 5);
• the symbols A which are identical or different, represent a divalent hydrocarbon group (preferably an alkylene Ci-Cig or an arylene group C 6 -C 2, more particularly alkylene Ci-Cio, in particular C 1 -C 4 , especially propylene);
• the radicals R 1 which may be substituted or unsubstituted, which are identical to or different from one another, represent a Ci-C18 alkyl, C 5 -C 8 cycloalkyl or C 6 -C 18 aryl group (preferably C 1 -C 8 alkyl groups); C 6 , cyclohexyl or phenyl, especially C 1 -C 4 alkyl groups, more particularly methyl and / or ethyl).
• the radicals R 2 substituted or unsubstituted, identical or different, represent an alkoxy group or Ci-Ci 8 cycloalkoxy, C 5 -C 8 (preferably a group selected from alkoxyls Cg and C cycloalkoxyls 5 -C 8 , more preferably still a group selected from C 1 -C 4 alkoxyls, in particular methoxyl and ethoxyl).
• silane polysulfides are more particularly the bis (mono, trisulfide or tetrasulfide) of bis (alkoxyl (Ci-C 4) alkyl (Ci-C 4) alkyl silyl (Ci-C 4 )), such as polysulfides of bis (3-trimethoxysilylpropyl) or bis (3-triethoxysilylpropyl).
• TESPT bis (3-triethoxysilylpropyl) tetrasulfide
• TESPD bis (3-triethoxysilylpropyl) tetrasulfide
• TESPD bis-disulfide ( triethoxysilylpropyl)
• polysulfides in particular disulfides, trisulphides or tetrasulphides
• bis-monoethoxydimethylsilylpropyl tetrasulfide such as described in the aforementioned patent application WO 02/083782 (or US Pat. No. 7,217,751).
• silanes carrying at least one thiol function (-SH) (called mercaptosilanes) and / or of at least one blocked thiol function, as described for example in patents or patent applications US 6,849,754, WO 99/09036, WO 2006/023815, WO 2007/098080.
• the rubber compositions preferably comprise between 2 and 15 phr, more preferably between 3 and 12 phr of coupling agent.
• microparticles of metal salt powder hydroso fad Another essential feature of the rubber composition of the tire tread of the invention is that it comprises between 2 and 60 phr of water-soluble metal salt powder microparticles.
• microparticles is meant by definition and generally particles whose size (ie, diameter or the largest dimension in the case of anisometric particles) is micrometric, that is to say, whose median size (expressed by weight ) is between 1 ⁇ and 1 mm.
• the median size is between 2 ⁇ and 800 ⁇ , more preferably between 3 and 600 ⁇ .
• the intended technical effect namely the creation of a suitable micro-roughness
• the intended technical effect may be insufficient
• the microparticles have a median size of between 5 and 500 ⁇ , in particular in a range of 5 to 200 ⁇ . This area of particularly preferred size seems to correspond to an optimized compromise between on the one hand the desired surface roughness and on the other hand a good contact between the rubber composition and the ice.
• the level of microparticles is preferably between 5 and 50 phr, more preferably in a range of 10 to 40 phr.
• the water-soluble salt is chosen from the group consisting of chlorides, carbonates (including in particular hydroxycarbonates, bicarbonates), sulphates and mixtures of such salts. Even more preferentially, the salt chosen is a sulphate.
• the metal of the metal salt is an alkali or alkaline earth metal, more preferentially selected from the group consisting of sodium (Na), potassium (K), magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca) and mixtures of such metals. More preferably still, the metal is magnesium or potassium.
• a magnesium sulphate or a potassium sulphate or a mixture of these two salts is used; such metal salts are known, they have been described in particular in the aforementioned patent applications WO 2010/009850, WO 2011/073188, WO 2011/086061, WO 2012/052331, WO 2012/085063. It will be possible more particularly to use microparticles of magnesium sulfate with a narrow size distribution as described in application WO 2012/052331 or potassium sulfate microparticles as described in application WO2012 / 085063.
• blowing agent in English
• a blowing agent is a thermally decomposable compound, intended to release during a thermal activation, for example during the vulcanization of the bandage, a significant amount of gas (for example nitrogen or carbon dioxide) and thus lead to the formation of bubbles.
• gas for example nitrogen or carbon dioxide
• chemical expansion agents of the endothermic or exothermic type.
• chemical expansion agents are used, more preferably exothermic chemical expansion agents, for example diazo, dinitroso, hydrazide, carbazide, semi-carbazide, tetrazole, carbonate or citrate compounds, as they have been used. described especially in the aforementioned application WO 2011/064128.
• the blowing agent preferably used is a carbonate or hydrogencarbonate, in particular a carbonate or hydrogencarbonate (also called bicarbonate) of sodium (Na), potassium (K) or ammonium (NH 4 ). More preferably, it is a carbonate selected from the group consisting of sodium carbonate, sodium hydrogencarbonate, potassium carbonate, potassium hydrogencarbonate, and mixtures of such carbonates (including, of course, their hydrated forms) .
• a carbonate or hydrogencarbonate also called bicarbonate
• it is a carbonate selected from the group consisting of sodium carbonate, sodium hydrogencarbonate, potassium carbonate, potassium hydrogencarbonate, and mixtures of such carbonates (including, of course, their hydrated forms) .
• Such an expansion agent has the advantage of only releasing carbon dioxide and water during its decomposition; it is therefore particularly favorable to the environment. Hydrogen carbonate or sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO 3) is particularly used.
• the content of this blowing agent is between 5 and 25 phr, more preferably between 8 and 20 phr.
• An essential characteristic of the invention is to add to the previously described blowing agent a hot-melt compound whose melting temperature is between 60 ° C and 220 ° C, preferably between 100 ° C and 200 ° C, more preferably between 120 ° C and 180 ° C.
• the content of this hot-melt compound is between 2 and 25 phr, preferably between 2 and 20 phr, especially between 2 and 15 phr. Its function is to turn into a liquid in the specific temperature range indicated above, before or at the moment when the blowing agent thermally decomposes and releases gas bubbles.
• any compound having a melting temperature in the areas indicated above is likely to be suitable.
• the rubber additives known to those skilled in the art may be used as being compatible, both in their form (for example in powder form) and by their chemical nature, with conventional rubber compositions for bandages.
• thermoplastic polymers such as polyethylene or polypropylene
• thermoplastic hydrocarbon plasticizing resins with a high glass transition temperature (Tg) whose melting temperature (or what is considered equivalent here, the softening temperature measured for example according to the known "Ring and Bail” method - ISO 4625 standard ) is included in the above fields
• Tg glass transition temperature
• urea or a thermofusible derivative of urea such compounds have been described in more detail in the aforementioned application WO 2011/064128.
• Melting temperature is a well-known basic physical constant (available for example in "Handbook of Chemistry and Physics") of hot melt compounds, organic or inorganic; it can be controlled by any known method, for example by the Thiele method, the Kofler bench method or by DSC analysis.
• the hot melt compound preferably used is a carboxylic acid. Any carboxylic acid having a melting temperature between 60 ° C and 220 ° C (so solid at 23 ° C), preferably between 100 ° C and 200 ° C, in particular between 120 ° C and 180 ° C, is likely to be suitable.
• this carboxylic acid has the function of chemically activating (ie, by chemical reaction) the blowing agent which, during its thermal decomposition, will release much more gas bubbles (C0 2 and H 2 0) than if it was used alone.
• the pKa (Ka acid constant) of the carboxylic acid is greater than 1, more preferably between 2.5 and 12, in particular between 3 and 10.
• the carboxylic acid comprises, along its hydrocarbon chain, from 2 to 22 carbon atoms, preferably from 4 to 20 carbon atoms.
• the aliphatic monoacids preferably comprise, along their hydrocarbon chain, at least 16 carbon atoms; mention may be made, for example, of palmitic acid (Cl 6), stearic acid (Cl 8), nonadecanoic acid (Cl 9), behenic acid (C 20) and their various mixtures.
• the aliphatic diacids preferably comprise, along their hydrocarbon chain, from 2 to 10 carbon atoms; mention may be made, for example, of oxalic acid (C2), malonic acid (C3), succinic acid (C4), glutaric acid (C5), adipic acid (C6), pimellic acid (C7), suberic acid (C8), azelaic acid (C9), sebacic acid (C10) and their various mixtures.
• aromatic monoacid there may be mentioned for example benzoic acid.
• the acids having functional groups may be monoacids, diacids or triacids, of the aliphatic type as aromatic; examples that may be mentioned include tartaric acid, malic acid, maleic acid, glycolic acid, ⁇ -ketoglutaric acid, salicylic acid, phthalic acid or citric acid; .
• the carboxylic acid is chosen from the group consisting of palmitic acid, stearic acid, nonadecanoic acid, behenic acid, oxalic acid, malonic acid, succinic acid, glutaric acid, adipic acid, pimellic acid, suberic acid, azelaic acid, sebacic acid, benzoic acid, tartaric acid, malic acid, maleic acid, glycolic acid, ⁇ -ketoglutaric acid, salicylic acid, phthalic acid, citric acid and mixtures of these acids.
• the carboxylic acid is selected from the group consisting of malic acid, ⁇ -ketoglutaric acid, citric acid, stearic acid and mixtures thereof. More preferably still, citric acid, stearic acid or a mixture of these two acids is used.
• the total amount of blowing agent (in particular of carbonate or hydrogencarbonate) and of hot-melt compound (in particular of carboxylic acid) is greater than 10 phr, preferably between 10 and 40 phr. This total amount is more preferably greater than 15 phr, in particular between 15 and 40 phr. 4.5.
• blowing agent in particular of carbonate or hydrogencarbonate
• hot-melt compound in particular of carboxylic acid
• the heat-expandable rubber composition may also comprise all or part of the usual additives normally used in tread rubber compositions, such as, for example, protective agents such as anti-ozone waxes, chemical antiozonants, anti-oxidants , plasticizing agents, reinforcing resins, a crosslinking system based on either sulfur, or sulfur and / or peroxide and / or bismaleimide donors, vulcanization accelerators, vulcanization activators.
• protective agents such as anti-ozone waxes, chemical antiozonants, anti-oxidants , plasticizing agents, reinforcing resins, a crosslinking system based on either sulfur, or sulfur and / or peroxide and / or bismaleimide donors, vulcanization accelerators, vulcanization activators.
• thermo-expandable rubber composition also comprises a liquid plasticizer (at 20 ° C) whose function is to soften the matrix by diluting the diene elastomer and the reinforcing filler; its Tg (glass transition temperature) is by definition less than -20 ° C, preferably less than -40 ° C.
• this liquid plasticizer is used at a relatively low level, such that the weight ratio reinforcing filler on liquid plasticizer is greater than 2.0, more preferably greater than 2.5, especially greater than 3.0.
• any extender oil whether aromatic or non-aromatic, any liquid plasticizer known for its plasticizing properties vis-à-vis diene elastomers, is usable.
• these plasticizers or these oils are liquids (that is to say, as a reminder, substances having the capacity to eventually take on the shape of their container) , in contrast to, in particular, hydrocarbon plasticizing resins which are inherently solid at room temperature.
• liquid plasticizers selected from the group consisting of naphthenic oils (low or high viscosity, including hydrogenated or not), paraffinic oils, MES oils (Medium Extracted Solvates), oils DAE (Distillate Aromatic Extracts), Treated Distillate Aromatic Extracts (TDAE) oils, Residual Aromatic Extract oils (RAE), Treated Residual Aromatic Extract (TREE) oils, Safety Residual Aromatic Extract oils (S RAE), mineral oils, vegetable oils, ethers plasticizers, ester plasticizers, phosphate plasticizers, sulphonate plasticizers and mixtures of these compounds.
• the liquid plasticizer is selected from the group consisting of MES oils, TDAE oils, naphthenic oils, vegetable oils and mixtures of these oils.
• phosphate plasticizers for example, mention may be made of those containing from 12 to 30 carbon atoms, for example trioctyl phosphate.
• ester plasticizers mention may be made in particular of compounds selected from the group consisting of trimellitates, pyromellitates, phthalates, 1,2-cyclohexane dicarboxylates, adipates, azelates, sebacates, glycerol and mixtures of these compounds.
• glycerol triesters preferably consisting predominantly (for more than 50%, more preferably more than 80% by weight) of an unsaturated fatty acid Ci 8 is that is to say selected from the group consisting of oleic acid, linoleic acid, linolenic acid and mixtures of these acids. More preferably, whether of synthetic or natural origin (for example vegetable oils of sunflower or rapeseed), the fatty acid used is more than 50% by weight, more preferably still more than 80% by weight. % by weight of oleic acid.
• Such triesters (trioleates) with high oleic acid content are well known, they have been described for example in the application WO 02/088238, as plasticizers in bandage treads.
• the rubber composition according to the invention may also comprise, as a solid plasticizer (at 23 ° C.), a plasticizing hydrocarbon resin having a Tg greater than + 20 ° C., preferably greater than + 30 ° C, as described for example in the applications WO 2005/087859, WO 2006/061064 or WO 2007/017060.
• a solid plasticizer at 23 ° C.
• a plasticizing hydrocarbon resin having a Tg greater than + 20 ° C., preferably greater than + 30 ° C, as described for example in the applications WO 2005/087859, WO 2006/061064 or WO 2007/017060.
• Hydrocarbon resins are polymers that are well known to those skilled in the art, essentially based on carbon and hydrogen, and therefore inherently miscible in diene (s) elastomer compositions when they are further qualified as "plasticisers". ". They may be aliphatic, aromatic or aliphatic / aromatic type that is to say based on aliphatic and / or aromatic monomers. They may be natural or synthetic, whether or not based on petroleum (if this is the case, also known as resins of oil). They are preferably exclusively hydrocarbon-based, that is to say they contain only carbon and hydrogen atoms.
• the plasticizing hydrocarbon resin has at least one, more preferably all, of the following characteristics: a Tg greater than 20 ° C (more preferably between 40 and 100 ° C);
• Mn a number-average molecular weight (Mn) of between 400 and 2000 g / mol (more preferentially between 500 and 1500 g / mol);
• the Tg of this resin is measured in a known manner by DSC (Differential Scanning Calorimetry), according to the ASTM D3418 standard.
• the macrostructure (Mw, Mn and Ip) of the hydrocarbon resin is determined by steric exclusion chromatography (SEC): tetrahydroiurane solvent; temperature 35 ° C; concentration 1 g / 1; flow rate 1 ml / min; filtered solution on 0.45 ⁇ porosity filter before injection; Moore calibration with polystyrene standards; set of 3 "WATERS" columns in series (“STYRAGEL” HR4E, HR1 and HR0.5); differential refractometer detection ("WATERS 2410") and its associated operating software (“WATERS EMPOWER”).
• the plasticizing hydrocarbon resin is chosen from the group consisting of cyclopentadiene homopolymer or copolymer resins (abbreviated to CPD), dicyclopentadiene homopolymer or copolymer resins (abbreviated to DCPD), terpene homopolymer or copolymer resins, homopolymer or C5 cut copolymer resins, homopolymer or C9 cut copolymer resins, alpha-methyl-styrene homopolymer or copolymer resins and mixtures thereof. resins.
• CPD cyclopentadiene homopolymer or copolymer resins
• DCPD dicyclopentadiene homopolymer or copolymer resins
• terpene homopolymer or copolymer resins homopolymer or C5 cut copolymer resins
• homopolymer or C9 cut copolymer resins homopolymer or C9 cut copolymer resins
• copolymer resins are more preferably used those selected from the group consisting of (D) CPD / vinylaromatic copolymer resins, (D) CPD / terpene copolymer resins, copolymer resins (D) CPD / C5 cut, (D) CPD / C9 cut copolymer resins, terpene / vinylaromatic copolymer resins, terpene / phenol copolymer resins, C5 / vinylaromatic cut copolymer resins, C9 / vinylaromatic cut copolymer resins, and mixtures of these resins.
• pene here combines in a known manner the alpha-pinene, beta-pinene and limonene monomers; preferably, a limonene monomer is used which is in a known manner in the form of three possible isomers: L-limonene (laevorotatory enantiomer), D-limonene (dextrorotatory enantiomer), or the dipentene, racemic of the dextrorotatory and levorotatory enantiomers. .
• vinylaromatic monomer are suitable for styrene, alpha-methylstyrene, ortho-, meta-, para-methylstyrene, vinyltoluene, para-tert-butylstyrene, methoxystyrenes, chlorostyrenes, hydroxystyrenes, vinylmesitylene, divinylbenzene, vinylnaphthalene and the like.
• any vinylaromatic monomer from a C 9 cut (or more generally from a C 8 to C 10 cut).
• the vinyl-aromatic compound is styrene or a vinylaromatic monomer derived from a C 9 cut (or more generally from a C 8 to C 10 cut).
• the vinylaromatic compound is the minor monomer, expressed as a mole fraction, in the copolymer under consideration.
• the content of hydrocarbon resin is preferably between 3 and 60 phr, more preferably between 3 and 40 phr, especially between 5 and 30 phr.
• reinforcing resins eg acceptors and donors of methylene
• the heat-expandable rubber composition may also contain coupling enhancers when a coupling agent is used, inorganic filler recovery agents when an inorganic filler is used, or more generally, bleaching agents.
• implementation likely in a known manner, through an improvement of the dispersion of the load in the rubber matrix and a lowering of the viscosity of the compositions, to improve their processability in the green state; these agents are for example hydroxysilanes or hydrolysable silanes such as alkyl-alkoxysilanes, polyols, polyethers, amines, hydroxylated or hydrolysable polyorganosiloxanes.
• the rubber compositions are manufactured in suitable mixers, for example using three successive preparation phases according to a general procedure known to those skilled in the art: a first phase of work or thermomechanical mixing (sometimes referred to as a "non-productive" phase ) at a high temperature, up to a maximum temperature between 130 ° C and 200 ° C, preferably between 145 ° C and 185 ° C, followed by a second phase (non-productive) at lower temperature (preferably less than 100 ° C) during which the blowing agent is incorporated, and finally a third phase of mechanical work (sometimes referred to as a "productive" phase) at low temperature, typically less than 120 ° C, for example between 60 ° C and 100 ° C, finishing phase during which is incorporated the crosslinking system or vulcanization.
• a first phase of work or thermomechanical mixing (sometimes referred to as a "non-productive" phase ) at a high temperature, up to a maximum temperature between 130 ° C and 200 ° C, preferably between 145
• a process that can be used for the manufacture of such rubber compositions comprises, for example, and preferably the following steps: incorporating in a mixer, at least one of the elastomer or elastomer mixture, at least the reinforcing filler, the microparticles of metal salt powder water-soluble, the hot-melt compound, optional optional additives, by thermomechanically kneading the whole, in one or more times, until a maximum temperature of between 130 ° C and 200 ° C; cool the assembly to a temperature below 100 ° C;
• thermomechanical work falling and cooling of the mixture thus obtained, a second (non-productive) phase of thermomechanical work is then conducted in the same internal mixer, during which phase the blowing agent is incorporated at a more moderate temperature. (eg 60 ° C), to reach a maximum temperature of fall below 100 ° C.
• the low temperature crosslinking system is then incorporated, usually in an external mixer such as a roll mill; the whole is then mixed (productive phase) for a few minutes, for example between 5 and 15 min.
• the actual crosslinking system is preferably based on sulfur and a primary vulcanization accelerator, in particular a sulfenamide type accelerator.
• a primary vulcanization accelerator in particular a sulfenamide type accelerator.
• various known secondary accelerators or vulcanization activators such as zinc oxide, stearic acid, guanidine derivatives (especially diphenylguanidine), etc.
• the sulfur content is preferably between 0.5 and 5 phr, that of the primary accelerator is preferably between 0.5 and 8 phr.
• accelerator any compound capable of acting as accelerator for vulcanization of diene elastomers in the presence of sulfur, in particular thiazole-type accelerators and their derivatives, accelerators of the thiuram type, zinc dithiocarbamates.
• accelerators are for example chosen in the group consisting of 2-mercaptobenzothiazyl disulfide (abbreviated as "MBTS”), tetrabenzylthiuram disulfide (“TBZTD”), N-cyclohexyl-2-benzothiazyl sulfenamide (“CBS”), N, N-dicyclohexyl-2-benzothiazyl sulfenamide ( “DCBS”), N-tert-butyl-2-benzothiazylsulfenamide (“TBBS”), N-tert-butyl-2-benzothiazylsulfenimide (“TBSI”), zinc dibenzyldithiocarbamate (“ZBEC”) and mixtures thereof. compounds.
• MBTS 2-mercaptobenzothiazyl disulfide
• TBZTD tetrabenzylthiuram disulfide
• CBS N-cyclohexyl-2-benzothiazyl s
• a carboxylic acid is used as a hot-melt compound, the latter having the effect of reducing the induction time (that is to say the time required for the beginning of the vulcanization reaction) during the baking of the composition it is advantageous to use a vulcanization retarder to counteract this phenomenon, and thus to provide the rubber composition with the time necessary for complete expansion prior to vulcanization.
• the level of this vulcanization retarder is preferably between 0.5 and 10 phr, more preferably between 1 and 5 phr, in particular between 1 and 3 phr. Vulcanization retarders are well known to those skilled in the art.
• N-cyclohexylthiophthalimide sold under the name "Vulkalent G” by the company Lanxess
• N- (trichloromethylthio) benzenesulfonamide sold under the name "Vulkalent E / C” by Lanxess
• phthalic anhydride sold under the name "Vulkalent B / C” by Lanxess
• N-cyclohexylthiophthalimide abbreviated as "CTP" is used.
• the final composition thus obtained is then calendered, for example in the form of a sheet or a plate, in particular for a characterization in the laboratory, or else calendered or extruded in the form of a heat-expandable tread.
• the density or density denoted Di of the heat-expandable rubber composition is preferably between 1, 100 and 1, 400 g / cm 3 , more preferably in a range from 1.50 to 1. 350 g / cm 3 .
• the vulcanization (or cooking) is conducted in a known manner at a temperature generally between 130 ° C and 200 ° C, for a sufficient time which may vary for example between 5 and 90 min depending in particular on the cooking temperature, the system of vulcanization adopted and the kinetics of vulcanization of the composition under consideration. It is during this vulcanization step that the blowing agent will release a significant amount of gas, lead to bubble formation in the foam rubber composition and eventually expand.
• the density denoted D 2 of the rubber composition once expanded is preferably between 0.700 to 1.000 g / cm 3 , more preferably within a range of 0.750 to 0.950 g / cm 3 .
• Its volume expansion rate T E (expressed in%) is preferably between 25% and 75% o, more preferably in a range of 30 to 60%>, this expansion rate T E being calculated in a known manner from densities Di and D 2 above, as follows:
• T E [(D 1 / D 2 ) - 1] x 100.
• the rubber composition thus formulated offers the bandages of the invention a very good adhesion on ice, both on dry ice and on melting ice.

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