FR3068278A1 - METHOD FOR EXTRUSION OF A COMPLEX PROFILE COMPRISING AN INSERT - Google Patents

Abstract

Process for the coextrusion of a complex profile (PC) consisting of the assembly of profiles (P1, P2) formed from distinct rubber mixtures (M1, M2) in which, with the aid of a coextrusion machine ( 1) comprising an upstream extruder (30) and a downstream extruder (40) opening into an extrusion cavity formed by the space between a lower wall (20) of an extrusion head (2) and a wall of profiling (11) the steps are implemented during which: - a first profile (P1) formed from the first mixture (M1) is produced, said first profile (P1) comprising at least one profile element intended to form an insert ( P10) longitudinal, of which a base (P13) is in continuity of material with the said first profile (P1) - a complex profile (PC) is produced formed of the first and the second material, - the said insert is made to circulate between the walls (53 , 54, 55) of a channel (5) extending in a longitudinal direction between the upstream profiling blade (32) and the blade d e downstream profiling (42) and together forming a concave surface open towards the inside of the extrusion cavity, so that the joining of the side walls (P11, P12) of the insert with the second mixture takes place only in the downstream air gap.

Description

The invention is in the field of extrusion of a continuous profiled strip of a rubber-based material intended in particular for the manufacture of tires.

More particularly, the invention relates to the extrusion of complex profiles composed of the assembly of several profiles made from unvulcanized rubber mixtures of different compositions. These complex profiles are produced in a known manner using a coextrusion machine using several extruders opening into a pressurized vault, and comprising several profiled air gaps arranged so that the profiling and the final jointing of the different profiles are operated by the same profiling blade.

These complex sections are used in particular for the production of treads.

The cross section of a complex profile PC0 is illustrated in Figure 1. A first radially internal profile P1 formed of a mixture M1 constitutes the under layer, a second profile P2, formed of a mixture M2 foreshadows the strip bearing intended to come into contact with the ground. Longitudinal grooves P20, foreshadowing the longitudinal grooves of the tire, are placed between the longitudinal beads P21 in which the rolls are molded forming the final tread of the tire.

During the assembly of a tire blank, the tire blank in the form of a torus is capped with a section of strip taken from a continuous strip obtained using the coextrusion machine.

It is also known to use machines comprising a coextrusion head to produce complex profiles comprising a localized insert. These machines were developed with the appearance of mixtures based on silica with low conductivity of electricity to respond to the problem of flow of electric charges from the vehicle.

[007] Thus, publication EP1448355 describes a coextrusion machine comprising a roller and an extrusion head comprising at least two flow channels for a rubbery mixture of underlayment and a rubbery mixture of tread, said channels opening onto an extrusion orifice through which the two rubber mixtures of underlay and tread are forced back.

The extrusion head also comprises a micro-extruder of a third electrically conductive rubber mixture, provided at its end with a nozzle, passing through the two flow channels so that the third electrically conductive rubber mixture is inserted in the rubber mixes of underlay and tread upstream of the extrusion orifice.

Publication EP 0 925 903 describes a so-called flat-nose coextrusion machine (without roller) comprising an extrusion head comprising a first passage for the extrusion of the tread and a second passage for the extrusion of the under layer considered to conduct electricity. A third passage, arranged in derivation of the second passage, leads to a slit opening disposed behind the extrusion orifice so as to form a narrow electrically conductive strip passing through the part of the weakly conductive tread of electricity.

The invention is also interested in the manufacture of complex profiles intended to form the tread of a tire and comprising one or more inserts. These treads of a new type, which are described for example in publication WO2016 / 202703, include mooring elements intended to reinforce the structural blocks in the event of transverse stress on the tire.

The mooring elements can be formed from the same mixture or from a different mixture from that constituting the under layer.

According to the invention, the method of coextruding a complex profile consisting of the assembly of profiles formed from separate rubber mixtures in which, using a coextrusion machine comprising an upstream extruder and a downstream extruder opening into an extrusion cavity formed by the space between a lower wall of an extrusion head and a profiling wall disposed opposite the lower wall, provides the steps during which :

using the upstream extruder, a first mixture is delivered emerging through an upstream channel in the lower wall of the extrusion head, a first section formed of the first mixture is produced in an upstream gap defined by a profiling blade upstream and the profiling wall, said first profile comprising at least one profile element intended to form a longitudinal insert, a base of which is in continuity of material with said first profile, and which forms a protrusion whose side walls extend towards the exterior relative to an external surface of said first profile, using the downstream extruder a second mixture is delivered by a downstream extrusion channel opening into the lower wall of the extrusion head downstream of the blade upstream profiling, and the radially outer surface of the first profile is joined with the second mixture, in a downstream air gap, disposed downstream of the upstream extrusion channel, and formed by a downstream profiling blade and the profiling wall, a complex profile formed from the first and second material is produced.

This method is characterized in that said insert is circulated between the walls of an open channel extending in a longitudinal direction between the upstream profiling blade and the downstream profiling blade and together forming an open concave surface towards the inside of the extrusion cavity, so that the side walls of the insert are joined to the second mixture only in the downstream air gap.

The first mixture from the upstream extruder therefore enters the channel under pressure and remains in continuity of material with the mixture forming the under layer due to the opening of the concavity of the channel on the side of said arranged under layer. radially inward relative to the channel.

Leaving the second extrusion channel fed by a second extruder, the second mixture comes to join with the radially outer surface of the first profile in the longitudinal space between the upstream profiling blade and the blade downstream profiling. And the union of these flows is likely to generate significant movements of matter within the second mixture in radial or transverse directions, in particular when the first and the second mixture have different rheologies.

Throughout its longitudinal progression in the channel between the outlet of the first profiling blade and the inlet of the second profiling blade, the portion of the first mixture intended to form the insert is not in contact with the second mixture, so as to prevent the profile of the insert from being deformed by the second mixture.

This method thus protects the profile of the insert, in the part of the arch formed by the bottom wall and the wall of the roller located between the upstream air gap and the downstream air gap, from the effects linked to the placing at the joint of the first section P1 with the second mixture M2 and operating in the zone located between the two air gaps, creating turbulence related to pressure variations.

The method according to the invention can also comprise, in isolation, or in combination, the following characteristics:

The second mixture is joined with each of the side walls of at least one insert.

The second mixture is joined with only one of the side walls of at least one insert.

During its progression in the channel, the section of the insert by a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction decreases between the exit of the upstream air gap and the entry of the downstream air gap.

At the entrance to the downstream air gap, the section of the insert by a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction is triangular in shape.

At the outlet of the downstream air gap, an external apex of the insert is flush with the external surface of the complex profile.

A first profile is extruded without any discontinuity in a transverse direction.

The profiling wall can be fixed or,

The lower wall of the extrusion head has a concave shape of cylindrical profile with a given axis extending transversely, and whose circumferential direction merges with the longitudinal direction defining the direction of progression of the profile in the machine and, the wall profiling is formed by a cylindrical roller, movable in rotation about an axis coincident with the axis of the lower wall, a radially outer wall forms said profiling wall.

This method is also particularly well suited for producing a complex profile serving as a component for the production of a tire and in particular of the tread of this tire.

The implementation of this process is made possible by the use of a suitable extrusion head.

This extrusion head of a complex profile consisting of the assembly of profiles formed from separate rubber mixtures, is intended to be mounted on a coextrusion machine in which the profiles progress in an extrusion cavity in an extrusion direction going from upstream to downstream by defining a longitudinal direction, said extrusion head comprising a bottom wall partially delimiting said extrusion cavity and, progressing from upstream to downstream from said bottom wall in the longitudinal direction:

an upstream extrusion block comprising an upstream extrusion channel, placed at the outlet of an upstream extruder, and opening into the lower wall, an upstream profiling blade, arranged transversely downstream of the upstream extrusion channel to determine a first transverse profile of a first profile, a downstream extrusion block comprising a downstream extrusion channel, placed at the outlet of a downstream extruder, and opening into the bottom wall downstream of the upstream profiling blade, a profiling blade downstream disposed transversely downstream of the downstream extrusion channel to determine a transverse profile of the complex profile, the extrusion head is characterized in that it comprises at least one channel, formed by walls extending in the longitudinal direction between the upstream profiling blade and the downstream profiling blade, together forming a concave surface open towards the inside of the extrusion cavity and defining a c corrugated open at its two longitudinal ends.

The extrusion head according to the invention can also comprise, in isolation, or in combination, the following characteristics:

The upstream end of the channel is arranged in the extension of an outlet formed in the upstream profiling blade, and the downstream end of the channel opens upstream of the downstream profiling blade.

The concave channel duct is formed by first and second side walls, and by a wall constituting the bottom of the channel.

The first and second side walls of a channel are supported respectively by a first and a second side wall whose thickness is less than 2mm and preferably less than 1mm.

At the downstream end of the channel, the wall forming the bottom of the channel is arranged at the same level as the wall of the downstream profiling strip.

The cross section of a channel through a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction decreases continuously from the upstream end to the downstream end of the channel so that said section is minimal at the downstream end of the channel.

At the downstream end, the cross section of a channel through a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction has a triangular shape.

The downstream profiling blade comprises at least one projection extending towards the inside of the extrusion cavity and intended to form a continuous longitudinal groove in the complex profile.

At least one channel opens out between two projections.

The downstream extrusion channel comprises at least one separating element, extending longitudinally between the upstream profiling blade and the downstream profiling blade, in the longitudinal extension of a projection and dividing the downstream extrusion channel into subchannels.

At least one channel has a side wall merged with the side wall of a separating element.

At the level of the downstream extrusion blade, the internal wall of the separating element is arranged at the same level as the internal wall of the projection situated in its extension.

The invention also concerns a machine for coextruding a profile consisting of the assembly of profiles formed from separate rubber mixtures, comprising:

an extrusion head according to any one of the above characteristics, a profiling wall disposed opposite the lower wall of the extrusion head and forming an air gap with the upstream and downstream profiling blades for the extrusion of the profiles forming the complex profile.

The profiling wall can be fixed or, alternatively, the bottom wall of the extrusion head has a concave shape of cylindrical profile with a given axis extending transversely, and whose circumferential direction merges with the longitudinal direction defining the direction of progression of the profile in the extrusion cavity and the profiling wall is formed by the radially external wall of a cylindrical roller, movable in rotation around an axis coincident with the axis of the lower wall.

The invention will be better understood on reading the appended figures, which are provided by way of examples and have no limiting character, in which:

FIG. 1 represents the transverse profile of a complex profile according to the known prior art.

Figure 2 is a view in the transverse direction of an extrusion machine according to the invention.

Figure 3 is a sectional view along a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of a complex profile produced using an extrusion head according to a first embodiment of the invention.

Figure 4 is a sectional view along a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of a complex section produced using an extrusion head according to a second embodiment of the invention.

Figure 5 is a schematic perspective view of the extrusion head according to the first embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 6 is a detailed view of the part of the extrusion head inscribed in the medallion of FIG. 5.

Figure 7 is a schematic perspective view of the extrusion head according to the second embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 8 is a detailed view of the part of the extrusion head inscribed in the medallion of FIG. 7.

In the preferred embodiment of the invention, serving as a basis for this description, the coextrusion machine shown in Figure 2 comprises a cylindrical roller 10 rotated about an axis 12 by a motor assembly (not shown). The generatrices of the roller extend in a transverse direction DT and form an extrusion wall defined here by the radially external wall 11 of the roller 10.

The extrusion head 2 comprises an upstream extrusion block 3 which is associated with an extruder 30 providing a first mixture M1, and a downstream extrusion block 4 which is associated with a downstream extruder 40 providing a second mixture M2.

The radially inner bottom wall 20 of the extrusion head 2 has a generally cylindrical shape with an axis 12 which is placed opposite the radially outer wall 11 of the roller 10. The space between the lower wall and the radially outer wall of the roller forms a vault or an extrusion cavity in which the pressurized mixture is shaped by passing in the defined air gaps the radially outer wall 11 of the roller 10 and by an upstream profiling blade 32 and a downstream profiling blade 42, forming an integral part of the extrusion head.

The radial distance between these two walls at the two transverse ends is of the order of a few tenths of a millimeter to limit the leakage of the rubber mixture.

The roller 10 allows a better drive of the complex profile during extrusion in the longitudinal direction DL, and in particular makes it possible to reduce the edge effects at the level of the sole of the complex profile in contact with the radially external wall 11 of the roller.

The complex profile PC is directed in the longitudinal direction DL towards the downstream part of the extrusion machine on a belt 13.

Alternatively, it is entirely possible to implement the invention using a coextrusion machine, called a flat nose, in which the extrusion wall defining the air gaps with the blades upstream and downstream profiling and facing the lower wall of the extrusion head is fixed.

For the sake of clarity of the following description, reference will be made to this alternative mode as much as necessary, considering that, in most cases, what will be mentioned for an extrusion machine comprising a roller s' apply mutatis mutandis for a flat nose extrusion machine.

The direction of rotation R of the roller determines the direction of progression of the profile in the extrusion cavity of the machine, which is assimilated to the longitudinal direction DL. The radial direction DR therefore corresponds to a direction locally perpendicular to the transverse direction DT and to the longitudinal direction DL, and the direction radially inward or radially internal corresponds to an inward orientation of the extrusion cavity. Thus, when a first point is placed in a radially lower position relative to a second point, it is meant that the value of the distance between the first point and the second point in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and to the transverse direction and oriented in a direction from the center of the cavity to the outside is positive. Similarly, and in the same logic, the terms "lower" and "radially lower", the terms "upper" or "radially higher", the terms "external" or "radially external", or the terms "Internal" or "radially internal".

FIG. 3 represents a first complex profile PC1 comprising a first profile P1 consisting of a first mixture M1 intended to form the under layer and a second profile P2 consisting of a second mixture M2 intended to form the tread. The profile of the tread comprises longitudinal grooves P20 interposed between longitudinal beads P21.

This complex section PC1 also includes longitudinal inserts P10 consisting of the mixture M1, of generally triangular shape, and rising in the radial direction DR from a fictitious base P13 located on the radially external face of the under layer P1, up 'to the radially outer surface of the second profile P2. These longitudinal inserts P10 are arranged between two longitudinal grooves, substantially in the center of a longitudinal bead P21, so that the first side wall P11 of the insert and the second side wall P12 of the insert are joined with the mixture M2 forming the tread.

The PC2 complex profile shown in Figure 4 differs from the PC1 complex profile in that the inserts P10 are arranged on the edge of a longitudinal bead P21 at the border between the longitudinal bead P21 and the longitudinal groove P20.

Only the first side wall P11 or the second side wall P12 of an insert is then joined with the mixture M2.

It is observed that the bottom of the groove P20 of the complex profile PC2 is formed by the mixture M2 of the under layer P1.

It goes without saying that the distinctive characteristics of these two complex profiles PC1 and PC2 can be combined to form a complex profile simultaneously comprising inserts arranged in the central part of a bead and inserts arranged at the edge of a bead , each of these inserts being made of the same mixture M1 as that of the under layer.

The extrusion head according to the invention has been developed to allow the production of complex profiles of the type of those shown in Figures 3 and 4. However, it allows the manufacture, as will be seen later, many alternative forms of insert.

Figures 5 and 6 show the vulcanization head 2 viewed from the side of the bottom wall 20, according to a first embodiment of the invention.

The upstream extruder (not shown), in which the first mixture M1 is worked, opens into the lower wall 20 by an upstream extrusion channel 31 upstream (in the direction of the longitudinal direction DL) of a upstream profiling blade 32.

This upstream profiling blade 32, whose transverse profile is adapted to shape the first profile P1 intended to form the under layer, forms an air gap with the radially external wall 11 of the roller 10. The profile P1, is of the type of that shown in Figure 3, and extends continuously in the transverse direction DT.

The downstream extruder 40 (not shown), in which the mixture M2 is worked, opens out through a downstream extrusion channel 41 into the inner wall 20, downstream of the upstream profiling blade 31 and upstream of a downstream profiling blade 42.

The mixing flow M2 from the downstream extrusion channel 41 therefore comes into contact with the radially external part of the first section P1 forming the under layer as soon as it leaves the downstream extrusion channel 41 directly downstream of the blade. upstream profiling 32 and well upstream of the downstream profiling strip 42. The connection of these two flows can be a source of turbulence capable of modifying the profile of the sub-layer, which requires an adaptation accordingly to the transverse profile of the strip upstream profiling 32.

The air gap between the downstream profiling blade 42 and the radially outer surface 11 of the roller 10 is used to determine the transverse profile of the profile P2 and to perfect the joining of the profiles P1 and P2.

The extrusion head 2 also includes at least one channel 5 extending in the longitudinal direction, and one upstream end 51 of which is arranged in the extension of an outlet 320 formed in the upstream profiling blade 32 and whose downstream end 52 opens just upstream from the downstream profiling blade 42 in the air gap defined by downstream profiling blade 42 and the radially external surface 11 of the roller 10.

A channel 5 is in the form of a substantially triangular or trapezoidal section channel comprising a first side wall 53 supported by a first partition 530, a second side wall 54 supported by a second partition 540, and a wall 55 forming the bottom of the channel. The walls 53, 54 and 55 together form a continuous concave surface, open radially inwards and whose concavity faces the radially external wall 11 of the roller 10. The walls 53, 54 and 55 of the channel 5 define in a way a duct, like a gutter or an overturned shell open at its two upstream 51 and downstream 52 ends.

At the upstream end 51 of the channel 5, the partition 530 is connected with the downstream side 321 of the downstream profiling blade 32, and the radially lower edge of the partition 530 is flush with the profile of the blade d upstream extrusion 32. The upstream profiling strip 32 has, at this upstream end 51 of the channel 5, a transverse profile in the form of an outlet 320, the downstream part of which is arranged in continuity with the wall 55 forming the bottom of the channel, so as to favor the flow of the mixture M1 in the channel 5.

At the downstream end 52 of the channel 5, the channel 5 opens directly into the air gap formed by the downstream profiling blade 42 and the radially outer wall 11 of the roller 10. The channel 5, illustrated in Figures 5 and 6, is configured so that the wall 55 forming the bottom of the channel 5 is arranged radially at the same level as the radial position at this level of the downstream profiling strip 42. On the other hand, at this downstream end 52, the partitions 530 and 540 supporting the side walls 53 and 54 of the channel 5 extend radially inwards at a radial position lower than the position of the downstream profiling strip 42.

However, if it is not necessary to bring out the insert at the surface of the tread; it is entirely possible, at the downstream end 52 of the channel 5, to have the wall 55 forming the bottom of the channel 5 at a position radially lower than that of the radial position of the downstream profiling blade 42.

Thus, while remaining in continuity of material with the mixture M1 forming the under layer, the part of mixture M1 entering the channel 5 flows directly from the upstream end 51 to the downstream end 52 without be brought into contact with the mixture M2, so that the pressure adaptations observed at the connection of the flow of mixture M2 with the flow of mixture M1, do not cause any disturbance of the profile given to the mixture M1 having penetrated into the channel 5 and intended to form the insert P10.

The shaping of the insert is done throughout the progression of the mixture M1 in the channel 5, and the profile in a radial plane passing through the downstream end of the channel 5 corresponds to the profile of the insert P10 of the complex profile PC. The joining of the side walls P11 and P12 of the insert with the mixture M2 forming the tread is then done directly in the air gap formed by the downstream profiling blade 42 and the radially external wall 11 of the roller, without the profile of the insert is not modified.

The evolution of the pressure in the channel 5 can be controlled by adjusting the angle formed by the side walls 53 and 54 relative to the longitudinal direction DL. These two walls converge towards each other going from upstream to downstream at an angle of about 5 ° with the longitudinal direction, so that the cross section of the channel by a radial plane or by a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction decreases continuously from the upstream end 51 towards the downstream end 52 of the channel, and that said section is minimal at the level of the downstream end 52.

In the case illustrated in Figures 5 and 6, the section of the channel at the downstream end 52 has a substantially triangular shape corresponding to a preferred embodiment of the insert. However, the shape of this section is not limiting and can be adapted at will.

According to this first embodiment of the invention, the channels 5 illustrated in Figures 5 and 6 open between two projections 420 of the downstream profiling blade 42. The projections 420 are intended to form the grooves P20 of the profile complex illustrated in Figure 3. It follows from this arrangement that the insert P10 is disposed substantially in the center of the longitudinal cord P21.

Figures 7 and 8 illustrate a second embodiment of the invention for producing a complex profile of the type of that shown in Figure 4, and in which one seeks to position the inserts P10 at a border between the bead longitudinal P21 and the groove P20.

The profiling head then comprises at least one separating element 6, between the upstream profiling blade and the downstream profiling blade 42, disposed in the longitudinal extension of a projection 420 of the downstream profiling blade 42 and s' extending from the upstream profiling blade 32 to the downstream profiling blade 42. This separating element 6 divides said second extrusion channel 41 into subchannels 410.

The side wall of one or more channels is then merged with the side wall 63, 64 of a separating element 6, and the respective arrangements of the walls forming the channel 5 relative to the first (32) and to the second (42) profiling blade, and described above for the first embodiment of the invention, apply mutatis mutandis.

420 at the projection 420 of the downstream profiling blade 42, the radially internal wall 421 of the projection is placed in the same radial position as the radially internal wall 65 of the separating element 6. This wall 65 extends downstream of said projection 420 and, at its connection with the upstream profiling strip 32, occupies the same radial position as the wall of the upstream profiling strip 32.

It follows from the above, that the different forms of implementation of the invention can be the subject of many combinations without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Similarly, it will be considered that a machine for coextruding a profile consisting of the assembly of profiles formed from separate rubber mixtures, comprising a cylindrical roller and an extrusion head according to the invention enters the scope of protection of this application.

To reproduce the complex profile PC1 as illustrated in FIG. 3, the second mixture M2 is joined with each of the side walls, P11 and P12, of at least one insert P10.

And to reproduce a complex profile PC2 as illustrated in FIG. 4, the second mixture M2 is joined with a single side wall, P11 or P12, of at least one insert.

To obtain a better shaping of the insert, the walls are arranged so that, the section formed by said walls and the base P13 of the insert by a radial plane passing through the axis 12, decreases between the exit from the first air gap and entry from the second air gap.

To obtain an insert P10 of triangular shape, the walls 53, 54, 55 are arranged so that, at the entrance to the downstream air gap, the section formed by said walls and the base P13 of the insert by a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, or of triangular shape. Similarly, the walls 53, 54, 55 of the channel 5 are arranged so that the section formed by said walls and the base P13 of the insert P10 by a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction decreases between the outlet of the upstream air gap and the inlet of the downstream air gap.

The profiling wall can be fixed.

Or, the lower wall of the extrusion head has a concave shape of cylindrical profile with a given axis extending transversely, and a circumferential direction of which merges with the longitudinal direction defining the direction of progression of the profile in the machine and, the profiling wall is formed by a cylindrical roller 10, movable in rotation about an axis 12 coinciding with the axis of the lower wall 20, of which a radially external wall 11 forms said profiling wall.

It will be observed here that the first profile P1 does not have any discontinuity in the transverse direction DT and that the inserts P10 are formed using the first material M1 and are in continuity of material with the rest of the profile P1.

The complex profile can then usefully be used to cover the top of a tire blank in order to form, after molding and vulcanization, the tread of the latter.

NOMENCLATURE

Coextrusion machine.

Roller

Radially outer wall of the roller.

Roller rotation axis.

Evacuation mat.

Extrusion head.

Lower wall.

Upstream extrusion block.

Upstream extruder.

Upstream extrusion channel.

Upstream profiling blade.

320 Outlet.

321 Downstream side of the upstream profiling strip.

Downstream extrusion block.

Downstream extruder.

Downstream extrusion channel.

410 Sub-channel.

Downstream profiling blade.

420 Protrusion.

421 Radially lower wall of the projection.

422 Lateral wall of the projection.

Channel

Upstream end of the channel.

Downstream end of the channel.

First side wall of the channel.

530 First partition.

Second side wall of the channel.

540 Second partition.

Wall forming the bottom of the channel.

Separator element.

First side wall of the separating element.

Second side wall of the separating element.

Radially internal wall of the separating element.

R Direction of rotation of the roller.

DT Transversal direction.

DL Longitudinal direction; Direction of progress.

PC, PCO, PC1, PC2 Complex profile.

P1 First profile (under layer).

P10 Longitudinal insert.

P11 First side wall of the insert.

P12 Second side wall of the insert.

P13 Base of the insert.

P2 Second profile (tread).

P20 Longitudinal groove.

P21 Longitudinal cord.

M1 First rubber mixture

M2 Second rubber mixture.

Claims (10)

1. Method for coextruding a complex profile (PC) consisting of the assembly of profiles (P1, P2) formed from rubber mixtures (M1, M2) in which, using a machine coextrusion (1) comprising an upstream extruder (30) and a downstream extruder (40) opening into an extrusion cavity formed by the space between a bottom wall (20) of an extrusion head (2) and a profiling wall (11) disposed opposite the bottom wall (20), the steps are carried out during which: using the upstream extruder (30), a first mixture (M1) is delivered which opens out through an upstream channel (31) into the lower wall (20) of the extrusion head (2), a first profile (P1) formed from the first mixture (M1) in an upstream air gap defined by an upstream profiling blade (32) and the profiling wall (11), said first profile (P1) comprising at least one profile element intended to form a longitudinal insert (P10), a base (P13) of which is in continuity of material with said first profile (P1), and which forms a protrusion whose side walls (P11, P12) extend outwardly relative to an external surface of said first profile, using the downstream extruder (40) a second mixture (M2) is delivered by a downstream extrusion channel (40) opening into the bottom wall (20) of the head extrusion (2) downstream of the upstream profiling blade (32), and the radially outer surface of the premi is joined er profile (P1) with the second mixture (M2), in a downstream air gap, disposed downstream of the upstream extrusion channel (40), and formed by a downstream profiling blade (42) and the profiling wall (11) , a complex profile (PC) made of the first and second material is produced, characterized in that said insert is circulated between walls (53, 54, 55) of a channel (5) extending in a direction longitudinal between the upstream profiling blade (32) and the downstream profiling blade (42) and together forming a concave surface open towards the inside of the extrusion cavity, and arranged so that the joining of the side walls ( P11, P12) of the insert with the second mixture takes place only in the downstream air gap. 2. Coextrusion method according to claim 1, wherein the second mixture is joined with each of the side walls (P11, P12) of at least one insert (P10). 3. A method of coextrusion according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the second mixture is joined with only one of the side walls (P11, P12) of at least one insert (P10). 4. Coextrusion method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein, during its progression in the channel, the section of the insert (P10) by a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction decreases between the exit of the upstream air gap and the inlet of the downstream air gap. 5. Coextrusion method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein at the entrance to the downstream air gap, the section of the insert (P10) by a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction is of triangular shape. 6. Coextrusion method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, in which, at the outlet of the downstream air gap, an external apex of the insert (P10) is flush with the external surface of the complex profile (PC) . 7. Coextrusion method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, in which a first profile (P1) is extruded without any discontinuity in a transverse direction. 8. Coextrusion method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the profiling wall is fixed. 9. Coextrusion method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, in which the bottom wall of the extrusion head has a concave shape of cylindrical profile with a given axis extending transversely, and of which a circumferential direction is coincides with the longitudinal direction defining the direction of progression of the profile in the machine and, the profiling wall is formed by a cylindrical roller (10), movable in rotation around an axis (12) coincident with the axis of the wall lower (20), including a radially outer wall (11) forms said profiling wall. 10. A tire formed from a complex profile produced using a coextrusion process according to any one of claims 1 to 9.