JP2007191830A - Rubber-steel cord composite - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a rubber-steel cord composite that exhibits nonlinear physical properties even in rubber having characteristics of uncompression after vulcanization, consequently shows low rigidity and flexible properties in a low strain range, and also exhibits high rigidity in a high strain range. <P>SOLUTION: The rubber-steel cord composite is obtained by embedding a steel cord, which is made by bundling a plurality of steel wire bodes spirally formed in a substantially same pitch approximately in the same phase without twisting, in rubber. Preferably an arbitrary one of the steel wire bodies and at least one of other steel wire bodies are piled on the spirally formed circumscribed circles. Preferably the structures and the formed amounts of the plurality of the steel wire bodies are entirely the same. The steel wire bodies may be steel filaments having approximately circular cross sections or a steel strand obtained by twisting a plurality of steel filaments. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a rubber-steel cord composite, and more particularly, to a rubber-steel cord composite suitably applied for reinforcing various rubber products including tires.

  Rubber-steel cord composites made by reinforcing rubber with steel cords can be applied to rubber products to give them strength and rigidity that are insufficient for rubber alone, so they are widely used in various rubber products such as tires, belts and hoses. Has been applied.

  In recent years, in order to further improve the performance of rubber products, the rubber-steel cord composite has been required to have various and precise physical properties that are optimal for the function of the applied part. . For example, in a product such as a tire, initially, flexibility is required to improve contact with the road surface, but high rigidity is required when further input is applied, such as during cornering. In this way, the rubber's supple characteristics are exhibited in the low load range to improve the fit and robustness of the product, and the characteristics of the steel are exhibited at high loads, resulting in the strength and rigidity of the product. It would be useful to have a rubber-steel cord composite that would improve

  However, the improvement of the use ratio of the steel cord as a reinforcing material cannot improve both characteristics. If a steel cord is used alone, it has a low rigidity in a low load range and a physical characteristic that makes it high rigidity above a certain load by giving a large type to the filaments (strands) that make up the cord. It is possible (so-called open code). In such an open cord structure, there is a gap between the filaments, and when tensile tension is applied to the cord, the filament is deformed like a spring in a region where the gap exists at a low load and has low rigidity. On the other hand, after a certain load is applied and the filaments come into contact with each other, the physical properties are close to the rigidity of steel.

As a technique related to the improvement of the steel cord, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H10-228667 discloses a bending rigidity that can reduce the out-of-plane bending rigidity without reducing the in-plane bending rigidity of the tire belt. For the purpose of providing a cord having directionality, a technique for forming a steel cord for reinforcing rubber articles by stacking at least two filaments molded into a corrugated shape changing on a plane is disclosed.
JP-A-9-13288 (Claims etc.)

  However, in the open cord structure as described above, when the steel cord is embedded in rubber and vulcanized, the rubber has a high bulk modulus, so the rubber surrounded by the cord becomes uncompressed and the filament is spring Deformation cannot be achieved, and the rigidity of the mold is increased without exhibiting the effect of molding. Accordingly, it is difficult to obtain nonlinear characteristics such as a steel cord alone with a cord embedded in rubber. In addition, a technique is also disclosed in which corrugation is applied to the entire steel cord, and rigidity is exhibited after initial elongation.However, this method concentrates strain on the peaks and troughs of the corrugation during loading, which reduces fatigue The result was inferior.

  Therefore, the object of the present invention is to exhibit non-linear physical characteristics even in rubber having the characteristic of non-compression after vulcanization, and thus exhibit low rigidity and supple properties in the low strain region, while exhibiting high rigidity in the high strain region. It is an object of the present invention to provide a rubber-steel cord composite that can exhibit the following characteristics.

  As a result of intensive studies, the inventor formed a steel cord by bundling a plurality of spirally shaped steel wire bodies without twisting them, and by embedding this in rubber, the rubber was not trapped inside the cord. The present inventors have found that a rubber-steel cord composite that is flexible in a small strain region and can exhibit high rigidity at a large strain can be obtained.

  That is, in the rubber-steel cord composite of the present invention, a steel cord formed by bundling a plurality of steel wire bodies spirally formed at substantially the same pitch without being twisted at substantially the same phase is embedded in the rubber. It is characterized by being made.

  In the present invention, it is preferable that circumscribed circles of the shaping spiral of any one of the steel wire bodies and at least one other steel wire body overlap each other. Preferably, the plurality of steel wire bodies have the same structure and the same amount of molding. In the present invention, the steel wire may be a steel filament having a substantially circular cross section or a steel strand obtained by twisting a plurality of steel filaments.

In the present invention, when the circumscribed circle diameter of the molding spiral of the steel linear body is D, and the outer diameter of the steel linear body is d, the following formula:
D> 2.5d
Is preferably satisfied. In addition, in the strain-load characteristics in a state where rubber is attached to the circumscribed circle of the steel cord, when the steel portion cross-sectional area of the steel cord is S (mm ² ), the additional load W is 1500 × S (N ) To 1600 × S (N) when the elongation is 0.070% or less, and the additional load W ₁ (N) when 0.35% is extended and the addition when 0.45% is extended The load W ₂ (N) is the following formula:
W ₂ −W ₁ <35 · S
It is also preferable to satisfy

More preferably, in the strain-load characteristic in a state where rubber is adhered to the circumscribed circle of the steel cord, the amount of elongation when the additional load W is changed from 1500 × S (N) to 1600 × S (N). Is 0.065% or less, and the additional load W ₁ (N) at 0.45% elongation and 0.45 in the strain-load characteristics in the state where rubber is attached to the circumscribed circle of the steel cord The additional load W ₂ (N) at% elongation is the following formula:
W ₂ −W ₁ <20 · S
Satisfied.

  In the rubber-steel cord composite of the present invention, a plurality of the steel wire bodies wound on separate reels are bundled through a single base to form the steel cord, and the steel cord is coated with rubber. The steel cord is manufactured by being embedded in a rubber composite, or bundled through a single slit to form a steel cord that is wound on separate reels. After the rubber is pressure-bonded, the steel cord can be embedded in a rubber composite.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to realize a rubber-steel cord composite that exhibits a low rigidity and a supple property in a low strain region while exhibiting a high rigidity in a high strain region. It has become possible.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail.
FIG. 1 is a schematic sectional view showing a cord structure of a rubber-steel cord composite of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the rubber-steel cord composite of the present invention has a steel cord formed by bundling a plurality of steel wire bodies 1 spirally formed at substantially the same pitch without being twisted at substantially the same phase. It is embedded in rubber.

  In general, steel cords that are formed by twisting steel filaments or steel strands that are twisted together with steel filaments must be twisted in the initial stage when there is a gap between the filaments or strands when a tensile load is applied. It shows low rigidity like a spring, and when the load increases and these contact and disappear, there is a characteristic that the rigidity rapidly increases. However, as described above, when this is embedded in rubber and vulcanized, the rubber inside the cord hardly changes in volume, so even if there is a gap, it can no longer be twisted and shows high rigidity from the beginning, It does not show physical properties such as when there is no rubber and the rigidity changes greatly from the middle.

  Therefore, in the present invention, by not twisting the filaments or strands that have been molded, it is possible to escape from the cord without confining the rubber inside the cord. It became possible to maintain the initial elongation like a spring. On the other hand, unless the shaped filaments and strands are twisted together, the reinforcing material density in the cross section cannot be increased even at the limit of driving, and sufficient strength cannot be obtained. Therefore, in the present invention, the bundled filaments or strands are bundled at substantially the same pitch and in the same phase so that the bundled filaments or strands do not interfere with each other and can increase the density of the reinforcing material, thereby improving the strength. Made it possible to do.

  Further, in the present invention, as shown in the drawing, it is preferable that circumscribed circles of the forming spiral of any one of the steel wire bodies and at least one other steel wire body overlap each other. That is, by arranging the steel linear bodies constituting the steel cord in a state where the circumscribed circles of the respective molds overlap each other, a high rigidity strength at a high load can be obtained.

  Furthermore, in the present invention, it is also preferable that the structure and the amount of molding of all the steel wire bodies constituting the steel cord are the same, whereby stress is uniformly applied to each steel wire body, Efficiency can be improved.

  In the present invention, the steel linear body constituting the steel cord is a steel strand obtained by twisting a plurality of steel filaments, even if it is a steel filament having a substantially circular cross section, depending on the required strength and rigidity. It may also be a combination of these.

Further, in the present invention, when the circumscribed circle diameter of the molding spiral of the steel linear body 1 is D and the outer diameter is d (see FIG. 1),
D> 2.5d
Is preferably satisfied. By making the diameter D of the circumscribed circle of the steel wire body 1 larger than the diameter d of the steel wire body 1 by 2.5 times, the initial rigidity and the high rigidity portion that can be demonstrated at a certain input or more. And the rigidity difference of the rubber-steel cord composite of the present invention can be further enhanced.

Furthermore, in the rubber-steel cord composite of the present invention, the strain-load characteristic in a state where the rubber is attached to the circumscribed circle of the steel cord is constant, that is, the cross-sectional area S (mm of the steel portion of the steel cord). ² ), when the additional load W is changed from 1500 × S (N) to 1600 × S (N), the elongation amount is preferably 0.070% because of the high rigidity as a steel cord. Hereinafter, it is more preferably 0.065% or less. Similarly, in the strain-load characteristics with rubber attached to the circumscribed circle of the steel cord, the additional load W ₁ (N) at the initial 0.35% elongation and the additional load at the 0.45% elongation The load W ₂ (N) is the following formula:
W ₂ −W ₁ <35 · S
Is preferably satisfied. By making the load difference W ₂ −W ₁ less than 35 · S, particularly less than 20 · S, flexibility can be exhibited at low load, and the rubber-steel cord composite of the present invention is characterized. It is preferable for improving the performance of the product by exerting it. Here, the steel section cross-sectional area S (mm ² ) of the steel cord is S = Σs, _where s ₁ , s ₂ ... Sn (mm ² ) is the cross-sectional area of the n steel filaments constituting the steel cord. obtained as _n .

  As a method of stably and efficiently producing the steel rubber composite according to the present invention, for example, a plurality of the steel wire bodies wound on separate reels are bundled through a single base to form a steel cord. This steel cord is coated with rubber and then embedded in a rubber composite, or a plurality of steel wires wound on separate reels are bundled through one slit to form a steel cord. For example, a method in which a steel cord is embedded in a rubber composite after the rubber is pressure-bonded to the cord from above and below is useful.

  In the rubber-steel cord composite of the present invention, as long as the conditions relating to the cord structure are satisfied, other specific cord structures, the number and diameter of steel linear bodies, a specific structure, The material of steel and rubber is not particularly limited.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to examples.
Rubber-steel according to the conditions shown in Table 1 below, using steel linear bodies (filaments or strands (brass plating): Cu 63% by weight, Zn 37% by weight) molded at the molding amount and pitch shown in Table 1 below A code complex was prepared. As the coating rubber, natural rubber (NR) 100 parts by weight, carbon black (HAF) 55 parts by weight, zinc oxide (ZnO) 7 parts by weight, sulfur 5 parts by weight, Co salt (cobalt naphthenate) 0. A rubber composition consisting of 1 part by weight was used.

  Each of the obtained rubber-steel cord composites was driven into a pneumatic radial tire (MC tire) for a motorcycle having a spiral belt structure shown in FIG. 6 (tire size: 190/50 ZR17 spiral belt layer of 40/50 mm). The vibration absorption and cornering properties were evaluated according to the following, and the results are also shown in Table 1 below.

  The illustrated tire includes a tread portion 11, a pair of sidewall portions 12 disposed on the inner side in the tire radial direction from both edge portions thereof, and a bead portion 13 connected to the inner side in the tire radial direction. Carcass layer 22 reinforced between bead cores 21 embedded in bead portion 13, and spiral belt layer 23 formed by spiral winding on the outer side in the radial direction of the tire in the crown portion substantially parallel to the tire equatorial plane. More specifically, the spiral belt layer is formed by winding a belt-like body in which two parallel cords are embedded in a covering rubber in a spiral shape substantially parallel to the tire at an angle toward the tire equator direction. It is formed by turning and has a structure in which the cord is arranged in parallel in the tire width direction along the arc of the carcass.

<MC tire vibration absorption and cornering>
The test tire is mounted on a 100cc sports type motorcycle with a rim size of MT 6.00x17 at a pressure of 250 kPa and is run on a test course. It absorbs vibration during straight running and cornering during turning. Were evaluated by a 10-point method based on the feeling of a test driver. In any case, the score is 8 or more.

＊１）コードを構成するフィラメント間に隙間を有する構造。
＊２）ゴム−スチールコード複合体に対する付加荷重Ｗを１５００×Ｓ（Ｎ）から１６００×Ｓ（Ｎ）まで変化させた際の伸び量。なお、Ｓはスチールコードのスチール部断面積（ｍｍ²）であって、スチールコードを構成する全スチールフィラメントの断面積ｓ₁、ｓ₂…ｓ_n（ｍｍ²）の総和（Ｓ＝Σｓ_n）である。
＊３）Ｗ₁はゴム−スチールコード複合体が０．３５％伸びた時の付加荷重（Ｎ）であり、Ｗ₂は０．４５％伸びた時の付加荷重（Ｎ）である。

* 1) A structure having a gap between filaments constituting the cord.
* 2) Elongation amount when the additional load W on the rubber-steel cord composite is changed from 1500 × S (N) to 1600 × S (N). Note, S is a steel cross-sectional area of the steel cord (mm ^2), the sum of the cross-sectional areas s ₁ for all steel filaments constituting the steel _{cord, s 2 ... s n (mm} 2) (S = Σs n) It is.
* 3) W ₁ is an additional load (N) when the rubber-steel cord composite is expanded by 0.35%, and W ₂ is an additional load (N) when the rubber-steel cord composite is expanded by 0.45%.

  As can be seen from the results in Table 1 above, the rubber-steel cord composite of Example 1 using a steel cord in which steel wires spirally formed at the same pitch were bundled without being twisted at substantially the same phase was applied to a tire. When applied, it was confirmed that good performance can be obtained for both vibration absorption and cornering properties.

It is sectional drawing which shows the code | cord | chord part which concerns on the rubber-steel cord composite of an example of this invention. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a cord portion according to a rubber-steel cord composite of Comparative Example 1. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a cord portion according to a rubber-steel cord composite of Comparative Example 2. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a cord portion according to a rubber-steel cord composite of Comparative Example 3. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a cord portion according to a rubber-steel cord composite of Comparative Example 4. FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a pneumatic radial tire for a motorcycle used in an example.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Steel linear body 11 Tread part 12 Side wall part 13 Bead part 21 Bead core 22 Carcass layer 23 Spiral belt layer

Claims (11)

  A rubber-steel cord composite characterized in that a steel cord formed by bundling a plurality of steel wire bodies spirally formed at substantially the same pitch without being twisted at substantially the same phase is embedded in rubber. body.   The rubber-steel cord composite according to claim 1, wherein the circumscribed circles of the shaping spiral of any one of the steel wire bodies and at least one other steel wire body overlap each other.   The rubber-steel cord composite according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the plurality of steel linear bodies have the same structure and the same amount of molding.   The rubber-steel cord composite according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the steel linear body is a steel filament having a substantially circular cross section.   The rubber-steel cord composite according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the steel wire is a steel strand obtained by twisting a plurality of steel filaments. When the circumscribed circle diameter of the molding spiral of the steel linear body is D, and the outer diameter of the steel linear body is d, the following formula:
D> 2.5d
The rubber-steel cord composite according to any one of claims 1 to 5, which satisfies: In the strain-load characteristics when rubber is attached to the circumscribed circle of the steel cord, when the steel section cross-sectional area of the steel cord is S (mm ² ), the additional load W is 1500 × S (N). The amount of elongation when changed to 1600 × S (N) is 0.070% or less, and the additional load W ₁ (N) when 0.35% is extended and the additional load W when 0.45% is extended. ₂ (N) is the following formula,
W ₂ −W ₁ <35 · S
The rubber-steel cord composite according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the rubber-steel cord composite is satisfied.   In the strain-load characteristics when rubber is attached to the circumscribed circle of the steel cord, the elongation amount when the additional load W is changed from 1500 × S (N) to 1600 × S (N) is 0.065. The rubber-steel cord composite according to claim 7, which is not more than%. In the strain-load characteristics when rubber is attached to the circumscribed circle of the steel cord, an additional load W ₁ (N) at 0.35% elongation and an additional load W ₂ (N) at 0.45% elongation. And the following formula,
W ₂ −W ₁ <20 · S
The rubber-steel cord composite according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the rubber-steel cord composite is satisfied.   A plurality of the steel wire bodies wound on separate reels are bundled through a single base to form the steel cord, and the steel cord is coated with rubber and then embedded in a rubber composite. The rubber-steel cord composite according to any one of claims 1 to 9.   A plurality of the steel wire bodies wound on separate reels are bundled through a single slit to form the steel cord, and after the rubber is pressure-bonded to the steel cord from above and below, the steel cord is attached to the rubber composite. The rubber-steel cord composite according to any one of claims 1 to 9, which is manufactured by being embedded.

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