JP2011149525A - Friction transmission belt - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a friction transmission belt enhancing power transmission efficiency at a belt back and excelling in durability. <P>SOLUTION: The friction transmission belt is formed including an adhesive rubber layer 2 with core wires 1 embedded along the belt longitudinal direction, a back rubber layer 3 provided adjacent to one side of the adhesive rubber layer 2, and a compression rubber layer 4 provided adjacent to the other side of the adhesive rubber layer 2. The back rubber layer 3 is formed by molding a rubber composition containing ethylene-&alpha;-olefin elastomer and as short fibers, cotton fibers and aliphatic polyamide system synthetic fibers. Blending amounts of the short fibers to the ethylene-&alpha;-olefin elastomer are the cotton fibers of 10-40 pts.mass and the aliphatic polyamide system synthetic fibers of 5-30 pts.mass to the ethylene-&alpha;-olefin elastomer of 100 pts.mass, and the total amount of the cotton fibers and the aliphatic polyamide system synthetic fibers is 50 pts.mass or less. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a friction transmission belt used for power transmission.

  Background Art In friction transmission belts used for power transmission, belt layouts have become harsh against the background of social demands for energy saving in recent years. For example, layouts including driving using the belt back surface are diversified.

  Conventionally, belts with the back of the belt covered with a cover canvas have been the mainstream as friction transmission belts. However, in recent years, the use of canvas as the back of the belt has been progressing as a material for pulleys. If stones or the like are bitten between the back surface and the pulley, the resin pulley may be damaged. For this reason, a friction transmission belt having a structure in which the back surface of the belt is formed of a rubber layer is used (see, for example, Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2).

JP 2004-162899 A JP 2006-125488 A

  However, if the back surface of the belt is formed of a rubber layer as described above, the power transmission efficiency on the back surface of the belt may be lowered when it is wet, and there is a problem in terms of durability.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a friction transmission belt that can increase power transmission efficiency on the back surface of the belt and is excellent in durability.

  The friction transmission belt according to the present invention includes an adhesive rubber layer 2 in which a core wire 1 is embedded along the belt longitudinal direction, a back rubber layer 3 provided adjacent to one side of the adhesive rubber layer 2, and an adhesive rubber. In the friction transmission belt formed by including a compressed rubber layer 4 provided adjacent to the other side of the layer 2, the back rubber layer 3 is made of an ethylene / α-olefin elastomer and short fibers such as cotton fibers and aliphatics. It is formed by molding a rubber composition containing a polyamide-based synthetic fiber, and the blending amount of the short fiber with respect to the ethylene / α-olefin elastomer is 100% by mass of the ethylene / α-olefin elastomer. 10 to 40 parts by mass, 5 to 30 parts by mass of aliphatic polyamide-based synthetic fiber, and the total amount of cotton fibers and aliphatic polyamide-based synthetic fiber is 50 parts by mass or less It is intended to.

  In this way, when the back rubber layer 3 contains short fibers, the use of cotton fibers as the short fibers can suppress the reduction of the friction coefficient when wet and increase the power transmission efficiency by the back rubber layer 3. Further, by using an aliphatic polyamide synthetic fiber as the short fiber, the rigidity of the back rubber layer 3 can be increased and the durability can be improved. Then, when blending cotton fibers and aliphatic polyamide synthetic fibers in combination as short fibers, the blending amount of cotton fibers and aliphatic polyamide synthetic fibers with respect to the ethylene / α-olefin elastomer should be set within the above range. Thus, it is possible to achieve both improvement in power transmission on the back surface of the belt and improvement in durability.

  Further, the present invention is characterized in that the tensile stress when the back rubber layer 3 is stretched by 20% in the longitudinal direction of the belt is 2.0 MPa or more and 10.0 MPa or less.

  By setting the tensile stress of the back rubber layer 3 in this range, it is possible to maintain high resistance to cracking due to belt bending and to prevent popping out of the core wire 1.

  According to the present invention, when forming the back rubber layer 3 with a rubber composition containing an ethylene / α-olefin elastomer and short fibers, the use of cotton fibers as the short fibers suppresses a decrease in the coefficient of friction when wet. Thus, the power transmission efficiency by the back rubber layer 3 can be increased, and by using an aliphatic polyamide synthetic fiber as the short fiber, the rigidity of the back rubber layer 3 can be increased and the durability can be improved. It can be done. Then, when blending cotton fibers and aliphatic polyamide synthetic fibers in combination as short fibers, the blending amount of cotton fibers and aliphatic polyamide synthetic fibers with respect to the ethylene / α-olefin elastomer should be set within the above range. Thus, it is possible to achieve both improvement in power transmission on the back surface of the belt and improvement in durability.

1 is a partially broken perspective view showing an example of an embodiment of a friction transmission belt according to the present invention. It is the schematic of the running test machine used for a reverse bending high temperature low tension durability test. It is the schematic of the driving test machine used for a transmission performance test.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.

  FIG. 1 shows an example of a friction transmission belt according to the present invention, in which an adhesive rubber layer 2 in which a core wire 1 is embedded along the longitudinal direction of the belt and an outer peripheral side of the adhesive rubber layer 2 are laminated. The back rubber layer 3 and the compressed rubber layer 4 laminated adjacent to the inner peripheral side of the adhesive rubber layer 2 are included. The friction transmission belt includes a V-ribbed belt, a V-belt, and a flat belt. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the compression rubber layer 4 is provided with a plurality of ribs 5 having a substantially V-shaped cross section along the belt longitudinal direction. It is formed as a V-ribbed belt.

  In the present invention, as the rubber composition for forming the back rubber layer 3, an ethylene / α-olefin elastomer is used as a matrix rubber and short fibers are blended. In addition to these, various rubber compositions such as sulfur and organic peroxides, reinforcing fillers such as carbon black and silica, softeners, anti-aging agents, etc. Ingredients can be blended.

  As the ethylene / α-olefin rubber, a copolymer of ethylene and α-olefin (such as propylene, butene, hexene, or octene) or a copolymer of ethylene, the α-olefin and the nonconjugated diene, or the like is used. Can do. Examples of the diene component include non-conjugated dienes having 5 to 15 carbon atoms such as ethylidene norbornene, dicyclopentadiene, 1,4-hexadiene, cyclooctadiene, and methylene norbornene. Specifically, rubbers such as EPM and EPDM can be given as typical examples.

  In the rubber composition for forming the back rubber layer 3, short fibers are blended for reinforcement as described above. In the present invention, cotton fibers and aliphatic polyamide synthetic fibers are used in combination as short fibers. As the aliphatic polyamide-based synthetic fiber, nylon 6, nylon 66, or the like can be used. The fiber length of the short fibers of these cotton fibers and aliphatic polyamide synthetic fibers is not particularly limited, but is preferably in the range of 0.3 mm or more and 10.0 mm or less. In addition, when the fiber length of these short fibers to be blended is 2.0 mm or more, it is preferable to orient the short fibers in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the belt, but when the fiber length is less than 2.0 mm, the belt It is preferable to orient in a direction parallel to or perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.

  Here, in preparing a rubber composition for forming the back rubber layer 3 by blending cotton fibers and aliphatic polyamide synthetic fibers as short fibers with the ethylene / α-olefin elastomer, 100 masses of the ethylene / α-olefin elastomer is prepared. The blending amount of the cotton fiber is set in the range of 10 to 40 parts by mass, the blending amount of the aliphatic polyamide synthetic fiber is set in the range of 5 to 30 parts by mass, and the cotton fiber and The total blending amount of the aliphatic polyamide synthetic fibers is set to 50 parts by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of the ethylene / α-olefin elastomer.

  By using cotton fibers as the reinforcing short fibers, the friction coefficient of the back rubber layer 3 against the pulley is reduced by the water absorption of the cotton fibers even when the friction transmission belt is suspended and used on the pulley. This can be suppressed, and the power transmission efficiency by the back rubber layer 3 can be increased. When the blending amount of the cotton fiber with respect to 100 parts by mass of the ethylene / α-olefin elastomer is less than 10 parts by mass, the effect of increasing the power transmission efficiency at the time of flooding cannot be sufficiently obtained, and conversely 40 masses. If it exceeds the part, the blending amount of the aliphatic polyamide-based synthetic fiber is relatively reduced, so that the rigidity is insufficient and the durability may be lowered.

  Further, by using an aliphatic polyamide synthetic fiber as the reinforcing short fiber, the rigidity of the back rubber layer 3 can be increased, the durability of the friction transmission belt can be improved, and the bending fatigue resistance can be improved. Heat resistance, cold resistance, abrasion resistance, adhesive wear resistance, etc. can be improved. When the blending amount of the aliphatic polyamide-based synthetic fiber with respect to 100 parts by mass of the ethylene / α-olefin elastomer is less than 5 parts by mass, the effect of increasing the rigidity and improving the durability cannot be obtained sufficiently. On the other hand, if the amount exceeds 30 parts by mass, the amount of the cotton fiber is relatively reduced, so that the power transmission efficiency at the time of flooding may be insufficient.

  And by combining cotton fibers and aliphatic polyamide synthetic fibers as short fibers in the above blending range, the effect of increasing the power transmission efficiency when wet with cotton fibers, and the aliphatic polyamide synthetic fibers The effect of increasing the rigidity and improving the durability can be obtained at the same time. Here, since the crack resistance of the back rubber layer 3 decreases when the content of the short fiber is excessive, the total amount of the cotton fiber and the aliphatic polyamide synthetic fiber is 100 parts by mass of the ethylene / α-olefin elastomer. Is set to 50 parts by mass or less. The lower limit of the total blending amount of the cotton fiber and the aliphatic polyamide synthetic fiber is 15 parts by mass of the respective lower limits of the blending amount of the cotton fiber and the aliphatic polyamide synthetic fiber.

  As the rubber composition for forming the adhesive rubber layer 2 and the compressed rubber layer 4, as in the case of the back rubber layer 3 described above, an ethylene / α-olefin elastomer is used as a matrix rubber, and sulfur, organic peroxide, etc. A compound containing various components such as a reinforcing filler such as vulcanizing agent, carbon black and silica, a softening agent and an anti-aging agent can be used. The rubber composition forming the compressed rubber layer 4 may be blended with short fibers such as nylon 6, nylon 66, polyester, cotton, and aramid for the purpose of improving the side pressure resistance of the compressed rubber layer 4.

  On the other hand, as the core wire 1, for example, a cord made of polyethylene terephthalate fiber (PET fiber), polyethylene naphthalate fiber (PEN fiber), aramid fiber or the like can be used. The core wire 1 is preferably preliminarily treated with a resorcin-formaldehyde-latex (RFL) solution or the like.

  Next, an example of a method for manufacturing the V-ribbed belt shown in FIG. 1 will be described. As a first method, first, a rubber sheet made of a rubber composition constituting the back rubber layer 3 on a peripheral surface of a cylindrical molding drum, and a rubber sheet made of a rubber composition constituting the adhesive rubber layer 2 are used. After winding, the cord 1 made of cord is spirally spun onto the rubber sheet, and further a rubber sheet made of a rubber composition constituting the compressed rubber layer 4 is wound to produce an unvulcanized sleeve. Next, the unvulcanized sleeve is vulcanized to obtain a vulcanized sleeve. Thereafter, while the vulcanization sleeve is hung on the driving roll and the driven roll under a predetermined tension and moved, the rotated grinding wheel is moved so as to come into contact with the vulcanized sleeve that has been moved, and the vulcanization sleeve is moved. A rib 5 is formed by cutting 3 to 100 grooves on the surface of the compressed rubber layer 4. The vulcanization sleeve thus formed with the ribs 5 is removed from the drive roll and the follower roll, and the vulcanization sleeve is hung between the other drive roll and the follower roll and run while being cut into a predetermined width by a cutter. Can be finished into individual V-ribbed belts.

  As a second method, from a rubber sheet comprising a rubber composition constituting the compressed rubber layer 4 and a rubber composition constituting the adhesive rubber layer 2 to a cylindrical molding drum provided with rib groove-shaped marks on the peripheral surface After winding the rubber sheet, the core wire 1 is spun on the rubber sheet, and the rubber sheet made of the rubber composition constituting the back rubber layer 3 is further wound thereon to produce an unvulcanized sleeve. Thereafter, the unvulcanized sleeve is vulcanized while being pressed against the molding drum, thereby obtaining a vulcanized sleeve in which the rib 5 is formed on the compressed rubber layer 4. Next, after polishing the surface of the rib 5 and the surface of the back rubber layer 3 as necessary, each V-ribbed belt can be finished by cutting the vulcanization sleeve so as to be cut into a predetermined width.

  As a third method, a rubber sheet made of a rubber composition constituting the back rubber layer 3 and a rubber composition constituting the adhesive rubber layer 2 on a flexible jacket mounted on a cylindrical molding drum. An unvulcanized sleeve is prepared by winding a rubber sheet, spinning the core wire 1 thereon, and further winding a rubber sheet made of a rubber composition constituting the compressed rubber layer 4. Then, the flexible jacket is expanded and vulcanized while pressing the unvulcanized sleeve against the outer mold having groove-shaped marks corresponding to the ribs 5. In this way, a vulcanized sleeve in which the rib 5 is formed can be produced. After polishing the surface of the rib 5 and the back rubber layer 3 as necessary, the vulcanized sleeve is cut into a predetermined width. By cutting in such a manner, individual V-ribbed belts can be finished.

  In the friction transmission belt according to the present invention such as the V-ribbed belt manufactured as described above, the tensile stress at the time of 20% elongation of the back rubber layer 3 in the belt longitudinal direction is 2.0 MPa or more and 10.0 MPa or less. A range is desirable. When the tensile stress of the back rubber layer 3 exceeds 10.0 MPa, the back rubber layer 3 is insufficiently flexible and cracks due to belt bending tend to occur. On the contrary, if the tensile stress of the back rubber layer 3 is less than 2.0 MPa, the rigidity of the back rubber layer 3 is insufficient and the core wire 1 may jump out of the belt side end surface, so-called core wire popout may occur. .

  The adhesive rubber layer 2 is not particularly limited, but it is desirable that the tensile stress when the adhesive rubber layer 2 (excluding the core wire 1) is stretched by 20% in the belt longitudinal direction is 1.0 MPa or more. . The adhesive rubber layer 2 is not particularly required to be rigid, but if the rigidity is too small than the back rubber layer 3, stress is concentrated on the adhesive rubber layer 2 when the belt is bent, causing the core wire 1 to pop out. The tensile stress of the adhesive rubber layer 2 is desirably 1.0 MPa or more.

  Next, the present invention will be specifically described with reference to examples.

(Examples 1-6, Comparative Examples 1-7)
As an ethylene / α-olefin elastomer, EPDM (an ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer having a diene component of ethylidene norbornene, an ethylene content of 55% by mass, a diene component content of 2.9% by mass, and the remaining propylene) is used. The rubber compositions for the back rubber layers of Examples 1 to 6 and Comparative Examples 1 to 7 were obtained by blending each material in a blending amount of 1 and kneading this with a Banbury mixer. And this rubber composition was rolled with the calender roll, and the unvulcanized rubber sheet for back rubber layer formation was obtained.

  In addition, 100 parts by mass of EPDM, 5 parts by mass of zinc, 1 part by mass of stearic acid, 65 parts by mass of HAF carbon black, 2 parts by mass of anti-aging agent, and a co-crosslinking agent (N, N′-m-phenylene dimaleimide) 2 parts by mass, 5 parts by mass of organic peroxide, 0.3 parts by mass of sulfur, 25 parts by mass of short fibers, and 10 parts by mass of paraffinic oil are blended and kneaded by a Banbury mixer to form a rubber composition for a compressed rubber layer. A product was prepared. And this rubber composition was rolled with the calender roll, and the unvulcanized rubber sheet for compression rubber layer formation was obtained.

  Furthermore, the same EPDM 100 parts as above, zinc white 5 parts, stearic acid 1 part, HAF carbon black 50 parts, silica 20 parts, amine anti-aging agent 1 part, sulfur 1 part, sulfinamide system 1 part by weight accelerator, 1 part by weight thiuram accelerator, 0.5 part by weight thiazole accelerator, 15 parts by weight paraffinic oil, 1.5 parts by weight resorcin formalin resin, 3.5 methylated melamine resin-silica mixture A mass part was blended and kneaded with a Banbury mixer to prepare a rubber composition for an adhesive rubber layer. The rubber composition was rolled with a calender roll to obtain an unvulcanized rubber sheet for forming an adhesive rubber layer.

  Using an unvulcanized rubber sheet for forming a back rubber layer comprising a rubber composition having the composition shown in Table 1 and an unvulcanized rubber sheet for forming an adhesive rubber layer comprising a rubber composition having the above composition, JIS K6251 The tensile stress when the back rubber layer was stretched by 20% was measured according to the above. The results are shown in Table 2.

  Then, a non-vulcanized rubber sheet for forming a back rubber layer is wound around a cylindrical molding mold having a smooth surface, and a cord made of polyester fiber rope (PET cord) is spun on it. A laminate of a rubber sheet for forming an adhesive rubber layer and a rubber sheet for forming a compression rubber layer was wound around the substrate. Next, a vulcanization jacket was inserted on the rubber sheet for forming the compressed rubber layer, and the molding mold was placed in a vulcanization can and vulcanized. Next, the cylindrical vulcanization sleeve obtained by vulcanization in this way is taken out from the molding mold, the compressed rubber layer of the vulcanization sleeve is ground with a grinder to form a plurality of ribs, and then cut with a cutter. A V-ribbed belt as shown in FIG. 1 was finished by cutting with a predetermined width. Here, the short fibers contained in the compressed rubber layer were oriented in the belt width direction.

  With respect to the V-ribbed belt 10 manufactured as described above, as shown in FIG. 2, a driving pulley 11 having a diameter of 120 mm, an idler pulley 12 having a diameter of 85 mm, a driven pulley 13 having a diameter of 120 mm, and a tension pulley 14 having a diameter of 45 mm are arranged in this order. A reverse bending high temperature low tension durability test was performed using the constructed traveling test machine. That is, the V-ribbed belt 10 is hung on each of the pulleys 11 to 14 of the test machine, the winding angle of the V-ribbed belt 10 around the tension pulley 14 is 90 °, and the winding angle of 12 around the idler pulley is 120 °. A heat resistance durability test was performed in which a load was applied to the drive pulley under the test conditions of ° C, the rotation speed of the drive pulley 11 of 4900 rpm, and a belt tension of 57 kgf / 3 rib, and the driven pulley was applied with a load of 12 ps. Then, the running time of 200 hours was discontinued, and the time required for cracking in the back rubber layer and the time required for core pop-out were measured. In this endurance test, if no crack or cord pop-out occurs in 200 hours of travel, it is determined that the endurance performance is acceptable.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 3, a drive pulley 15 having a diameter of 121.6 mm, an idler pulley 16 having a diameter of 76.2 mm, a tension pulley 17 having a diameter of 61.0 mm, an idler pulley 18 having a diameter of 76.2 mm, and an idler pulley having a diameter of 77.0 mm. 19, A transmission performance test was performed using a traveling test machine in which driven pulleys 20 having a diameter of 121.6 mm were arranged in order. That is, the winding angle of the V-ribbed belt 10 around the driven pulley 20 was 90 °, the V-ribbed belt 10 was hung on each of the pulleys 15 to 20, and the tension pulley 17 was driven while applying a tension of 7.5 kgf. Then, after the rotational speed of the driven pulley 20 reaches 400 rpm, water injection is started between the driven pulley 20 and the V-ribbed belt 10, and a load torque is applied to the driven pulley 20. The torque at the time of 100% slip was measured. In this transmission performance test, when the torque at 100% slip is 4.0 N · m or more, it is determined that the transmission performance is acceptable.

  These results are shown in Table 2.

  As can be seen from Table 2, in each example, it was confirmed that sufficient transmission performance was retained in the back rubber layer even when wet, and the durability was satisfactory. It was.

  On the other hand, in Comparative Example 1, the blending amount of the cotton fiber was small, and in Comparative Example 7, the cotton fiber was not blended and only the nylon fiber was blended as a short fiber, so that the transmission performance when wet was inferior.

  In Comparative Example 2 and Comparative Example 5, the total amount of cotton fibers and nylon fibers is large, and in Comparative Example 3, the amount of nylon fibers is large. It was easy to generate | occur | produce and durability was inferior.

  Further, in Comparative Example 4, since the amount of nylon fiber was small and the tensile stress of the back rubber layer was low, the cord pop-out was likely to occur.

  In Comparative Example 6, the short fibers are only cotton fibers, and the transmission performance is satisfactory, but since the nylon fibers are not blended, the rigidity is low, and the back rubber layer is cracked early, and the core wire is removed from the cracks. Was to pop out.

1 Core 2 Adhesive rubber layer 3 Back rubber layer 4 Compression rubber layer

Claims (2)

  Adhesive rubber layer with a core wire embedded along the longitudinal direction of the belt, a back rubber layer provided adjacent to one side of the adhesive rubber layer, and a compression provided adjacent to the other side of the adhesive rubber layer In the friction transmission belt formed with a rubber layer, the back rubber layer is formed by molding a rubber composition containing an ethylene / α-olefin elastomer and cotton fibers and aliphatic polyamide synthetic fibers as short fibers. In addition, the blending amount of the short fiber with respect to the ethylene / α-olefin elastomer is 10 to 40 parts by mass of the cotton fiber and 5 to 30 of the aliphatic polyamide synthetic fiber with respect to 100 parts by mass of the ethylene / α-olefin elastomer. A friction transmission belt characterized by being a mass part and having a total amount of cotton fibers and aliphatic polyamide synthetic fibers of 50 parts by mass or less.   2. The friction transmission belt according to claim 1, wherein a tensile stress when the back rubber layer is stretched by 20% in the longitudinal direction of the belt is 2.0 MPa or more and 10.0 MPa or less.

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